Christmas came early

Never work with children and animals - well we tried today with a very cute lil dog called Darcey - it was time to do some Christmas pics with our lovely new Venetien Red. My friend Amy very kindly agreed we could use her house, and I turned up armed with a table, table linen, crockery and ivy. Darcey thought the ivy was great - and proceeded to drag it out of the sack and troll it around the house, chewing.
Once we wrestled it from her jaws, the table was laid. Darcey was very keen to take part, and nearly suceeded with the table cloth trick, by sitting on the edge of the cloth. Luckily no wine was spilled!
She was a natural born poser, as you can see from the pics.
After a few snaps, we still had time to take Darcey for a walk in the nearby fields. A very muggy, humid day, but nice to be outside in the fresh air.
Just our new hamper pics left to do now - once the chocolate brownies and fudge are ready!