We said goodbye to our dear cat, Hoppy today. She was 18 years old, and the last of her family that was brought into our lives by their mother many years ago. She was an adorable cat. She would accept rubs and loving ear scratches for as long as you’d do them. She only ever…

Twelve years ago today, it had snowed heavily in Blarney. I took Oscar out for a walk that morning and brought my camera along because of the snow! I don’t think he really minded the cold, but he was always happy to get home, snow or not!

Oscar outside Camden Fort in Co Cork, August 2013.

Oscar, loyal as ever, waiting for his human mom to come out to the garden. August 2006.

Our beloved Oscar at Garrettstown Beach, July 2013.

Somehow I’ve managed to post a photo a day (with only one or two interruptions, one of which was because of a DDOS on my hosting provider) for 1,000 days. To celebrate I give you not one, but two photos of my dear dogs. Oscar was a cranky old soul, but we discovered his teeth…

He was very old by this time. I have photos of him in a buggy as he couldn’t walk the distance from the ferry to the beach. Oscar on Cow Strand, Sherkin Island. August 2013.

What do you do when your elderly dog can’t walk too far any more but you don’t want to leave him at home? Put him in the buggy! Oscar was at least 13 in this photo in 2014 and couldn’t walk very far at all by this time but we couldn’t bear to leave him…

As 2014 draws to a close in a matter of hours I had to post this photo of Oscar that represented his life in the last two years until his death just over a month ago. He was never a very active dog but he found it difficult to keep going when we were out…

Hoppy and Oscar welcome us home!

This photo of Oscar was taken in 2007 at Garrettstown Beach where Oscar loved to chase tennis balls. We always thought he was middle aged back then and nowadays he doesn’t do much running around at all. It’s hard to believe that was seven years ago!