Happy Valentine's Day!

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Suki's Serene Sunday #5

Suki and I were thrilled to see the sun this week, it has warmed up quite a bit here so we have had quite a few lovely walks.  Saying that it is pouring with rain today!

Suki's Serene Sunday #4

Suki has been indulging in far more relaxing than walking for the past few weeks, that is going to change now and she's not very pleased!

Fluffy Friday #15

As it's the very first Fluffy Friday of 2011 and back to the reality of cold, (and in fact snowy in some areas) dark January I feel we all need a warming treat so scroll down and feast your eyes on today's bumper issue....

PS ~ Keep checking back as I will be adding some more Suki and Rusty Christmas related pictures later on!

Meerkats starting the countdown to Valentine's Day early?  No, just Mummy Meerkat being affectionate!

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The REAL Happy Feet!

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One of Cute Overload's Top Ten cute animal pictures of 2010, awwww!
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Rusty helping dress the Christmas tree.

Suki thoroughly enjoying her Christmas present!

Suki's Serene Sunday #3

Snow descended on us this week and Suki loved it!

Suki's Serene Sunday #2

Last Sunday's lovely walk resulted in us discovering Suki's phobia of horses!

Suki's Serene Sunday #1

This was taken during our Thursday morning walk in Suki's beloved park.

I love Sundays and so does Suki (a day where she is guaranteed a long walk and lots of attention).  To accompany Fluffy Friday I hereby introduce Suki's Serene Sunday where I post a moment from one of Suki's walks during the week.  This is slightly self indulgent of me as I LOVE taking photographs and take my phone or camera everywhere with me to capture anything that catches my eye and record memories.  I hope you enjoy the images as much as I enjoyed capturing them...

Fluffy Friday #6

It's about time the lovely Rusty featured on Fluffy Friday. I have taken lots of photos of her performing cat yoga in the sunshine so thought I would share them with you :)

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Fluffy Friday #1

We have Wordless Wednesdays and Thankful Thursdays in Blogland so now I am going to pilot Fluffy Fridays! This week I have seen so many adorable animal pictures I just have to share them with you so we can all say awwwww together.

Now without hesitation I introduce to you our first Fluffy Friday...

How adorable! This image was taken from The Itty Bitty Kitty Committee Blog which has oodles and oodles of stunningly cute kitten pictures. Come back next week to check out the next face of Fluffy Friday.

Lucky.

Yesterday was the fourth anniversary of Lucky's death. I feel as if it has been a whole eternity since I last held her. I hope she is happy, wherever she may be.

I honestly don't think I would be where I am today if it wasn't for Lucky coming into my life when she did. She taught me that I wasn't as bad as I thought I was. She showed me that I was worth something after all. She showed me what my purpose in life was.

Thank you Lucky. I miss you.

Animals in the News.

I noticed in yesterdays online edition of The Daily Mail there were a few animal related articles well worth sharing so thought I would post them for you. (Most images are taken from the newspaper article.)

Hedgehog Awareness Week

This article points out that it is in fact Hedgehog Awareness Week until 8^th May. This little lady (above) unfortunately has a broken leg but was thankfully discovered in someone’s garden and taken to St Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital in Buckinghamshire for treatment and is doing very well.

Did you know our pets can be right or left handed? Even fish!

This is something I’ve not ever considered but apparently animals can be left or right handed. Interestingly, male cats are left handed whilst females (as demonstrated by Dusty, above) are right handed.

Beautiful Wildlife Images taken from the new book entitled Wild Wonders of Europe

For anyone interested in photography there is an interesting look into a new book which has painstakingly explored all the 48 countries of Europe, the variety of wildlife is spectacular. I have saved some of the pictures to my picture slide show screen saver.

An e-mail that will make you say “Ahhhh”

I often receive some interesting animal related e-mails and I just had to share this one with you. It is a story about a dachshund mother who has fostered a little piglet, it really is adorable. I can’t upload all the pictures unfortunately but if anyone would like a copy of the e-mail please leave a comment and I will forward it to you.

In honour of Rabbit Awareness Week I present...

... my bunnies!First up is Gwyneth (left) and Flopsy (right) munching on some carrot. This was taken when they were just under a year old.This is Miffy (left) and his older brother Alife (right). They seem to be doing an aerobic routine with their ears, bless!Alfie, Flopsy and Miffy having a feast in their two tiered hutch/bachelor pad. What they are eating is pellets not bunny poo.Miffy seems happy to be having his picture taken.

In Animal News this week...

Dancing polar bears?

A collection of 40 pictures selected as the greatest nature photographs of all time were put on sale in New York for yesterday’s Earth Day. Pictures include dancing polar bears, giant tortoises, and several under water images. Money raised from the auction will be donated to four conservation organisations.

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Brave Robin Red Breast

On Wednesday evening I unfortunately discovered a little robin lying dead in the grass. It looked like he had died of shock as there wasn’t a mark on him, poor thing. My first thought was to blame Rusty but there was a cheeky black cat hanging around so my suspicion has fallen on him. I happened upon a story in the newspaper about a bold little robin who has forged a close bond with a little girl and thought it was a nice story to share with you. It seems that the robin waits for the little girl named Lauren to come home from school each day and likes to take food from her hand. It is lovely to hear about this little girl loving animals and it certainly sounds like the feeling is mutual!

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Forget The Dog Whisperer, new Rabbit Whisperer on the Block!

A lot of people were amazed at the story about the “Rabbit Whisperer” who appears to hypnotise rabbits, putting them in a trance or relaxed state to enable them to receive veterinary treatment or to calm rabbits with behavioural problems. There is some debate over whether this experience is stressful for rabbits and one suggestion is that the rabbit relaxes their muscles but remains highly alert and in a stressed state.

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Planes for Pets?

One of my favourite stories this week… A new airline is set to launch in May but not your regular airline, it is the USA’s Pet Airway which will be flying pets from LA to the East Coast. Also on board the flight will be Pet Attendants who are the equivalent of air hostesses! Only pets are allowed to use this service but owners are able to monitor how their pets are doing. Sadly, in Britain, flights into the UK are forbidden from carrying pets in the main cabins (except guide dogs). However, in Spain it is possible for pets weighing no more than 17lbs to travel in a crate at the feet of their owners.

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