Hair today, gone tomorrow

Whatever he does with his hair, doesn't he look just fine?

What was the question again?

I wish he'd interrogate me. One look from those lovely eyes, one word from those luscious lips, and I'd admit to anything.

Five out of the seven, a teddy and a tiger

Why do cats love sleeping on human beds, but never in cat beds? Here are, from the left, Beano, Dandy, Shelley and Jaspa, with Mitzi on the tiger's back. (The tiger is fur fabric with a polystyrene head, by the way).

Dandy has been to the vet's again today with an abcess on his head. He looked as if he were frowning and was off his food, so I knew what was wrong. Now I have a week of antibiotics to get down him and some serious bathing to do.

The vet loves my cats.

I'm over here

He turned and looked - but not at me.

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what a naughty girl

i thought that rio was naughty when she used to unhook the curtains, but today she has -
forced me to type one-handed as she's on the other hand so no upper case
attacked my finger when it got near her
tried to chew my necklace so i took it off
then tried to chew my earrings instead.
bless her.

Pure Perfection

Okay, so forget the animals - here's the most perfect specimen you'll find in the animal kingdom.

Wow!

Green-wing Macaw

Scarlet Macaw

Hyacinth Macaw

Well, I suppose these might beat the squirrel monkeys for improbable colours.

Aaah!

London Zoo now has a "walking with squirrel monkeys" exhibit. They are the most adorable little creatures, foraging through the earth and bark chippings to find insects, and hopping and swinging nimbly through the branches and along the ropes.

Did you ever see a creature in more improbable colours?

Parrot Playpen or Kitten Climbing Frame?

When Twiglet was a kitten she made more use of the parrot stand than the parrots did.

JoJo's Challenge

Bad pictures of Vincent, JoJo? I think it can probably be done. I had The Salton Sea in mind, but couldn't find any on the spur of the moment. Even Being Human didn't meet the criteria. I don't think FMJ counts, as the photos are not bad as such. So here are some more especially good ones.

Vincent at his Best

I felt like posting a selection of my favourite Vincent photos, and I got carried away. I chose 15 but this is all that came out.

Shame on you, Blogger

Here we go again

Blogger's playing silly b*****s with my photos again so I'll publish what I can.

I thought Bobby looked really thoughtful in these pictures and I wanted to help him with his problems.

JoJo, as you asked...

The picture earlier in my blog is my own house. This is the one opposite that they plan to demolish. It's the one on the left, as you can see it's directly opposite my front gate. You can't actually see or get into the wildlife site except through a gate up the side of the house, so the best I could do for a glimpse of it is take a photo from my upstairs window. Sorry for the streaks of reflection. The land stretches away to the right behind five double-fronted houses like the one on the right.

Planning law is different in England than it is in the US. Our Local Council receives plans, and a planning committee has to approve them. Often (as in this case) the planning officers give the applicant a lot of help to get it right. Objecters get no help, only get told what is not a valid reason for objecting (ie. the noise and dirt of the development!), but wildlife is supposed to be a consideration these days. SUPPOSED to be.

A planning officer is visiting the site next week (no-one's even looked at it yet!) and we hope that will inform their recommendations to the planning committee. The officers are paid workers, the committee is made up of elected officials.

Our first step is to make sure we don't lose the initial vote. Pro Bono is not on offer for things like this as far as I know, but we have three lawyers living in the affected area.

Thanks for all your support and good wishes.