That's not a reference to clubbing or anything, I'm just excited about the fact that, after six weeks in the Netherlands, I've seen my first squirrel! Not one of the big greys which are overrunning London, but a little red one that shot out in front of my bike and then up a tree ( Read more... )

Pembury Tavern regulars, Wingnut's mum has sent me a link about a solo train-travelling ferret, London to Edinburgh! She'd like to know if anyone's seen Frettchen lately. :-)

What the hell? Did I just see another squirrel with a tennis ball running cross the street?


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If I see a dog while out running, I slow down so as not to make it think I'm a really interesting stick. This time it didn't work. A squashed-face dog persisted in lolloping around me, forcing me to a halt ( Read more... )

More photos from the North Island, crossing through the centre to the east coast. The geothermal and wildlife parks of Rotorua and the rural and not-so-rural parts of Hawke's Bay. Then a jump down to the South Island and penguins!


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I take it back about the spider photos, here's another cat:


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Perhaps I should be posting spider photos instead of cat photos... People have commented/mailed to say they'd seen Louise Bourgeois's Maman in Ottawa, Copehagen and at the Guggenheim in Bilbao. Edit: and Japan. As far as I can tell, there are six of the spiderkind and three museums own bronze casts. The Tate Modern's spider is one of the original ( Read more... )