Little Wandering Wren …. chats!

My Sunday Photo: Sunday 22 January 2017 The Crazy Poodle has had a big week. Firstly he had a pampering session at the groomers so he would be looking gorgeous and smelling sweetly  for our international guests. Hmmm best laid plans of mice and men and all that... The groomer points out a slight eye infection which appears once he's had his facial and combines with water in the ears to give him the itches.    Big time! He is none too pleased with my bucket on the head solution but thankfully it does solve the problem and he is right (ok exhausted),  for his media appearances later in the week... He's a laid back dog at the best of time and can't believe his luck to be invited onto the sofa to watch the tennis. Of course he soon made himself comfortable on his favourite tennis player! Once there and fast asleep, he had no idea that he was just about to be Instafamous. You can read the full story here Linking with thanks to Darren at My Sun...

French Open, Paris 2015 It might seem strange to say, being from Melbourne, Australia,  but I just reckon Roland-Garros could be my favourite Grand Slam.  Look at me, I'm a long way from home! Of course it won’t be possible to say with any complete certainty,  until I have had the pleasure of attending all four…  That was the challenge that Irina Falconi,  professional tennis player  and family friend,  threw out to me this week, and I rather like it!  If Mr Wren is reading this blog, he may think otherwise,  given I have been doing a lot of ‘galavanting’ recently,  but it’s a great thought for the bucket list! TV cameras on Suzanne Lenglen court I never thought I’d be able to attend Roland-Garros,  let alone sit in some of the best seats in the house. Look at me,  with the same view as you are getting on your TV screens.  Woo hoo! Or how about the time I sat courtsi...

Irina - Housing a Tennis Player... Hello it's Crazy Tennis Mum here! Yes, I know you know me as Crazy Soccer Mum, but for two weeks a year we ditch the muddy soccer boots, in favour of our favourite ASICS tennis shoes, and I take up the role as 'chief cook and bottle washer'* when we host a professional Tennis Player.  The crazy poodle - wanna play doubles with me? For the past seven years we have been an Australian Open Host Family. Originally this was a scheme offered by Tennis Australia, offering overseas  players the opportunity to stay with Australian families. We were inspected, and before we knew it, we had two  Eastern European players  knocking at the front door. One competing in the qualifying tournament, the other a doubles player. We had such an incredible summer of tennis. Not only watching them play but accompanying them behind the scenes as a player guest at Melbourne Park. We also gained an huge appreciation of their life on the r...