Author Archives: Ponder
Meet Petal.
To compensate for the loss of Chocolate, we took Courtney to the pet shop and met Petal, an albino Syrian. Although nervous, she’s he’s already easy to handle and is set to become another well loved pet 🙂 Yes, we’ve … Continue reading
R.I.P. Chocolate
Today we took Chocolate the hamster to the vet, and lost another to the dreaded Cushing’s Disease 🙁
Meet Peanut.
Yesterday we get a hamster to move into Fudge’s home. She looks almost the same as poor old Fudge but is a bit wilder. She bit her way out of the box on the way home and has been squeaking … Continue reading
R.I.P. Fudge
This morning we lost Fudge, the tamest hamster I’ve ever known. He was fine last night but was not looking well this morning and seemed to wait for Harry to get up so he could see him one more time … Continue reading
R.I.P. Nibbles
Nibbles, the guinea pig, has been unwell for a while now. It started with her losing hair and getting lumps under her skin. She also had an almost constantly wet bottom, but was lively enough otherwise and as I suspected … Continue reading
New Toy
I bought this from the compensation following my cycling accident: It’s an HTC Advantage X7510, Pocket PC / Phone / GPS / Camera. It arrived, following many delays, last Saturday and it’s an absolutely amazing piece of kit. Pricey but … Continue reading
Google Street View
It seems this is coming to Cardiff. I spotted this near my home yesterday: I have mixed feelings about this. It’s a nice idea but I have some concerns about privacy. OK, it only takes what you can see walking … Continue reading
What a bargain!
Shopping in Tesco this morning I happened across this massive saving. I often wonder how we’d survive without such discounts 😉
Comment Spam
Askimet has been getting a bit pants lately, and over the last day or so is almost completely failing to trap any trackback spam, so I’ve switched to Spam Karma 2. I’ve actually disabled trackbacks on all new posts anyway, … Continue reading
Meet Chocolate
Courtney was feeling left out, so she bought Chocolate on Saturday. That makes a grand total of 4 hamsters here now!