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Monday, August 25, 2014
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
by royal appointment
oh, buttons, oh, buttons,
where have you been?
i went up to london
to visit the queen...
Friday, August 01, 2014
there's nothing quite like...
...the first aperol spritzer of the day...
...a nice canal-side spot to have a sit...
...a decent seat at the theatre...
...a candlelight dinner for three...
...and a little comfort at bedtime...
...a nice canal-side spot to have a sit...
...a decent seat at the theatre...
...a candlelight dinner for three...
...and a little comfort at bedtime...
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
another helping paw...
still busy helping with brian's birthday presents...
(excellent choice, sharon!)
(excellent choice, sharon!)
Monday, July 14, 2014
a helping paw...
just giving brian a little help with one of his birthday presents...
don't worry, roger & sheila, i'll let brian have the empty box for his disney collection!
don't worry, roger & sheila, i'll let brian have the empty box for his disney collection!
Thursday, June 19, 2014
who's zoo
brian's a fellow of the zsl (zoological society of london) and, on tuesday, he took david and i to the fellows' day where I had one or two interesting experiences...
...like looking at the famous penguin pool that is so historic that the penguins have all moved to a posh new home just round the corner...
...visiting the only elephants now at the zoo...
...helping brian eat his eton mess...
...and, after lunch, getting up close and personal with a tiger...
...and having this decidedly curious encounter...
...where was hippolyta when i could have done with her?
...like looking at the famous penguin pool that is so historic that the penguins have all moved to a posh new home just round the corner...
...visiting the only elephants now at the zoo...
...helping brian eat his eton mess...
...and, after lunch, getting up close and personal with a tiger...
...and having this decidedly curious encounter...
...where was hippolyta when i could have done with her?
Thursday, April 24, 2014
rabbit fodder
time to tuck into hippolyta's easter present! let's hope brian and david keep their paws off...
Monday, April 21, 2014
a cracking time
on a cold, wet, windy easter sunday, hippolyta and i cosyed up in front the fire after lunch and pulled a festive easter cracker...
it was, as always, a happy reunion, if tinged with a touch of sadness in knowing that, this year, we won't be making our usual summer oddyssey to greece...
*sigh*
photo: david weeks
it was, as always, a happy reunion, if tinged with a touch of sadness in knowing that, this year, we won't be making our usual summer oddyssey to greece...
*sigh*
photo: david weeks
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
Friday, February 14, 2014
Saturday, January 25, 2014
rabbit rhapsody & hippo harmony
a pleasant memory from a couple of weeks ago when, during our post-christmas visit to ascot, david, tickled the ivories and serenaded hippolyta and myself with romantic love songs that captured the mood of our long-awaited (though sadly brief) reunion...
Photo: Roger Shrigley
Photo: Roger Shrigley
Thursday, January 09, 2014
late christmas
on sunday we had a late christmas celebration with roger, sheila and, of course, hippolyta, who I was disturbed to discover had (like many a diva before her) found her self an admirer in the military.
however, there didn't seem much going on under the busby, so i don't think it's going tot be a relationship of lasting significance.
we had a jolly time and buttons hippo's stories were unexpectedly (and pleasantly) brief...
the ethnic-looking bowl is, i think he said, a native artifact from the upper limpopo.
after a glass or two of prosecco, i'm afraid h and i got a bit rowdy and i chased her up the christmas tree where, obviously, she outshone the star!
however, there didn't seem much going on under the busby, so i don't think it's going tot be a relationship of lasting significance.
we had a jolly time and buttons hippo's stories were unexpectedly (and pleasantly) brief...
the ethnic-looking bowl is, i think he said, a native artifact from the upper limpopo.
after a glass or two of prosecco, i'm afraid h and i got a bit rowdy and i chased her up the christmas tree where, obviously, she outshone the star!
Thursday, January 02, 2014
bye-bye venice
last day in venice and it is raining! boo!!
b and d are trying to pack so i thought i'd put up a nice picture of a day when it wasn't raining...
...and one of me last evening at teatro goldoni...
it could be a possible venue for buttons hippo's stand-up comedy routine. he could call it 'carry on (and on and on and on) up the limpopo' – only in italian, of course!
b and d are trying to pack so i thought i'd put up a nice picture of a day when it wasn't raining...
...and one of me last evening at teatro goldoni...
it could be a possible venue for buttons hippo's stand-up comedy routine. he could call it 'carry on (and on and on and on) up the limpopo' – only in italian, of course!
Wednesday, January 01, 2014
new year's nosh
good job i was on hand (or paw) to help as they would never have got through this lot without my assistance...
happy new year!
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
seeing out the old year...
...with a hot chocolate and ice-cream-sundae-(or, in this case tuesday)-thingy...
yum!
yum!
Monday, December 30, 2013
a stage for a star
sitting in brian and david's box at gran teatro la fenice for last night's concert, i couldn't help but think of a certain diva who would unquestionably own this famous stage and wow the cultural elite of venezia...
Thursday, December 26, 2013
lettuce be grateful
yesterday's christmas lunch... guess who got the lettuce?
i couldn't help thinking that the elegant atmosphere of caffe florian would have been considerably enhanced by the glamorous presence of a certain hippo....
i couldn't help thinking that the elegant atmosphere of caffe florian would have been considerably enhanced by the glamorous presence of a certain hippo....
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