Sunday, 13 March 2011

Naughty little minx ...

Here is my new Burmese pusscat, presently called Emma, but I am thinking of calling her Minnie, after Minnie the minx.  She really is a little minx and I know she is going to be trouble already!  I haven't seen very much of her, because she hides away quite a lot, but when she is feeling confident and comes out she darts round like a complete loon! I think it will only be a matter of time before she is climbing the curtains and trying to get out my velux window for example.  I see she is another tap drinker (like Bella was) as there was a small set of paw prints in my sink this morning!

It's 13 March and Bella would have been nine years old today.  Missing her so much,  It's only been a month but it seems much longer.  Think Sam is missing her.  He's not very impressed by his new companion!  Hopefully they will settle down and become good friends in time, but you can't rush these things!  He's been the perfect gentleman, but Emma/Minnie is being a bit of a minx!





The stand off with Sam:



Poor Sam doesn't look very impressed does he?


Thursday, 10 March 2011

Photographic record of a night in the jazz club!

Had a fabulous evening at the local jazz club last night sampling the wonderful delights of George Washingmachine!! He must win the prize for the most unusual jazz musician name!  George hails from Australia and really got the crowd going with his amazing fiddle gypsy swing playing and beautiful singing.   He was accompanied by Dave Kelbie and David Blenkhorn on accoustic guitars and the incredible Sebastien Giarot on double bass.  The latter three I have seen before, in their other guise as Django a la Creole, also at the Concorde Club last year.  Amazing musicians. 

I took my lovely Nikon camera with me last night, and my new 55-300 mm lens and here are a few of the photos I took.  I have emailed the Concorde Club to see if they would like a free photographer, haha!! What a cheek eh, but if you don't try ..... I expect I will get a dear john letter, but you never know!!













Tuesday, 8 March 2011

Historic Dockyard, Portsmouth

I had a lovely day out during February half term with Sophie, Ollie and TBone.  We visited the Historic Dockyard at Portsmouth and went on HMS Victory, Warrior and had a boat trip round Portsmouth Harbour.  An interesting place to visit, and what fun we had too!























Freddie

Here are some of my favourite photos of Freddie - he is completely adorable!













New member of my family arriving Friday!

There is a new member of my family arriving on Friday - she is a lilac Burmese called Emma (well she is called Emma at the moment, but no one really likes that name - any suggestions???).  She is 2 years old and an ex-breeding queen (like Bella in that respect), and needed a loving home.  My friend is rehoming Emma's sister, a chocolate burmese and the breeder mentioned that Emma,also needed a home and my friend said Emma couldn't want for a better home than with me ... and so I am going to meet her and all being well bring her home on Friday!

Here she is with Darcy, her litter sibling, a chocolate Burmese.  Emma is the one on the left!  Isn't she cute!

Savernake Forest

I had a lovely walk with TBone exploring a tiny corner of Savernake Forest on Sunday.  Here are some of my photos I took: