Rat update

My rat is decaying quite nicely, thanks to a hot day and plentiful blowflies... yummo.

Even more disgusting & vile photos to come.

S(c)ummer days are hear again...

Summer is definitely imminent, and with it are the seasonal flocks of flies and blowflies and double-triple-hyper blowflies that make living in Melbourne so pleasant. Of course this may have something to do with the dead possum I picked up off the side of the road & left overnight on the bonnet of the corolla. This morning I buried it in the garden, so I can dig it up in a few months' time. I'd quite like to have a complete skeleton, it would be an interesting thing to show to my classes.

It's about 31 degrees here today... we just had a pleasant lunch at a cafe near the Yarra with Charlotte & Ben. Ben told me it used to be a toilet block... noice.

Spider antics

The Daddy (or should I say Mummy) Long-Legs in the bathroom has a nice bundle of eggs...





The funky pale spider by the front door scoffed on a big caterpillar...



One of the new blackies has many cute babies... they are "toyny" as Freya says.



And here's the new Evil Fiendish Malevolent Blackie - she's moulted a couple of times recently & is now really long... if she bulks up like the other black house spiders she will be huge!

Faster Pussycat, Kill Kill

Arrived home today to find a poor young rat curled up on the path with half it's face ripped off... nasty. I think Frieda must have got it during the day, I can't imagine Bomb catching a rat unless it tried to climb in her mouth while she was asleep.

I think I have successfully put it out of its misery by asphyxiating the poor wee beastie with a CO₂ cylinder for filling bike tyres...

Gruesome photos to come.

Momentous occasion...

Freya actually had a wee in the toilet yesterday.

Someone still needs her afternoon nap...

Today Freya decided to stay awake chatting and playing with her toys rather than having a snooze. All was well until bedtime, when she underwent the sort of nuclear meltdown usually seen in poorly maintained Soviet Bloc reactors. Notable moments included "I want to jump!" "Go on then." "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!", and "Daddy's in the kitchen! Go away! Go to the living room!".

Fortunately she calmed down a bit and had a nice long cuddle with Reb. She even wanted to give me a kiss goodnight, and once in bed she was out like a light. Poor chick!

Epic rambling blog catch - up due shortly.

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Holidays are here again!