Happy birthday Ink, and congratulations and best wishes from Zola (who will be 26 in July) -may your life be full of fun and food and love xxxxx
From Zola and Angie
Dear Jacky. -my birthday is July 8th - the same as my mum's, and also the same as Edward's servant, I think ! I shall be 26 years old
Love from Zola xxxxxx
Dear Chef -Zola and I say goodnight to your precious little Gary every night without fail,and always will - together with our little toad Bonus. -they both came into our lives unexpectedly,didn't they, and somehow that makes them even more important - a sort of gift from Mother Nature.
Lots of...
Dear Natrah - Zola was in a very cross mood this morning, and I really don't know what set it off, though he may have been expecting to go to the breakwater - it was very cold and windy, though, so Richard really didn't think it was a good idea. Anyway, Zola went charging round his room...
By the way, Natrah - I'm not sure if I said before that I used to have piano lessons as a child from an old and rather eccentric lady in the next village -she had her former dog stuffed when it died, and kept it under the piano seat ! she used to give me rhubarb juice to drink after I mowed her...
Dear Natrah and all -we had a lovely day today, though it didn't start well when I discovered that the last radicchio in the fridge had gone all mushy! It was still fairly early, so we rang the radicchio warehouse, and they had some in,fresh off the boat ! They close at 1pm, so we hurried out to...
Welcome from Devon. Basil is absolutely lovely, especially his cute face ! We have a Hermanns tortoise too -he is nearly 26, and we have had him from a baby. There was very little information around then - you are lucky to have this forum, with knowledgeable people to help you with any problems...
Dear Natrah - I don't think you have mentioned this concert before - I hope your rehearsals etc go well.Nice to see Jacky being her usual destructive self - her determination is pretty impressive !
My Nanma ( my mother's aunt, who brought her up) had a pet jackdaw for a long time, though before...
Dear Natrah - those long-tailed t**** tend to hang about in groups quite a lot, so you might be seeing some more soon. They are lovely !
On our road to Bude, there is a lovely little thatched cottage, and I have been admiring the bush of large red flowers by the door there getting bigger every...
Dear Natrah - our dental appointments were not much fun,but my teeth are ok , more or less - however, Richard has to have a long appointment in a ferw weeks, as he needs a root canal filling re-done. It is going to involve several injections, and will be pretty unpleasant, but he will be...
I seem to have a memory of stroking the chest feathers of an owl once, and finding them amazingly soft. Is this right -presumably to make them even quieter when flying ?
Angie
The first cockroach I ever saw indoors was in a room at a cheap hotel in New York !
I am pleased to say I have never encountered any in the UK,and hope I never will!
Angie xxxxxxxxx
Dear Natrah and everyone -it has been a sunny but very windy day, and quite cold, so Zola didn't get his walk today. However, he did get a lot of attention and a long stroking session from me, and he seemed quite happy.
Our current robin is becoming braver - he would just hang about shyly...
Hello Natrah - I don't think Zola is very affected by light levels, but he certainly is by heat -he can get quite frantically active if he is too hot. Today we have had a bit of rain, and I think there was quite a lot overnight, which at least has saved Richard from watering the flowers, and it...