Author Archives: Ponder

About Ponder

I'm a train driver from Cardiff, have been married a long time and have 4 wonderful kids... all grown up now! Warning: I tend to lose The Game a lot.

Pool In Storage

Well today I got hold of a pump and drained the pool. It’s now awaiting purchase of some huge black bags so it can go away properly for the Winter. It’s going to need a good old fashioned cleanout before … Continue reading

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Colder

Well we can tell Winter is starting its inevitable approach: three trains I’ve driven this week have disconnected cab heaters! Not so bad during the day but no fun at 04:00 😐 [Edit] Ah, hang on, brain fried. One of … Continue reading

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Leaf Fall

On the way home today I noticed a lot of brown things on the road that once were green things and stuck to trees. It seems the wind is stronger than a flatulant on beans today! Anyway, seeing these means … Continue reading

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Munchkin being soft

Well she wanted to go for a ride!

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Meet Bluey and Snowy

Bluey and Snowy are our current budgies. We got them together from the same cage at a Cardiff Market stall and they haven’t stopped chirping and squawking since! They ‘fight’ so much too I’m sure they think they’re married!

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Meet Misty

This is our new bunny Misty. We can’t let her and tHumper out together for obvious reasons 😉 Note: when I first posted that I thought Harry had named her Mitzi. I was wrong 😉

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Meet Thumper

This is our big lop-eared tHumper. The capitalisation is deliberate for reasons I’ll leave to your imagination (poor Socks!)

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Meet The Fish

Our 7 year old goldfish in their newest tank. This photo is about a year old and we’ve since added a few more playthings to the water.

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Meet Kim and Tweety (both R.I.P.)

Kim’s the blue one, Tweety’s green. Both sadly demised. Not quite sure why either.

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Meet Socks

This is our younger cat Socks when we first got him. And this is a more recent pic when he’s in a silly mood. He doesn’t like the vacuum cleaner though; I still have the scars to prove it!

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