Hi! My mom is visiting and brought Murphy's lil half brother Riley along...we got some great photos and video to share!

Your babies are sooooo adorable!!! I can't wait to get a tri!!

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Did you know Edward means 'happy guardian'? Perfect for our smiley puppies. Eddy is only Edward when he is naughty or fresh.

Hey Eddie, sorry to see you in the cast. LO say's high five for you adapting already.

Buddy is two and half years old. His birthday is in March. We are getting another puppy from the breeder next weekend. How old are your two corgis?

yep! its starting to get cold. we cant wait for the snow! :)

love the profile pic =)

Hello. Your Corgi's are very cute!

Thanks for you beautiful page....Love all of the all pics. We do not have much a season distiction down here but I LOVE fall. It also does not hurt that you have some wicked cute corgis on your page to go with the beautiful pics and scenery!

20 more days! this is the longest wait ever

I love that furball/snowball photo!

Lizzie is almost 6 month (18th of this month) old. She is tri-color. Lizzie is very friendly and desperate to make new friends (human and dogs). My wife and I live near downtown (SW). Which dog park you want to meet?

Poor Lizzie caught a cold. I need to take her to the Vet tomorrow. She's unlikely going anywhere this week.

Anise Christmas Cookies
1 cup unsalted butter
1 pint light molasses
1 cup water
1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 Tablespoon anise seed
1 Tablespoon coriander seed
1 Tablespoon fennel seed
1 teaspoon clove, ground
1 teaspoon cinnamon, ground

1 Tablespoon Baking Soda
All purpose flour to dough consistency

Put all of the above into a large non-reactive pot (No aluminum) and bring to a boil over medium flame. Add to this the 1 Tablespoon of baking soda (be aware that this will foam up so be sure you use a pot with sufficient room). When the baking soda reaction subsides, add enough all purpose flour (there is no measured amount here) to make a workable dough. Remove the dough from your cooking vessel and cover this dough and refrigerate it for 5 - 7 days (this is imperative to soften the seeds and infuse the dough with spice flavors). After this curing time, roll dough on a well-floured surface and cut in shapes with cookie cutters. Place on parchment lined sheet pans and bake in a 350 degree oven (turning pans around halfway through baking time) for approximately 12 to 15 minutes. Cool completely. (Note: when baking, be sure that your cookie cutter shapes on the pan are all of an equal shape and size, i.e., no big gingerbreadmen and tiny trees baking on the same sheet). We love to use piped, colored buttercream frostings on these cookies.

These cookies will keep quite well in a sealed tin. Keep at least five feet off the floor from corgis.

Anyone want a true European almond macaroon recipe?

I am thrilled that you made and like our Swedish Anise Cookies! I have written out the Almond Macaroon recipe given to me by Marcel Walters, CEPC (Certified Executive Pastry Chef) during my apprenticeship at Colonial Williamsburg. Unfortunately, we'll have to find another use for your coconut! Anyway, almond paste (not marzipan) is somewhat pricey but this cookie is simple and sublime!

Chef Marcel's Almond Macaroons

1 pound almond paste (not marzipan)
1 pound sifted granulated sugar
4 to 5 ounces clean egg whites (from real eggs only)
1 to 2 drops pure almond paste (optional and nice)
Good, sturdy piping bag with large star or straight tip
Parchment paper (a must)
additional clean granulated sugar
2 clean kitchen towels, dampened with cold water

In an absolutely clean cuisinart or mixer, pulse or mix your almond paste and sifted granulated sugar until it resembles cornmeal. Slowly add the lowest recommended amount of egg white and use more if necessary. You have to strike a balance in this mixture - not too stiff, never runny. Add almond extract if desired.

Pipe cookies onto parchment lined sheet pan. Briefly "cover" the tops of these cookies with dampened towel and then scatter with some granulated sugar. Bake, until only golden, in a 325 degree oven. I begin to peep at 12 to 14 minutes. Leave on pan until cool or bottoms will come out if removed from sheetpan while hot.

These are a true European delight. I make them every Christmas too!
All the best, Nan, Bear, Tasha and Linus

Ooops, it's supposed to be one to two drops pure almond extract!!!!!!

Thank you for the warm welcome! Your dogs are so cute!!!!

So cute!! Thanks! I'm heading to NH tomorrow.... hopefully when I get back I'll try jazzing up our mycorgi page! Have a great weekend!

Thank you for the sweet Christmas card! We were thinking of you last night while beginning our cookie madness! Only have four more types to go....!!! Now, if it would only snow down here it would be perfect.

You are very welcome! You have an amazing Corgi page, very cool. I love the music.

Ah! The cookie frenzy is reaching a creshendo now with the folding of white bakery boxes, coloring and squeezing buttercream frosting, tying bows and delivering to neighbors. At the real job, we celebrated the residents' Christmas Formal this week, two special menus coming up next week and one can only take it a day at a time! They are talking about snow here in Virginia tonight and tomorrow. Oh, we are keeping our paws crossed!!!!!!

Gizmo says thank you! Will check out the pics!

On behalf of His Lordship, Scipio, we bid you greetings!

Your little prince and princess Edward and Gem are beautiful. Edward looks like such a cute little teddy bear, and Gem reminds me of Scipio. :)

love your main pic playing in the snow :)

p.s. Rochester, MN?! i go to school @ Winona State!

haha yes lots of snow outside = snuggling! :)

Thank you for the Christmas message !!! Merry little corgis Christmas to you !!

Melissa, thank you for christmas postal!!!

Hey there, yes we got lots of snow! It did rain a little bit late Christmas day but other than that we have a ton of snow. But it's ok, the dogs love tunneling through it, haha!

Thank you! Love the snowflake costume on your corgi. It's really cute!

Thank you! I had quite a bit of material to work with! Anne

Thanks for the birthday greeting. It is actually Rogers. Your picture is wonderful. Gem has that Chepstow look of "is this really necessary"

lol
your pic cracks me up!

Thanks. Aber's nickname at the breeder's was "Waterboy" because he would sleep in the waterbowl. I had to find something that captured his fixation with water. By the way, love the pointy hat in the pic!

Hey Melissa: Happy New Year from the state of Virginia....Merry and Sammie send their greetings to your family also....We have survived the holidays and are off to a good start in 2010. We have been snuggling up here because it has been very cold for our area...I really don't think the dogs mind it at all, I am the softie, but they do love snuggling....My yard looked like a picture postcard yesterday. It was just full of Cardinals, Blue Jays, and a red headed woodpecker....they were so busy eating the berries and nuts that had fallen off the trees....I doubt I will see that again any time soon. Just did not have the heart to let Sammie and Merry go out and disturb them....although they would have loved it....the chase would have been on for real. Anytime I turn them out in the yard they are scouting for birds, squirrels, rabbits and anything else that might be fun to herd. Expecting a light dusting of snow tonight....not enough for the dogs to play in....but maybe good for a winter nights walk. Marion

I don't know a whole lot about Corgis, but she's pretty red. I will upload a nice color pic that shows her coloring a bit better so you can help me figure it out.

Aw cute picture! Thanks! I grew up in Rochester!

My daughter lives in a town near mine. It's about a half-hour drive West, towards the mountains. She and her husband have another dog that is a Newfoundland. He is huge! As I recall, he weighs around 145 pounds! He taught Gus how to drink out of the toilet. He can do anything because no one can stop him!
My Sadie doesn't do that, even though Gus tried to teach her when she slept over once. I close my toilet lid and leave the bathroom door shut so she doesn't get any ideas!
Their parents live in a town about two hours east of where I do, on a sheep farm. Did you see the picture of them? They don't have their papers, but then we don't plan to breed them. We just love their spunky personalities and good looks. I can't get over how much your dogs look like Gus and Sadie!

Hello, yes, I know Shelby, she works for my husband at the Vet Clinic.
Oh, we have a few Corgis now. My husband is the one that got me started. We have been breeding Corgis now for about 5 years. Love it! And having a husband as a Veterinarian sure does have its advantages!
Kids and Corgis! Gotta love it!

You know what they say, "You Snooze You Loose". Wouldn't dream of telling on you....a girl has to get her beauty rest....Marion

I could knit Roger an entire new closet full of clothes if we could use the Corgi hair on our floors. I did get Roger the greatest pastel original of two Corgis (Tri and Red/white, of course) last year for fathers day. If I can take a decent picture I will send you a picture it is sooooo good.

Pictures aren't great, some glare.

Just wondering if the beauty sleep worked and made you more beautiful than you already are...If it did I would like to know....then I will try it....All I can say is: it's a good thing makeup was invented.

We have said the tri is smiling and dreaming about what new wild adventure he can start when he wakes up. I said it was a pastel but it is a watercolor. If I remember the artist was in Canada. I got it on ebay. Just type in Pembroke Welsh Corgi and the categorie Art. There are some nice things. I haven't seen this artist since I bought the picture.

Thank you Ed and Gem; very nice to know you.
36 long days without Yardley - but yes we're so glad to have shared those few years with him.

(Love your page! Did you do your own html?)

Robins - really? I vote for an early spring, that would be nice. Sounds like yucky weather coming again for the next couple of days though, boo! It is on again, off again with Leo but like I said it will probably be like that for the rest of his life. We can live with this - I just hope it never gets worse. He's such a cutie - he melts my heart when I know he's in pain. They love this warm weather too. They like to just go outside and wonder around the yard. Sometimes it's like I have a revolving front door.

Good Morning Edward and Gemima from Merry and Sammy

We just want to tell you about our weekend at the Dog Show....It rained and we got wet....our best friend was Reserve Bitch....Our Mom was kept busy holding dogs while their owners were in the ring. We got new crate pads and goodies.....and some great toys....You should have seen the snow that was piled up from the last snowstorm...and to think at our home just 75 miles away we have none. Our Mom sends greetings to the humans at your home....LOL

May the best team win! (That's the Saints.)

Thank you!