FOAM

Hello, friends, it’s BOB here, the Very Good Boy who lives with Tom and Kate.

You may recognise me from my recent appearance as the model for Choc Ice (aka the Ultimate Dog Jumper, or UDJ), or as the originator of BSCAD (the BOB scale of Chaos, Anarchy and Disaster). Well, today I am here to introduce you to another acronym, BITFTD, which stands for BOB’s Important Thought for the Day.

Today’s BITFTD is coming to you straight from the BEACH and it is: to make sure you make the most of FOAM.

I shall explain. There are many good things about the BEACH, but one of the best (and most interesting) is that it is a place that is different every day. What I mean by this is that while the BEACH remains itself, and is essentially the same place (of course), it always contains different things. For example, some times the waves are high and wild and good for leaping, while at other times the water is replaced by sand, which is good for running and for rootling. One day there is an otter, the next day there is not. Such is life on the beach.

With its ten thousand things and their continual transformations, the beach is a very fun place to be, but on days after a storm it is particularly so. On such days I have encountered many surprises, including a gigantic bank of seaweed, several feet high, half a sofa, part of a wall, and an actual message in a bottle.

Yesterday there was a storm and today’s surprise was the very best surprise of all – for it was FOAM!

What is FOAM? Well, like snow, FOAM is neither solid or liquid . . .

. . . and you can jump and play in it, although it does not melt.

FOAM is glorious, bouncy, frothy stuff. It tastes good, just like the sea . . .

. . . FOAM rises in high drifts and it wobbles in the wind . . .

. . . FOAM is good for leaping, for rolling, and for creating the very best kind of fun and mess.

But like many transient beach things, one day FOAM is here and the very next day it is gone.

so make sure you make the most of FOAM, my friends!

over and out, love BOB.