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Jun. 16th, 2025 08:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
turpsIt was Kayleigh and Lucy's wedding anniversary on Saturday, so I've been on cat and tortoise watching duty while they've had a weekend away at a fancy spa hotel. They're back today though, so the last cat visit will be this morning.
They've also decided to get two new kittens. I suspected they'd get another cat after losing Aeriel, but not this soon and certainly not two of them. Thankfully, they're not arriving until the end of the month, so my pet sitting duties have been pretty simple.
James starts his annual leave today, so between that and his usual days off he's not back at work for a fortnight. We can't afford to go away this year, but will be having day trips out on some of the days.
Over the weekend, we saw How to Train Your Dragon, which I enjoyed. Went for walks at the country park, the beach, and yesterday, Beamish again. Though, yet again the place was really busy, so once we'd done our walk we just left, going against the tide as many many more people were queuing to get in. Even the staff were surprised how busy it was, but I guess between it being a lovely sunny day and Father's Day, people just wanted to go somewhere nice.
Pauline invited us to tea, so we'll be going there later. First though, it's class this morning, the first one for a fortnight. As it's getting warm already, I suspect I'll be scooping my sweaty self off the floor once it's finished. Then, after class finishes, we both have a check in and weigh on Rosie's fancy scales. It's unofficial as we've both technically graduated the programme, but it'll be nice to see where we're at and have a talk.
I mentioned we had a beach walk, well, it was a cold, foggy day that day, but that meant the dolphins came into Roker bay. I stood watching them for ages, there was such a big pod, and they only left when word must have got out and lots of boats came into the bay.
Not the best photos, but I like the one I got where the dolphin grabbed a fish. First photo shows how close to the beach they actually were.
And one from Beamish yesterday.
They've also decided to get two new kittens. I suspected they'd get another cat after losing Aeriel, but not this soon and certainly not two of them. Thankfully, they're not arriving until the end of the month, so my pet sitting duties have been pretty simple.
James starts his annual leave today, so between that and his usual days off he's not back at work for a fortnight. We can't afford to go away this year, but will be having day trips out on some of the days.
Over the weekend, we saw How to Train Your Dragon, which I enjoyed. Went for walks at the country park, the beach, and yesterday, Beamish again. Though, yet again the place was really busy, so once we'd done our walk we just left, going against the tide as many many more people were queuing to get in. Even the staff were surprised how busy it was, but I guess between it being a lovely sunny day and Father's Day, people just wanted to go somewhere nice.
Pauline invited us to tea, so we'll be going there later. First though, it's class this morning, the first one for a fortnight. As it's getting warm already, I suspect I'll be scooping my sweaty self off the floor once it's finished. Then, after class finishes, we both have a check in and weigh on Rosie's fancy scales. It's unofficial as we've both technically graduated the programme, but it'll be nice to see where we're at and have a talk.
I mentioned we had a beach walk, well, it was a cold, foggy day that day, but that meant the dolphins came into Roker bay. I stood watching them for ages, there was such a big pod, and they only left when word must have got out and lots of boats came into the bay.
Not the best photos, but I like the one I got where the dolphin grabbed a fish. First photo shows how close to the beach they actually were.
And one from Beamish yesterday.
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Date: 2025-06-16 01:10 pm (UTC)Hee, more kittens to babysit! At least you'll get to pet them. *g*
I hope you enjoy your day trips!
Yay for walks and dolphins!!
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Date: 2025-06-16 03:14 pm (UTC)For kittens, it's always suggested to get two, so they have a playmate. The rescues around here (including the one I volunteer with) generally will not adopt out one kitten unless the house already has a suitable playmate. We do have cats 3 and older who can be adopted as solo kitties. But Yay! for you, new kittens to visit and play with (and cat sit).
You actually captured a great photo, thanks for sharing! I've attempted to photograph dolpins near a coast and they're way too fast for me, plus they're underwater for most of the time, so it's like, see the WATER there? There's really a dolphin under that. So yeah, to clearly capture a dolphin up out of the water, AND with a fish - BRAVO!!!
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Date: 2025-06-16 06:07 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2025-06-18 07:46 pm (UTC)I hope you will have a wonderful time during James' leave!
Ooh, you have dolphins! I'm terribly envious!
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Date: 2025-06-22 12:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-06-22 01:34 pm (UTC)I was amazed I managed to capture the jump, they're so quick.
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Date: 2025-07-12 03:39 pm (UTC)As you know, we had a busy, but excellent time.
I was so pleased to see the dolphins, especially up close.