Banjo

For Banjo - my big beautiful yellow dog

2 July 2004 - 3 November 2009

Dogs have a way of finding the people that need them,

Filling an emptiness we don't even know we have. - Thom Jones

Bella

at peace 16/05/2009

When the time is right I will be able to post about my beautiful girl. Bella would have been 16 this year. She was such a huge part of my life that I am not able to put into words the loss that I feel. A broken heart is not a cliche. My heart is in a million pieces and at the moment I can not imagine life without her in it.

for Tracey

and for the people that loved her and miss her everyday

For Karma

At peace 2 April 2009.

Much love to Sian and her family who will forever miss their

sweet, beautiful hound.

For Kea

15 and a half years ago I took a tiny Staffy puppy home for Christmas. I put a big tartan ribbon around her fat tummy and presented her to mum who fell in love with her instantly.

This week Kea joined her best friend Roxy in heaven where together they can be free of arthritis and eat as much cheese as they want.

Our Sweet Kea loved everybody but she especially loved mum. When mum was in hospital recovering from heart surgery Kea was completely lost. She roamed the house everyday looking for her until she would sadly give up and go and curl up on mum's pillow to sleep and dream of mum coming home.

A visit to mum and dad's house will just not be the same without a silly Staffy jumping in your lap to cover you in slurps. Kea's other best friend Lousie the greyhound now divides her love between mum and dad and with a heavy hound heart must take on the role of the sole canine carer. Both Kea and Roxy know that Lou is up to it though because they were very good at teaching her to be a lap dog and how to sneak under the doona in the middle of the night.

Sweet Kea, you brought so much life and love and laughter to our family that there will forever be a space missing under the table at dinner time.

The family that eats Chinese together.....

sticks together

Dad, Uncle John, Mum, Aunty Janette, Scott, Me, Matt, Lyndal + 1 and Mat

Mum and Dad just celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. So in in true Liddle style we had a slap up feast of Chinese. We gave the table's lazy susan a workout that it will never recover from. I think that at one point there was smoke coming off it as we fought each other for the sweet and sour pork. You should have seen the wrestling that went on over the prawn crackers.

When mum was not looking I made sure that Dad got 3 serves of dessert. She was too distracted trying the deep fried ice cream that she claims that she has never had before. I know full well that she has tried it before because I fought her for her serve at the last Chinese Smorgasbord Liddle Family Extravaganza.

After 40 years I figured that Dad can eat as much ice cream as he wants....

My next dog

Her name was Kitty - she even purred.
Pick me up! Pick me up! PICK ME UP NOW!!

Come closer...I WILL lick you...

I um bewdiful und Iwant to snorgle wiz you

Quite taking pictures and let me love you.

GAP had a promotion on the weekend at a Pet Expo. I fell in love with the French Bulldogs. They just love everyone. They come up to you and just start to lick and snorgle. That is the kind of dog I love. One that likes to pash on a first date and is not afraid to do it in public.