Camera Critters

Flying around my room at the moment is this. It perches every now and then, probably to recover its breath, then it takes off again. It is a little clumsy as it keeps on hitting curtains and walls and the back of my head! What is it? It is the lace-winged green thingy-bug. Fairly common [...]

Photo Hunt; Furry

Here in the desert there are very few “furries”. Most critters are feathered, scaled or chitined. So I went into my archives and, while I am not sure if “furry” and woolly” are the same, I couldn’t resist the querelous look on this little lamb’s face.

Duckloop’d

I believe that while several ducklings were confused by Randall (As were a lot of humans) no ducklings were harmed and the mother duck was re-united with her brood before irreversible trauma was caused. I do the same with caterpillar chains – – -

Sherlock’s Camping Trip

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson went on a camping trip. After a good meal and bottle of wine they lay down for the night and went to sleep. Some hours later, Holmes awoke and nudged his faithful friend. “Watson look up at the sky and tell me what you see.” Watson replied “I see millions [...]

BBC Quiz of the Week

No crown again last week although there were an unprecedented three scores of 6/7. Congratulations Puddock, hmh and Buff. There was only a single score below 4/7 so silverstar, who scored 2/7 gets tom wear the dreaded cap for a week. While I had read most of the stories, I was unable to score more [...]

Has Something Come Between Us?

Hanging off the edge of the world, like a dag on Australia’s backside, is a semi-mythical nation called Kiwiland. The intelligence of Kiwilanders is awesome. Most of the really smart ones have had the sense to move to Australia (Hiya, Nurse M) leaving the remainder in a sort of IQ sinkhole. Here is an example [...]

Friday’s Feathers; Peregrine Falcon

I caught this fellow drinking at our little sprinkler made lake. The one all the Zebra Finches come to drink at and play in. Needless to say, there were no Finches in sight.

Sky Watch Friday

The sky is an important part of life out here in the desert. The satellite dish receives and sends all our emails, as well as sending this blog out into cyberspace. It keeps us in touch with the outside world. Sometimes we need a human touch and so our mail and, in this case, our [...]

The Doomed Starship

There was once a huge starship, called the SS Titanic. It was a mighty cruise ship, set to sail the inky blackness of space. The first voyage of the immense vessel came. Thousands of people on board – mostly the rich and famous, and of course, a large crew to cater for their every need. [...]

For My North American Readers

Knock, knock Who’s there? Freeze. Freeze who? Freeze a jolly good fellow

Your Current Job Sucks?

I reckon we are about three months away from the queue forming for this job!

A Rant on Terror

Terrorism is such a bad thing that all terrorists should be punished. It would probably be best if they were all killed before they could cause any damage to us. The problem is that terrorism is like the Hydra. Cut off a few heads and they not only grow back, they multiply. The end result [...]

Which Absolutely Fabulous Character are You?

Names, Names, Names, Dahling. The last mosquito that bit me had to book into the Betty Ford clinic. Botox, Booze, Detox! Bolly darling? You are Patsy Stone. A sloshed Sixties relic. Your heart belongs to all night parties, free booze and perhaps something a little more illegal. You’ve lived a wild life and it has [...]

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Tuesday Tune

I have always enjoyed acoustic folk music. I can remember one especially memorable date with a young lady at a smoky little folk music club. Over the years tastes change and the male vocal goups (Kingston Trio, Limelighters, etc) which were my favourites have faded a little. In their place more serious students of Folk [...]