Good companions

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  1. Hornbeam

    Hornbeam Gardener

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    This is Tegan, my Border Collie. Great companion and so very, very intelligent. Getting on a bit now, but then so am I.

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  2. roders

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    Nice pic.Hornbeam..Lovely companion.

    Why Tegan? Any significance?
     
  3. Kandy

    Kandy Will be glad to see the sun again soon.....

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    Fantastic picture Hornbeam.Do you know where the photo was taken?

    Very good perspective with Tegan in the foreground.
     
  4. Fran

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    Now why does that remind me of the Lake District. Beautiful dog and piccie Hornbeam.
     
  5. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Nice dogs, border collies Hornbeam, got one myself, mine moves around so fast its a job to get a decent pic.
    The last one we had reached 16yrs, they dont give up easy.
    Thats a good pic, its an ideal setting. ;)
     
  6. Victoria

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    Hi, Hornbeam. In America, t'other half had a Border Collier, called Fred but a girl, when we met. Fred stayed with his parents when we married but t'other half and I got a Border Collier which we named Sheba. Unfortnately, because of our work commitments we couldn't look after a dog so at aged eight months we gave it to a work colleague who had two small children and lived on a farm .. that was the one and only time we had a dog. Since then it's been cats who could look after themselves in the daytime in the house.

    We love ALL animals and our wills are made out to 50% to cancer charities and 50% to animal charities.
     
  7. Hornbeam

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    Yes - they are great dogs. The pic was in the Lake District. We had climbed up out of Langdale on to the Pikes and this was the dale on t'other side - Langstrath
     
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    T'other's a lovely word, isn't it?
     
  9. wildflower

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    hes lovely i had a border collie when i was a child ..they are really intelligent..they are also good company..they certainly are mans best friend!!
     
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    LoL, same here regarding wills, cancer and animal charities [​IMG]
    junior will have the house, he won't need anything else, will he?
    Our cat Millie spend most of the day asleep wedged in one of two shoe boxes. :D
     
  11. Victoria

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    Hi Strongy ... if junior needs more than the house then he can sell it and squander the money on whatever he desires. My cousin is doing the same, only leaving the house to the daughter.

    Magic Sam just came through hurrying me up on the brunch ... he'll have some cheese with us!
     
  12. Hornbeam

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    When it comes to wills - watch out for Inheritance Tax. Threshhold is �£285,000 and Government takes 40% of everything above it.
     
  13. Victoria

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    Afraid I'm over that and I don't care ... once I'm gone ... I'm gone ... and then I don't worry about that ...
     
  14. Victoria

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    Gosh, that looked a bit weird after it was posted ... but that's true, I've got more than that and the b******s will get a lot I worked for for 38 years, the b******s!!!!!
     
  15. rosa

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    What a fabulous picture hornbeam, my uncle used to have a border collie they are so intelligent, hope you have that picture framed and on your wall.
    from rosa
     
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