Bella wasnt well all day, she had the symptoms of a heart attack i think, she passed away in my hands about 15 minutes ago
I think she knew she was safe when she was in my hands, i decided to hold her during her passing and not leave her on her own in the cage, she probably liked that, her last vision was with me.
Here is a nice photo of her taken a few weeks ago.
Rest in Peace Bella you were a beautiful lovelly Rattie and we will always remember you.
It wasnt the best of opportunities, the cloud came over when i got back from work but with persistance i managed to catch a brief glimpse of the Full Moon. Not as good quality but better than nothing!
Just about visible.
Blink and you would miss it!
Hopefully it will be better tomorrow, doing my normal shift so should catch a nice rise like earlier this evening, its just typical that its briliant while you are working then when you finish its clouded over! Hope you enjoyed it though folks.
My College friend visited me yesterday and we had a great day, we also took Benjie for a walk round Hotham Park and i took several photos of Squirrels. I didnt spend too long obviously but got a few nice photos here.
I did notice the sign on not feeding the Squirrels and Crows at the mini railway which we went on, i was gonna take a photo of it but thought i better not while people were looking, will do another day probably. I can see a little understanding of it, they want people to feed them less because of overcrowding and there are no natural enemies around to naturally reduce numbers.
The alternative is mass culling a lot of Squirrels and Crows but there was a large debate saying that this would be rather cruel and i think so too! But maybe it will not be permanent and just let this Winter deal with weaker animals or make them find new homes further afield.
For the Crows this is probably ok they can fly but if the Squirrels want to do this they have to cross the busy A259 which runs alongside the northern end of the park, unless they are clever and can jump over it too one patch of trees to the other path (where i work) This might cause more problems for the University in the long run if they decide to settle down here and pick rubbish from skips.
I would have thought, maybe a mass relocation of the Squirrels would be best although this might cost a lot, rather than loads of possible roadkills due to them leaving for more food, maybe they will think of this. I will take a photo of the sign soon (its just a piece of A5 paper with a pin lol!)
Me and Rosie had fun walking Benjie around Hotham Park and its getting very Autumnal now, nearly Winter as i suppose it will look like after the very windy wet conditions of today.
Hope you enjoyed that folks, i do hope they sort something out but i guess they have to be cruel to be kind but i would think of theres overcrowding, they should use relocation rather than starvation.
Me and Mum took Benjie for a nice walk around the park on this beautifully sunny Sunday. Hotham Park's trees were ablaze with many Autumn colours and it looked really beautiful. I took so many photos! We walked along the usual route to the Duck pond.
Leaves on the tree.
Benjie with a lovelly Autumn leaf background.
Lovelly scene looking towards the new area.
Two tall trees with Autumn leaves looking stunning in the sunshine.
When we got to the Duck pond, were were astonished to find so many Ducks in it It probably goes to show how much better the park is now after all the improvements and now the Ducks find it nicer to live here. This will be great in Spring when we might see Ducklings, that would be a first here for a long time.
Lots of Ducks!
There was even a Seagull on the pond too!
Video of the Ducks.
We had Benjie on the lead so he didnt chase the Pigeons, this angle looks cool!
After looking at the Ducks, we went along to near the Train and Boating Lake was and i noticed a bed of Foxgloves still in bloom, this is quite late in the year isnt it!
View of the new area and towards the other Pond still under construction, it will certainly look good when completed.
We chatted to a lady who said that the owners of the park are cracking down on people feeding the birds and Squirrels due to over population and handing out fines Hopefully it wont happen and the signs got taken down, but we will be cautious and i will stop throwing nuts down willy nilly all the time!
Then we chatted to a nice elderly gentleman about how beautiful the park is and i noticed a Pigeon eating berries in the tree.
I took a couple more photos of Benjie, isnt he sweet!
A group of Pigeons taken at ground level.
Crow perching on a new tree support.
Then we saw a Squirrel and fed him some nuts, making sure no one was watching.
On the path back towards the main entrance, i noticed several lovelly trees in Autumn colours, here they are.
Benjie loves his walks so much he gets nice and excited, here is a photo of him yawning and one rolling on the grass.
A lovelly Autumnal scene with Benjie on the bench with trees behind.
As we get nearer the end of our nice walk i take more Autumnal scenes, Hotham park is really beautiful at this time of year.
Leaf on the ground.
Beautiful, sometimes the photo says more than words can.
Here is me, i look much better now yay!
I put all the phitos on Flickr too here they all are.
I try and get a good photo of Benjie yawning! Its almost as good as one of Words's Fox yawning close ups probably.
We had a nice long walk in Hotham Park earlier today, my first time out since being in Hospital a few days earlier. Iam on the mend though which is good! It was a perfect Autumnal day.
More to come in the whole next post when all 200 photos are sorted and done!
I got my Ratties out for a run in the bath and they really enjoy it. Here are a selection of photos of them.
Sooty.
Sweep.
Sooty and Soo.
Sooty and Bella.
Sooty, Sweep, Soo and Bella all together.
They are so sweet heres a couple of videos i did too.
Foxy and the Ratties.
Hope you enjoyed that folks, i think Sweep looks so sweet with that look she does.
Doing a new profile photo with all 4 of them will be tricky lol but i will need to change itsoon. I have changed my blog banner though, just click refresh and you will see it, nice isnt it.
Now i have done all the pets i cannot leave Benjie out can i? Here he is on my bed having a rest.
My Thai friend Noi and Alan have gone back to Thailand again this year, i couldnt go this year as iam saving up for Cape Town next February 2010 so iam helping out by looking after Molly their pet Cockatiel.
Shes really sweet and i took a few photos of her too. They are due back later this month so its good i look after her and i enjoy it.
Molly in her cage.
Closer up.
Trying to hide.
Isnt she sweet she likes to make a lot of noise too hehe.
Now i wish i went to Thailand again this year but i cannot do everything, hopefully another year i will go. Also they are planning to emigrate out to there, i would miss them if they do that but i can always visit anytime they said which was good, plenty of Airlines i can choose from to fly there lol!
Hope you enjoyed that, Molly is currently trying to sing to the birds outside hehe.
I caught a few clear evenings where the Moon was Waxing towards Full, Full and the other day, Waning back to Half.
Waxing Moon 29th September 2009.
Full Hunters Moon using my Tripod.
Waning Moon 9th October 2009.
Moon and Jupiter - taken using my Tripod.
It was nice observing the Moon and Jupiter close together and using my camera on the Tripod for the first time when taking photos made the Moon less fuzzy.
Also i experimented adjusting the brightness and contrast and unsharp mask to make even sharper shots. I wonder what the Moon will look like next time its full after the rocket they fired into it?
But maybe it will not be permanent and just let this Winter deal with weaker animals or make them find new homes further afield.
WIDGETIZE