Feeling 'royale'

I have always thought that we guinea pigs are one special kind. According to Move One,

Guinea pigs were first domesticated around 5000 BC by the Incas, but were most likely kept for food. In the 1600’s, Dutch merchants brought these furballs back from the Americas to Europe, to become popular pets of aristocrats.

Now, don't look at the first bit, I'm still horrified by that; look at the last bit.

I looked up on this and learned that 'aristocrats' at that time were the 'government', people who make the rules. Then I found that this happened during the Dutch Golden Age. We really do go back a long way.

So long that I can't remember when was the last time we wrote a post! Well, I can tell you what we have been up to.

1. Learned to bullet list
   
2. Backed up Apple
3. Chilled during the hot Spring days
4. Snuggled during the cold and rainy Spring days, believe me, we got many of those
5. Played peek-a-boo with the kittens
6. Ate a lot of hay
7. Napped a lot during the day
8. Snuggled in bed with Mum and watched TV every night
9. Planned staying at Uncle Vinnie' for 10 days; well, actually Mum does the planning and we just look forward to our stay
   
10. Wrote down the telephone number where we can Skype Mum in NZ
    

I feel like an ariscrats already!

"It's a⋅ris⋅to⋅crat," said Mum.

Ah...

:: the aristocrats ::

What's your eco-pawprint?

According to professors Brenda and Robert Vale, the eco-pawprint of,

Cats is 0.15ha (slightly less than a Volkswagen Golf).
Hamsters is 0.014ha (two of them equate to a medium-sized plasma TV).

Guinea pigs?
We don't have a plasma TV at home. Mum is so attached to her 14" analog TV that she set it up with a set-top box to get digital channels. So I reckon our eco-pawprint would be somewhere in between; maybe one large-sized plasma TV?

I always thought the kittens were bad for the environment — the food they eat and the wind they pass. If you think Wiggley is bad, wait till you live with Mr Big or PF.

Anyway, the professors were saying you could swap cats or dogs with chickens and rabbits, which you people can then eat! I know people that live in South America eat us guinea pigs ('shock with horror!). Chickens and rabbits are just like us — no trouble and we make really good pets, really.

Be right back

We're helping Mum back up her photos onto LaCie, chirping along as we browse through images of the past — nearly done.

It's freezing...

We spent most of last week hibernating. Although Spring is here, the rain continued into the week - and worse, it's cold! We snuggled up in our Winter bedding. Mum had to bring out her Winter coat to wear to work.

I read on the news that cold weather is not unusual during October. Whoever said that, must be joking. I thought last week, especially Thursday, was colder than all Winter I know combined.

We finally got some sun this afternoon. I hope it'll continue like this for the rest of the week.

It's Spring like never before

... not at least how I remember it — then again, I'm only 4 years old.

I was looking forward to the dust storm clearing out. We finally got to roam about at home as Mum had finished cleaning (and swearing and stomping about).

Then it started to rain on Friday evening, a thunder storm and lightening. Mum said it's Mother Nature spring cleaning after the dust storm so we can go out and play in the garden.

But we never expected the rain to continue all throughout the weekend! I felt trapped until Mum took us to visit Stephen at Potts Point and we got to stay over. Ginger and I had a great time playing the game 'follow the leader'.

I hope your weekend was as good as mine. We've had a weird start to Spring.