Our Easter Weekend at the Beach

The beach.

Where to start?

We set off for our 4 hours drive on Friday morning and arrived at the beach resort in the early afternoon.
Upon arriving, we unpacked our bags, cleaned up our chalet and went to the beach!

This was Eva's first reaction...

OMD THE BEACH

Then some dogs decided they needed to introduce themselves...

Hey, quit sniffing!

After she escaped their burrowing noses, she went back to being completely CRACKER

She was one happy girlie.

Day 2 saw us up bright and early.

We had more cracker dog episodes of her playing with her leash.

She does that a lot.

Up UP in the air!

But being off leash also means mom and dad need to have some food on their hands...we wouldn't want a runaway sheltie.

Our sit and stand stays were put into good use. They hadn't been practised for a long time but Eva knew just what to do and how to pose!!  

She even gave some of the cutest expressions like this...

Soon it became quite hot when the sun came out so we decided to go back in, have a rest, and then go back to the beach in the evening.

This one just made me laugh!!

We got some really nice photos in the evening where the light shone on the beach. 

There were very little areas on which it shone but when we put Eva in it, it just looks like there is a spotlight on her.

And we got some really pretty 'show dog' stacking and gaiting pictures.

Of course, a princess needs her food after looking pretty!

Our third and final day began on the beach again.

This time, we saw fishermen lining up their fishing rods.

Eva was pretty interested in them and the fish they caught.

She soon discovered the joys of digging.

But with her nose...

Did you know, she has never gotten herself wet?

She loves playing with the waves, but once they come too close, she'll run away.

SMILE!

She also found a new joy with sticks.

They are obviously very nice to chew.

Bunnies...

White and fluffy.

But not as cute as me!

And we also had a kitty neighbour.

Eva was NOT pleased.

We had a lot of growling from her and snarling from the cats.

And finally, to end with, a very happy picture with our two happy girlies.

(P.S. We had a wonderful little photographer who shot more than 1000 pictures!!!)

Cute tongue pictures for the weekend!

I'm back from the beach!

We are back from the beach!

We took Eva on our second visit back to the beach which is a good 3.5 hour drive away.
She wasn't as adventurous in the water as she was the first time. It seems like the princess doesn't like getting her feetsies wet!!! Everytime a wave came near, she was always quick enough to avoid it.

Never trust the humans who say 'It's okay'. The sea is SCARY!

Eva also made some new friends who arrived on the same day as we did. They are a beautiful black and tan GSD girl like our blogger buddy, Anna, and a sweet golden retriever. They were so gentle to Eva who had loads of fun teasing them and getting them to chase her.

My big scary jaws are gonna get you one day!

Clever Eva knows that the big dogs can't get inside the inner circle. She makes them chase her by going in and out of the circles, round and round.

Eva: Where is he?
Chippy: Teehee!! Found you!!

Meeting the bunnies. 

Hey, can you get the dog to stop staring at me?

Although it rained quite a bit while we were there, we were still lucky to be able to catch some moments when it stopped raining to go to the beach and take photos as the sun came out.

Here are some pictures we took during the low tide in the early morning.

Getting her to cross the water, luring her with yummy treats!

We'll be back!

Beach Trip - Part 3

You must be saying, "another one?!"
Don't worry. This one is about turtles and not shelties :)

During the turtle watching season, many will come to lay their eggs on Cherating beach.
We were lucky to be there when some eggs at the Turtle Sanctuary had just hatched and it was time to release the baby turtles into the sea. They will swim for 5 days until they reach someplace safe and usually, only 10% make it.

Here they are in a box

Rosie got a turtle to release into the sea and that's the first ever time she had ever touched a non-mammal (she totally dislikes amphibians and reptiles) and she was probably the only one on the beach that kept saying "gross!". BOL. Anyway, apparently the body was fine to touch but its fins were hard and spiky and kept itching her hand :P

Here she is with her turtle baby

A close-up

Even closer

Hope she didn't squeeze its body too hard!

Then on the count of 3, all the people's turtles were released into the sea being cheered on!

Can you see the little green figures?

Rosie's turtle can't wait to go!

It's a race to the sea!

And finally in the water