Happy #Caturday

I was going to upload a video of Lizzie today but got distracted by how cute Dallas was when we first got him (see below). He's not that tiny any more thats for sure. Poor old Dallas has almost lost his voice these past few days, for a siamese that is a travesty!

Why Mums Get Nothing Done

I had to laugh at this. It's going to be a while before mine is this age but I'm quietly pleased I'll be at work when this shenanigans is going on - just add two curious cats to the mix and its going to be utter chaos. Good Luck Mike!



Video by Esther Anderson. See it directly on YouTube here.
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Whats cute & grey and has a hard life? PhotoFriday - 'Gray'

On my UnderwaterPhotography blog I try to do a PhotoFriday post when the mood strikes me (or the theme is good). This week the theme is Gray (one presumes so that they can jump on the #50Shades bandwagon). Earlier today I posted mine on social media with the tagline “What’s cute and grey and likes to be tickled”, well Manatees of course, get your minds out of the gutter! This is my follow up post for a more close-to-home look on how one poor Manatee has fared in the dubious clutches of our very own cat Dallas. No wonder they are on the verge of extinction! Actually, this Manatee is a hardy little chap, he’s been fixed several times and is still going strong as Dallas’ go-to toy when he wants to beat the crap out of something other than his sister. If you’re stopping by Three Sister Springs looking for a souvenir (or a trip to see the Manatees since its the right time of year), we got this one from Birds Underwater. When Dallas was a only a little kitten he claimed him as his own (even though the Manatee was well over half his size) and has been dragging him around the house ever since. I don’t think Dallas would be so bold around a real manatee (water notwithstanding). Here is a short video of one having a good old fashion scratch (they are like giant underwater puppies).

Scratchy Time with Ringo the Manatee from Suzy Walker-Toye on Vimeo

It's going to be a good day...maybe

You get a feeling about a day by the little things that happen. Today the giant fluffy hat of winter is gone, the sun is out, I have cool shades on my face and two songs came on my music shuffle one after the other which had me bopping along on the train (doing my best fraggle rock impression)....

Uptown funk

Funky Nassau

Oh but then I decided to blog about it and discovered you cannot seem to embed videos using the blogger mobile app (there's no HTML option and the desktop version of YouTube on my mobile wasn't showing the embed code link), so hopefully the links work. *sigh*

EDIT: I had to go back and fix the links anyway so I embedded them. Lesson learnt.