Month: January 2011

The end of the world may be nigh

Cyclone Yasi, described by a local Bureau of Meteorology spokesman on breakfast TV this morning as “One of the biggest buggers ever“, is going to hit Queensland late Wednesday night, or early Thursday morning (GMT + 10).

Current aiming for North Queensland, it’s so large that it could have some effect on all coastal areas of the State.   Cyclones can change direction without warning, so it’s quite possible it could actually hit 22 kms north of Brisbane, in South East Queensland.

A category 4 cyclone will destroy everything in its path until it gets sufficiently inland, where it dissipates.

If we had a bunker, we’d be in it; as it is, we’ll keep our fingers crossed.

My Owner has started talking in her sleep.

She is a talkative beast at the best of times – she always answers when addressed, and she has learned that I can’t hear the top of her vocal range, so, these days, I don’t get the silent miaows that she used to try on when she was younger.

Recently, though, she has started squeaking and mewing when she is asleep. I have never seen this in a cat before, though we are, I’m sure, all familiar with dogs chasing rabbits, or maybe being chased by rabbits, depending on the whimpering, in their sleep. Anyone else seen this?

Kojo with two friends

New chums

I have put a picture on Ara’s photography competition post on my son’s holiday in Ghana. But for those that have not seen that one then I put another here. Kojo has been away two months now, with his mother, and is due back in the UK next week. He has had a great time. He is outside the house most of the day, playing with other kids, with a ball or a hoop, chasing chickens and counting stars. (I am told the girls are chasing him!)

I shall re-create a mini Christmas day, on the day of his arrival back home; loads of prezzies to open and a small tree to marvel at. You can be sure I have missed him and his mother.