My Rearview of 2021

Hmmm, it looks like it's that time of year again when everything goes a bit haywire. The humans have Christmas and New Year (what on earth is that?) and I get more attention as they're kind of on holiday. But at home, so treats are always on tap, they're generally in a good mood and a certain someone in the family who adores me comes to stay. With her cat!!

Is it really one of their human years since I took a look at 2020? Yes. Better get a wiggle on then and have a dekko at what I got up to in 2021.

First of all, if you had a read of my canine musings in 2021, (courtesy of the human who feeds me), a big thank you! Nice to know you're out there. Quite important in these strange times, when we can't always go where I - sorry we! - want to.

In January 2021, we couldn't go anywhere. That lockdown thing meant we could only go out to local places not far from home, and we certainly couldn't go away in my campervan, which was a disappointment.

My humans did their best though as we walked and walked locally, exploring parts of the small town we live in which they'd never been to before. We went down lots of roads and I learned new routes, so I now have a pretty good map of where we are if we visit them again - and guess what? I remember where we are even if we've not been there for a while. And I certainly remember the way home!

But something exciting happened in January, I was awarded two first places and one second place in the Norfolk Terrier virtual Fun Day. You can read about it here. And shortly after that my rosettes arrived. My humans were pretty excited about that and of course, I was too. 

In February we did manage to go out for days in my campervan - still couldn't go and stay anywhere as we were still locked down - but we managed some chilly, muddy, interesting walks in Tatton Park, which is near my house. It was SO good to get out and sniff and run and be in some earthy green space. I saw some deer but wasn't allowed to chase them even though they looked and smelled interesting. As we'd gone there in my campervan we had somewhere nice and cosy to go back to after the walk, and we had lunch and a snooze (well, I did).

In March we lots more of those local walks, and I wrote about them here. 

April was pretty good! We went away in my campervan and swapped it for a brand new campervan - the humans do treat me well! It was very exciting as it smelled different. They called that smell "new". And we went away for a short holiday in it to a place I like on the cliffs in Devon, with lots of good walks. It was windy and by the sea and I loved it. Freedom! We could go away at last!

We went away in my new campervan several times in the summer. Oh bliss - it was good because we often went to the sea and the beach for a few days. 

I liked going to the Place called Squirrel because I found a body on the beach, and to Barmuf beach, where I found another body! It was ok in the Boxwolds, but not quite as interesting as being in Whales.

Best of all in 2021 though was being in my campervan. It didn't really matter where we were. It was always good!

The Norfolk Terrier Club Virtual Fun Day 2020

Well, how about this for a nice surprise and a bit of a light-hearted photo shoot in the middle of this lockdown thingy. 

The rosettes I've been awarded for taking part in the Norfolk Terrier Virtual Fun Day 2020 have arrived - and they are BIG!! I told you about it here a little while ago, but in case you missed it and wonder what I'm wuffing on about, have a read here.

My humans are very pleased and rather proud that I got 2 firsts and a second in the classes I was entered in so they got me to pose with my rosettes. I was very well behaved and sat, as I was told, while they faffed about with the camera and asked me to look at them.

I did get distracted to begin with as I swear there was a squirrel in the garden, and that grabbed my attention (picture 1), but then I got interesed in what they were saying and doing (picture 2) and looked at them.

It was so cosy on my blanket I ended up just staying there  for a snooze - it was a cold day and I'd already patrolled the garden, searched for Holly the Cat next door (not around) and checked oi there was any bird food around for me to scavenge (no).

The rosettes are really big and I don't know where the human who feeds me is going to put them -  they're hanging around on the shelves over her desk at the moment, and as I sit nearby on my perch by the window, I can keep an eye on them. One of my fan club (the girls who live across the road) has asked if they can be put on display in the window. Now there's a thought....
 

Top dog?

Well here's some exciting news! The human who feeds me entered me for the Norfolk Terrier Club Fun Day 2020, and I've won some rosettes!

Because of the lockdowns and this Coronavirus thingy which is making everything sort of different, it was a virtual Fun Day, so all that happened was that some photos of me were submitted because we (other dogs and their owners) couldn't meet to do it for real, all together. We did go once before, and you can read about it here.

But this was different. My human sent some photos of me and I was entered into three different classes:

 

Handsomest Dog (I came 1st!!)

Best Family Group (I was 2nd, pictured with young human friends who are my "fan club")

Best Six Legs (1st again!!! Thrilled about this one of me with the granddaughter's legs, taken on a beach in Wales)

 I have to be fair and say that there were lots of other entries of Norfolks who didn't get a place, but they're all pretty classy and look good to me.

It was fun to take part ( well, she who feeds me did it all really) and now I'm waiting for my rosettes to arrive!