Friday, December 28, 2012

Christmas heat and lobster snobs!

N got some Rock Lobster for Christmas lunch and removed it from it's shell in the morning. There were some scrappy bits which N said the furkids could have. I thought the cats would appreciate the seafood the most, so she divided it between their food bowls. They both turned their nose up at it. Apparently they prefer processed 'seafood' that comes in tins over fresh, expensive rock lobster.

Bender has never been a fan of seafood of any kind, so I wasn't surprised when Bender refused to eat any. Barbie was sceptical at first, but true to form she gave it a tentative nibble. After that first nibble she decided she liked it and ate all the scraps herself.

It was forecast to be 40 degrees Celsius, and we expected it would be a few degrees cooler further south where we were having Christmas lunch. We decided to take the dogs with us so that they could enjoy the cooler weather and the air conditioning.

They did have a bit of a run around the garden, but they were not outside for long! I got this very handsome photo of them both.



Then they decided to pull their best ugly faces for the next shot.



There are three cats at this house, but two of them tend to go AWOL when Bender and Barbie come to visit. The third kitty is relatively new to the house, and she is an inside cat, so she didn't really have anywhere to go. She is a stunning kitty, but she was not impressed with the interlopers.

I went to pat her in her room, and she went from purring and meowing at me to standing in the corner with her tail twitching. I didn't know why until I turned around and saw three dogs standing behind me - Bender, Barbie and their dog Harry.



Barbie seemed to be a little irritated that we didn't bring her bed, and there was no room on the couch. She eyed off Harry & Nudge's dog beds but decided they were too small.



She found a nice spot on the tiles but she was pretty restless. She seemed pretty happy when we headed home! I am so glad she tolerates our outings. I am sure next time she will find some way to demand that we put her fluffiest bed in the car.

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We live in a processed food kinda world. At least they sat nicely for one picture.
1 reply · active 639 weeks ago
haha don't look too close, Barbie is trying to get up in the 'nice' pic ;) I don't think her bum is still on the ground. So true about the processed food, I really thought the kitties would have some kind of instinctual like for fresh seafood but they haven't had it before so I guess that was a false assumption ;)
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Dip Bridge & Elliot · 639 weeks ago

Wow, lobster - you guys know how to live!
Oh how we wish we could have 5 minutes of your sunshine :)
Dip Bridge and Elliot x
1 reply · active 639 weeks ago
5 minutes of our sunshine might burn you to a crisp!! ;) we have to slather ourselves with sunscreen this time of year in order to avoid becoming lobsters ourselves
Their faces are so adorable! I don't know how you keep the number of pictures manageable!
1 reply · active 639 weeks ago
I used up my blogger picture storage allowance so have learned to be selective and resize them too ;)

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