Run away with me!

We love this small, out of the way pet shop we visit sometimes, because of the sweet critters there! (As a pet shop itself it rather sucks ). There’s a standoffish squirrel you just want to sneak into your backpack, and two very bouncy, friendly little meerkats who love a good back rub through their bars! Just look at that earnest little face? Doesn’t it make kidnapping seem worthwhile?

Firey skies

Being on the plot we get some SUPER WOW sunsets! Isn’t this one gorgeous? Models, actresses and all their skeleton crew posse, wish they could look this good without enhancing ‘touch ups’! Natural beauty rules!!

My good Sir!

This is Professor Ham, or Proff H to his friends. He’s our little dwarf hamster, (cause seriously a home isn’t a home without a hamster, you know!). He’s a lively, curious little chap who tends to sleep throughout the day, waking only, and conveniently, when I’m in the kitchen making snacks. The cat finds him terribly interesting though they have yet to be formally introduced. (Owing to the fact that siblings eating each other is somewhat frowned upon here).

Happy Teddy?

I suppose I don’t really have to comment on this one. But still! They couldn’t have put the handle a little higher up? I can just imagine the drawer getting stuck and having to yell, “Don’t worry, it will work if you give a good yank on the Teddie's knob!

Over troubled water?

I’ve been passing this bridge for years and wondering about it. Last Tuesday (20 July 2010) I decided eh, bugger it, let’s go see what it’s about. It’s a bit rickety and not exactly confidence building, (I walked across with my hands at the ready to grasp at the rails should the floor fall out at any give second!). The water below is not exactly deep, but it’s filthy and full of broken glass and just not an ideal spot for a sudden unexpected dip. I think I’ll carry on walking around this from now on…

Of cats and clementines

This is me showing the cat, The Finger of Justice! I do this when she’s being particularly wild and annoying. She understands it enough to know that it means trouble if she continues what she’s doing. Sometimes, when she’s very naughty, she will do a slow backwards somersault never removing her eyes from the finger. Yip, she’s an odd critter!

The second reason I put this pic up was to show what excess Vitamin C and Beta Carotene do to my skin in winter. Namely turn my skin an interesting shade of orange! (It’s very noticeable on my fingers, palms, soles of my feet, knees, elbows and, curiously, in a circle about my mouth.) Isn’t it odd?