Left at Cozy Cats Cattery Again

I didn't want to go but they made me... I tried to hide, but they found me...Maybe I did get spoilt and get lots of treats and cuddles learned a few new tricks at Cozy Cats, but that's not the point, they still went off for three whole weeks and left me behind!

They said they were going to see how Alan was getting on - he looks much the same to me !

Waiting to catch the bus into the city - they were heading to the Victoria and Albert Museum.

There's a horse on guard and the London Eye and "them" on the Eye.

This is just a start - there are more England pictures and Paris and Singapore.....

Five Days On the Water

January 26 - 30th I was an "on the water" volunteer, helping out with the Starling Yacht National Championships. My job was being the countdown person for the starts and blowing the horn to the 5,4,1 minute warning and "start". I also had to give the recall and warning signals if there was a need. As you can see I was much more comfortable than the other people who were out in the rescue boats. (and the yachts of course). We had all kinds of weather thrown at us from no wind and glassy sea to 30 knot winds and rough seas.
That's me counting down to the 5 min warning signal.








Some of the 109 yachts leaving the Yacht Club and heading out into the bay to race.


Looking for wind.


Day one and two we spent a lot of time waiting for the wind to come in. Unusually for Nelson, we couldn't rely on an afternoon sea breeze (Northerly) and had to put up with Nor-East, East, Nor-West, West, Sou-East and West and Southerly winds. Quite a challenge to set a course!






Of course the calm didn't last forever and we got some rougher stuff


Rescue boat in a hurry to get to a capsized yacht












Some yachts got damaged and couldn't be sailed and then ended upside down in the huge swells - being tied to the back of the Committee Launch was not the best of ideas!

Well, not being a boat or water person myself, I thought this was a bit ho-hum when I read it, but she is not going to change it, so I'll sign off. Meow

Christchurch and back again

A small photo gallery of a trip to Christchurch to meet up with an old friend I worked with in Canada.
On the bridge to the Botanical Gardens.

Penny, in the blue shoes, travelled from Canada to holiday in Australia and New Zealand. Unfortunately her baggage went missing on the flight from Melbourne to Christchurch, so she had to spend the day sight seeing in her travelling clothes and ended up with blue-shoe blisters.

We took Penny around the city sights on Saturday and on Sunday went to Akaroa for the day. Monday Penny left on a tour of the South and North Island.












A small rose.


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Playing with the fountain outside the Art Gallery.

Art in the air.




Akaroa - a beautiful day - good weather, scenery and good food. We travelled back to Christchurch via the Summit Road and worse, giving Penny a thrill a minute as we negotiated a very narrow, windy, clinging to the side of a mountain dirt road.

We travelled back home via the Kaikoura coast road and had fun photographing the seagulls.


Saw some seals and pups on the way north. Sea fog rolled in as we arrived in Kaikoura and then out as we left. (You can still see it on the horizon.)


Travelling through Marlborough; where there are no grapes, the tussock grass is brown and dry.




So they came back! But do you know what they did?
Said hello and then went out and left here alone!
All I have to say is....


Happy Birthday Kayla!!!
Meow. Meow.

They went away.

Hi again. Well, you would never guess what my humans did! Went on a trip to Christchurch and left me here with a friend to look after me.

I knew something was up when the suitcase and carry bag came out so I went and hid and refused to talk to anyone. (This is a sure way kittens, to get attention and extra treats.) Humans can't stand it when you ignore them, another good way to get attention is to sit with your back to them and put your ears back.

This got attention (the box helped.)

Anyway, today, in exchange for an extra snack I agreed that my humans could put something on my blog about the trip to Christchurch.

Introducing Oliver

Hi, I'm Oliver. I run a house that has two humans in it and though it has been hard work over the 11 years i have been around, they are fairly well trained now and respond to most of my commands.

Some days are better than others, this was one of the better days. Left alone to relax and sleep and dream...