Brinkley's visit back to his first home.......

And now our story begins. I'm Brinkley, Sunny & Shooter's black & tan boy. This is my new brother Jasper. I've come back home to visit with Mom, Sunny and Daddy Weylin and my true brother Charlie. We found many nice benches on our walk in the woods and thought this

would be a great way to introduce ourselves.

We arrived to find Dove's seven cream boys and Daisy's red boy Reef on the upper
deck barking a welcome. This is the best Momma Marsha could do to get all eight in
the photo. We think this is the order of the lineup by collar color:
Flurry, Blizzard, Skates, Big Flake, Snowball, King Frost, Reef and Drifter.

Round back, the ladies were waiting...Ruby, Daisy, Iris, Cherry, CC, Lily, Maggy, Dove,
Birdie behind Pansy and Garnet

My Momma Sunny was in a chair all by herself and howling a warm "hello, son!"

So we told the mob we wanted to go find Gpa Basil and go for a walk in the gardens, orchard and woods. Then we'd be back for a visit. Daddy Kevin had a bag of treats for everyone.

Yummy!

We met with Grandpa Basil first to get the scoop on the latest woodsy gossip, bear

and deer report. He said the place is lousy with Turkey. He said to excuse his shaggy

looks, but he wanted to keep the wool until the ground warmed. It made napping

so much nicer. Seems that's what he likes to do best these days while watching

Philip work.

Gpa Basil showed us the best places to rest on our walk.

Sometimes we lost Gpa B because he was under something and

blended in perfectly. I like this trick.

There were a lot of benches for resting, but we liked the bushes best.

Next we went into the play yard to meet the mob and play with some of the

puppies. They were so much fun and weren't one bit afraid of us big guys.

Snowball played in the water dish.....made a muddy mess. You know what, he didn't

get in trouble because's he's Gma Mary's favorite! No, I didn't say that....

Now I'm meeting with Skates (green) and Snowball. Charlie was in Studville where he is recovering from his "duties" as studmuffin. He played with a fence between us. He will be groomed and have photos taken again so you can see he's a good looking boy like his brother,

ME!

Snowball, Reef and Skates played hard with me and I loved it!

These boys were off and running...... and wanted me to chase them.

Some of the ladies were just happy to watch all the youngsters play.

Drifter joined the group just to show how a laid back boy turns into a full time ragdoll/lapdog.
He is the king of plodding along from bed to lap to bed. What a funny boy! You'd never

see him running to put out a fire!

Daddy, Kevin loved all these sweet boys. They kissed and hugged him. Momma Marsha is taking the photos and didn't get in any of them. She loved Skates the best and was thinking hard about adding him to our family! Another firedog in the making? Always room for one more fire guy.

The sad Good-byes were given from those four who were left on the upper deck.

And the best surprise of all was this grouse putting on a show and we left

Stonebroke Gardens. What a great day. We're coming back soon.

Brinkley

What a fun day. The weather was beautiful, the orchard has begun to show it's splender and the spring tulips and daffodils were at their best. Jasper and Brinkley walked with Grandpa Basil up the hill and into the woods. What great and well trained boys. They stayed close and came when called. Marsha and Kevin have taken great care of their boys and love them dearly.

We have made wonderful friends with our cocker babies.

We are truly blessed.
Philip & Mary