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Government Health WarningPosted on Thu 24 January 2008 at 07:24My kitties ought to come with a Government Health warning: beware all creepy crawlies! Nothing is sacred from their ravening jaws: cicadas; stick insects; spiders and the latest ‘cat’astrophe – a weta.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weta I’m not sure if this particular sub-species (I think it was a Wellington tree weta) is ‘protected’ or not, so I rescued it very gingerly with the aid of a plastic bag and threw it out the back. Needless to say, it made an encore as I didn’t throw it far enough and Poppy kitty took it back in. It was her new best friend! OK, threw it out again, didn’t let Poppy see where………..and in it came again. Looked rather dishevelled this time I might add. But it was still alive so I put it right over the back fence and thankfully didn’t see it again. Melissa was screaming her little face off, she doesn’t like them at all. (quick edit at 10.20pm: I've just scraped up the chewed remains of another weta and released a baby one back into the wild!) And was I ever right about pony heaven. Oh, yes I was! We went to see the people my colleague Ray had put us in contact with yesterday. They showed us round and introduced us to their horses, about 12 in total. So we went up again today and did a bit of grooming, a bit of shit-shovelling and then they let us take their horses out on our own. I was astounded by their trust and generosity. Lovely, lovely people. I asked if they minded if I put their link in here and of course they said it would be OK. So here it is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/21672553@N04/ It is only a few kilometres away and if you look at the scenery in some of them, it is absolutely stunning. They have several foals and they said they need some handling. I see a job for Melissa. At the moment, she is up the hill beside the house, tending to her ‘other ponies’. She has taken it upon herself to ‘look after’ these two and often goes up there to groom them, bring them treats, check the water etc. The farmer came along one day and said he thought someone had been looking after them. He then proceeded to go and get the saddles and let Melissa ride them. So, put the thought of a whole day attending to horses together with having her friend stay over and Melissa described today as ’just the best day ever’. I’m so pleased she’s so settled here and so happy. Because what makes her happy, makes me happy too.
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