Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Aruba update

Well, it's been awhile! We've been as busy as nailers!!!. Travelling, renovating, and every day living.

We travelled to Aruba and spent 17 day there from March 1st. to 17th. What a trip! An amazing island with wonderful, friendly people and lots of interesting places to visit for such a small place... 6 mi. x 19 mi., and we saw every inch of it!












We stayed in a Cunuku house owned by a gentleman John met when he worked in Alberta for a few months.











































































A car went with the house and we made good use of it. We travelled to every beach and ever site to be seen, beginning with A donkey sanctuary...http://www.arubandonkey.org/ and took some great photo's including this one of their youngest member.






Saturday, February 26, 2011

Aruba Vacation

We're leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know if I'll be back again....!

We are so lucky to have the means to enjoy a wonderful holiday for seventeen days in Aruba beginning in two days time and then off to a ten day cruise from Fort Lauderdale on Royal Caribbean's Jewel of the Seas.

I am looking forward to every moment. Aruba is a very tiny island in the southern Caribbean, a colony of the Netherlands. It's white sandy beaches, beautiful resorts, wonderful attractions and many shops will make it a great place to relax and forget about everything.

I'll check out the art scene and maybe even do a lesson or two if there are any available.

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Cats in January







Well, as usual, it's been awhile. It's a cool, snowy January day and I'm a little bored... therefore I'll write about my cats.
These days I'm down to two cats... Sofie and Oats. They are such a delight to have. I love watching them interact in there defensive or aggressive ways. Sofie is the boss, even though Oats is the scarier one when it comes to what she'll do to make her point known with humans.

Oats is part abyssinian. Sofie could either be part birman, or part siberian?

Sofie is such a pleasing cat to the eye that there are so many more photos of her, but I've begun to note, as I had in previous years, that Oats is a very unusual cat. She's quite independent, loves to lie in your lap for short periods of time. Will sit for 10 to 15 minutes at a time staring at the wall and will spend other times scratching inside a bookcase, a cupboard or on a wall??

Oats is also the hunter. Sofie thinks she is but would not catch an animal even if it fell in her mouth. From mid June to the end of September is Oat's hunting season. She brings up birds, shrews, mice, small rats, an occasional squirrel and rabbit. We have a cat door and we have to check the house on our return to make sure we don't have any unwelcome visitors dropped of by Oats. She loves to feed us!.. and even though she has the smallest little meow... it can be quite loud when she's coming with a mouth full of shrew!!

She is twelve this year, but her age is still not showing. She may sleep a little more, but that's it! Sofie is about six and still acts like a kitten in many ways.. can be frisky, playful, or downright lazy!!