Zoo Tales VIII - New Years Day Trance-formation |
It was a rainy and muddy New Year's Day at the zoo.
Kiran and Kumar were indoors grooming their paws. What a difference from last year when they were skidding about in the mud. Satisfied that her paw...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:51:00 GMT |
Zoo Tales VII - Christmas Day 2 |
Christmas Day at the zoo this year was reminiscent of a scene from Hitchcock's 'The Birds', with crows perched on branches, circling in the air like vultures and swooping down to feast on the Christma...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:32:00 GMT |
Zoo Tales IV - Backstage |
After sleeping, being groomed, playing and having their pictures taken the lion cubs were ordered by their mums to go backstage, out of the limelight. They obeyed immediately. I of course hoofed it t...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:27:00 GMT |
Zoo Tales III - Golden Cat |
Next I met the wolverine's neighbour, Golden Cat, who was shy at first, but gaining in confidence, finally settled by the window to keep me company as I clicked away with my camera. When my mobile bu...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:32:00 GMT |
Zoo Tales VI - New Year's Day |
Here is the New Year's Day report from your sheepy royal correspondent. The weather was a bit grim (well a lot grim) but the royal cubs loved it as they skidded about in the mud. "We love mu...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 21:06:00 GMT |
Zoo Tales V - Christmas Dinner |
Overheard: Look, the keeper's feeding his arms to the cubs!...
The cubs visited their dad, Royal, who was behind bars. When he heard the keeper's footsteps behind the fence, he quickly tracke...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 21:00:00 GMT |
News from Cat Rags County |
Brrr! I'm still cold. After my shearing adventure, I came across this article from an old copy of Cat Rags County News. I wish I'd known about Shadow's services a lot earlier...
SHEEP HERDING CAT...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 14:47:00 GMT |
Zoo Tales II - Dream Come True |
After coming so close to a dream-come-true (as in 'close up to the lion cubs' but not actually cuddling them!) I had to tell the world. The mobile came in handy. Then I stood back as I got bl...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 20:20:00 GMT |
For Casper |
Here, then, is a great mystery. For you who also love the little prince, and for me, nothing in the universe can be the same if somewhere, we do not know where, a sheep that we never saw has--yes or n...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 15:17:00 GMT |
Zoo Tales I - The Wolverine |
The wolverine was sitting on a log minding her business. I took what I thought was a discreet picture but the flash accidentally went off. As I fiddled about with my Lumicron LDC-...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 20:58:00 GMT |
