There’s been some small articles in recent years by wildlife biologists about the phenomenon of inter-species relationships --more and more of them are citing that it’s because the animals know something we don’t.

If you think about it, most animals don’t have a ‘human’ capacity for pity or compassion beyond the instinctive need to protect young ( Read more... )

This past weekend and Monday bank holiday was the Notting Hill carnival, 2008.  It was literally just two streets over but I didn't want to be part of it when the news crews started showing yobs and kids making a fuss.  In the end, I just listened to the police cars come screaming by and the helicopters overhead all day.

And looked through these ( Read more... )

Here she is.  Not a good pic as I took it in the fading twilight right after I got home... but there she is.
Must name her, must name her... any ideas, anyone?