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Interesting Art

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No, there are no diplomas or degrees in art hanging on my wall to certify me an artist. I am just an ordinary woman painting extraordinary work of art. To my family, relatives and all my friends, I thank you for your love and encouragement. To God, I thank you for my artistic gift and I will continue creating colors in this life.


So states Suzi Chua a Malaysian stone and pet artist living in Subang Jaya, Malaysia.

Stone and Pet artist, what the heck is that you're probably asking. Well, as easily as I can explain it, a picture or two is worth a lot more. You send her a photo, she draws, then paints the image on a rock.


The puppy is just one of many pet portraits online at her site. Check it out for yourself at Stone Painting.

Rambling

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Before I begin - WOW! Espen this Opera 10 is fantastic! I only hope that everyone I show it to on my travels agrees with me that it is the best browser available. Keep up the excellent work.

So I've been home for a couple of days now, but you wouldn't know it by the state of the place. The lawn needs cutting, the laundry pile is high, housework, I'm not even going there.

Ottawa from what I was told had nothing but rain for a week solid, cold temperatures and the political hot air was a non issue. Looking around I was trying to figure out where to begin, the sun was shining, not too hot not too cold, just right for getting outside and cutting the grass.


Nope wasn't going to happen, I got as far as puling out the lawn mower when I spotted a bunny in the grass having itself a snooze.

I left the lawn mower and sat watching this little animal almost as intently as it was watching me.

The grass can wait for another day.



Laundry - maybe?

Anyone that knows me, knows right away I absolutely detest doing laundry. If I could I'd buy new clothes rather than wash them or send it all out to let someone else do it for me. Uggh laundry - I hate it.

Nope didn't do laundry either. Can you spell P-R-O-C-R-A-S-T-I-N-A-T-E

What to do, need to feel like I'm doing something without actually doing anything. I was hit with the sudden desire to find out how the neighbourhood cat was. This cat was abandoned over a year ago and nobody has ever been able to catch her; she's gone feral but still hangs around people. She's known as Miss Kitty to the neighbours here and despite being a feral cat is fed and watered at 4 homes.

Miss Kitty has so far as I know had three litters of kittens. The first litter consisted of two that survived, nobody knows where those little cats are.

The second litter had only one survivor and I'm happy to say that Skittles as he is known lives inside and is well cared for. This last litter has two of the cutest little fur balls running and playing in the yard next door. The plan is to catch these little beasts and get them homes. So far catching them is easy to talk about - hard to do. Suggestions anyone?

In the meantime I'm still trying to decide where to begin with the list of things to do. I could watch it grow even longer. I think I'll just have another cup of coffee and wait for an epiphany.



An Unusual Day

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I have no idea what the high temp for the day was - here at 7:00PM it is currently 27C with a wind blowing in from the south. It's been a very hot, sunny day and it's been a bit unusual.

This morning roofers showed up to re-shingle the roof, not so unusual you might say; and you'd be right. The roofers were indeed expected to come and repair the roof; there's been so much snow and wind over winter that it is necessary.

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Flying Chickens?

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Police say no "fowl" play was intended by a man who tossed live chickens at a couple of Saskatchewan businesses last month.

RCMP have identified a 20-year-old man from the Tisdale area as the culprit, but say his actions were nothing more than a prank.

Feathers were ruffled in December when a man yelling "chicken is murder" tossed a live bird into a display of cooked fowl at a convenience store.

A short time later, two more chickens were heaved through the back door of a gas bar on the other side of Tisdale.

RCMP Sgt. Carole Raymond says the poultry pitcher will be participating in an alternative measures program, so his name is not being released.

The chickens were not harmed.

Whacky World

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Just couldn't resist. What is a Friday good for if you can't laugh at the days leading up to it?

A quick perusal of news sites and I find some very odd, almost National Enquirer type news stories.

Coming from Australia (why is everything so freakin' weird in Australia anyhow?) comes the story of a big pig.
A pony-size pig who held an Australian woman hostage for 10 days inside her home will be removed on Wednesday to a piggery, where his bacon will be saved by a stint on stud duties, rangers said.

The 80 kg (176 pound) pig, nicknamed Bruce, kept self-confessed animal lover Caroline Hayes, 63, in her farmhouse near Uki, in northern New South Wales State, with aggressive demands to be fed, even headbutting her bedroom door at night.

I picked up a broom and poked him out with it and he snapped it in half with his mouth



Italy seems to be just as weird when it comes to animals.
Dog poo used to be merely a nuisance to pedestrians, now it could be used as evidence against pet owners and may lead to fines.

A town in northern Italy plans to create a DNA database of all registered dogs and then test droppings left on pavements and in parks to identify the culprit and fine owners who fail to clean up after their pets.

The Israeli town of Petah Tikva launched a similar six-month trial program earlier this month, under which dog owners were asked to take their animals to a municipal veterinarian, who then swabs its mouth and collects DNA.


No matter where you look it just isn't possible to get away from some type of political news. At least this piece is something I could get my teeth into.
A pet food company has come up with a way of gauging the public mood ahead of the New Zealand's general election -- which political leader would you like to see fed to the dogs?

Masterpet has made rubber chew toys for dogs with likenesses of the two politicians vying to run the country. Masterpet said it will publish sales of the Helen Clark and John Key toys as an informal "dog tucker poll.

Whoever sells the most could be in trouble come election night




And finaly for this Friday

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