Animals | Obsessive Ramblings

An Ever Expanding Menagerie

February 19th, 2013 | 2 Comments

Adastra was not happy. All she wants to do is play, but the cats are still a little wary of her ‘enthusiasm’, although recently it has been turning into something a little more like aloof contempt, as you might expect from cats. Still, they both have their reasons. They have both been pregnant for some weeks (gestation for cats is 9 weeks) so we have been expecting the patter of little paws imminently. Europa and Callisto are about … Read entire article »

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The New Arrival

February 7th, 2013 | 2 Comments

We had been thinking about getting a dog for some time, but it still seemed like a bit of an ‘impulse purchase’ We finally got ‘Adastra’ on Thursday 7th Feb after Liz had spoken to one of the other mums at school who was also looking for a puppy for the family, and discovered she had a bitch left, from a litter born three months ago, and hence ‘ready to go’. About midday I got an explanation … Read entire article »

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The Grizzly Death of the Frozen Mouse

January 28th, 2013 | 1 Comment

When you have children, it is nothing, if not informative! Joshua, our eldest, is 11 and animal mad. He had been begging us for ages to allow him to get a reptile of some sort and while happy to do this, the initial expense of setting up was deferred to a birthday / Christmas present. This also gave him the opportunity to firm up on a decision as to what he actually wanted to get. Having been … Read entire article »

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A Full Week

October 12th, 2012 | Comments Off

So yesterday, with my long run complete, I managed to almost get back on track with my schedule, after some weeks of delay, deliberation, procrastination and general indecision about the direction I should sensibly take. In order to get a ‘full’ week I still had one more run to complete. My schedule generally consists of back to back long runs, with the majority on a Sunday, and another run of about 50% of the Sunday distance on … Read entire article »

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Hogs and Dogs

September 8th, 2012 | 2 Comments

This was the first day since last week that we managed to have a bit of a lie in! For some reason, mainly associated with reviewing pictures, writing up diaries and blogs, stitching together panoramic photos and generally not actually getting to bed until 1am, the effects of the jet-lag seemed to be lingering. We, or rather, Liz and the children have been mulling over getting a dog for the last few months (this was part … Read entire article »

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Climbing Cats

June 2nd, 2012 | Comments Off

A quiet day with no running again, but that is normal for a Saturday anyway. A different matter for the kittens though. They were keen to explore the garden and have been venturing a little further out ever since we have opened the doors to them a couple of weeks back. Today they were running around and hiding underneath the playhouse when they got scared and jumping up at each other. It is hilarious to see … Read entire article »

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Vets to Battle

May 12th, 2012 | 2 Comments

Lots going on today, with kittens and plans to move house. The kittens were due for their next injections, which (thankfully) will last them for the next year. So after the next week or so, they will be allowed to start venturing out. The vet, Douglas, explained there were two schools of thought on when to let kittens out, but basically, the longer you keep them inside up to 6 months when they would be mature … Read entire article »

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Back to Early Mornings

May 4th, 2012 | 4 Comments

This morning was a return to early mornings. Because of the weather recently, I had been been putting off the early starts and trying to fit my training in to lunchtimes and evenings, but since the distances are increasing, that has been more difficult by the week to achieve. So this morning, to keep my training on schedule, I decided to get up early and get 10 miles in. I ran up the Mount, which is 200m from … Read entire article »

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It was too wet to go out….

April 29th, 2012 | Comments Off

Just like Dr Suess’ “The Cat in the Hat”, the rain was awful this morning and I’m ashamed to say I couldn’t face three hours of ‘damp’ running. With a sense of irony, the kittens were equally as displeased, but that is academic as they are not allowed out at the moment anyway I had planned to get out earlyish and do 22 miles or so, but the greyness and dampness of the outside … Read entire article »

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Not Happy

April 28th, 2012 | 2 Comments

It had to happen sometime, as the kittens were getting smellier and smellier. The house they had come from was, as I may have mentioned before, home to a miniature pig, which they apparently used to sleep with That was three weeks ago, but their ‘bouquet’ has not improved much since, especially with the way they have been practising their construction skills in the litter tray. So, today Liz could not stand it any more … Read entire article »

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