Monday, December 22, 2008

Introducing: Beau - The coolest dog in the whole world!

This little fella is Beau. He is a mini foxie (fox terrier) and is a dog of many talents - about as many as he has names.

He answers to any of the following names: Beau, Boo-boo, Foo-foo, Goo-goo, Googz, Foogz, Boogz, Googzy boy, Little Foo, Nook-nook boy.

He has the following talents: Excellent soccer control skills with balls, Can catch a ball from the air or snap it straight back to you, Killer of flies and especially fly swatters, Donuts - especially for Tyson ('cos it makes him laugh. A lot.) Eater of the salad and not the meat from your sandwich. Very talkative on car rides. Best little snuggler in the whole world and particularly good at giving hundreds of kisses when you are feeling down.

He is the most wonderfully social little dog, as long as you are human. Hes a big dog snob, which is sad as dogs seem to love him to bits!

When he was a puppy, Mum would stick him in the pocket of her sundress and go hang out the washing, with this tiny little puppy peering out of her pocket over his tiny little paws. He was best friends with our neighbours cat, Bobbi, and they would jump all over the yard chasing grasshoppers.

Little Beau is almost 15 years old now... he is winding down and mellowing out in his old age, but still enjoys playing for hours when my sister and I go to mum and dads to visit. The little energizer puppy still lives in him, it just chills out until we come over.

Monday, December 15, 2008

Snakesssssss...

We have had a carpet python hanging around the kitchen and backyard for 3 days now. Its docile, about 3m long and extremely pretty. I think its trying to make a meal of the rat that as been hanging around the laundry.

So, in celebration of sharing our home with a new reptilian interloper (which has been named "monty") I have decided to bring out the snakeys...

This is one of the first photos of Lazarus, an inland carpet python. Most people would think he was named after that biblical character which rose from the dead... He was actually named after the rugby player, whos picture he was curled up around when he was taken home from the breeder.

Hes almost 2 meters long now. He loves curling around beers and getting tangled in my dreadlocks.

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

The Magnificent Woogy

The Magnificent Woogy; exploring the wilds of the Australian outback, with a shovel in hand and green leafy vegetables in the other, she truly is the most fierce creature known in the Australian bush.

Searing sun, shifting sands and a shovel to bury the evidence.