Mud, mud, glorious mud

Another muddy walkies

Muddy path - one of many

Barnaby says: "We had decided to walk the path that leads to the river which was really a very silly thing to do becaue there was mud everywhere.  All the creatures we met along the way seemed fed up with the muddy conditions, particuarly the sheep (in the background of this picture) who are grazing some very soggy grass.  Nothing much happened on this walk, Helen got mad because her boots were covered with mud and so did auntie Liz.  Me?  Oh I just luxurated in the muddy conditions because I am a Border collie and can cope with such things - besides I am confident that the earth will become dry soon. It just has to doesn't it."

Barnaby enjoying the view,

Barnaby & Mr Fox

Barnaby and Mr Fox

Barnaby says: "I say it was Helen's fault. She shouldn't have continued walking round the field, without checking to see where I was. If a puppy is ignored he has to make my own fun. And how was I to know that something like that glorious muck that Mr Fox leaves behind is offensive to humans?

Barnaby drawn by the lovely artist Sue Mynall

When I encountered it in that tuft of grass, all moist and brown and highly perfumed, I found it a simply deligtful smell.  I liked the colour too.
I wanted Helen to take a photo of me covered in Fox for this page, but she refused so I am using this little sketch that my friend the lovely artist Sue Mynall did for me when we first met. Sue has illustrated all the books that Helen and Pythius wrote together and now she is drawing me. I am now bigger than the picture suggests and not quite so fluffy, but it is definately a picture of me."