Our new arrival

Our hearts have been stolen away by this adorable little pup who arrived at Sunnyside yesterday.  She has settled in here beautifully and is proving to be a very playful and affectionate little scamp.  She has shredded as much cardboard as she can lay her paws on, she has stolen slippers, the camera bag, the lens cap, and all sorts of other chewing treasures, and we are wondering whether we should have named her Magpie intead of Pippa.  Maisie has done her best to ignore her, but Pippa perseveres in the hope that one day Maisie will play with her (my guess is that Maisie will give in within the week).  James is utterly smitten with Pippa.  "I think I must be dreaming, this is all too good to be true" he says.  He has spent ages sitting in her cage with her asleep on his lap, and as I went to look in on him tonight he was talking in his sleep (which is not unusual) but instead of the usual nonsense he spouts, this time his words were very clear "good girl, good girl".  Bless!