New member of the family

When it comes to humans I am a bit of a misanthrope, however I do adore other animals. Those who know me also know that I am living with my other half and I'm really happy, have been for over a year now. Between the two of us we have such a menagerie and now I can happily say we have a new member of our family.

It's a personal preference of mine to rescue animals, my black and white cat Idrial was a stray. Since our oldest cat passed away last Christmas and Cai and I have our own house now we decided to take on another.

This is when I heard about Destiny. She was at the RSPCA and due to be put down the day a friend of mine fostered her. Feeling so sorry for her, I picked her up and brought her home. At first she was a shy little thing and extremely temperamental, this turned out to be only because she was frightened. All truth be told she is a soft friendly thing and has settled very well. Getting along with Idrial and the rest of the critters.

She is a black cat with white marking like Idrial and our late cat Dusty.... Infact she is a spitting image of Dusty.

A very welcome member of the family.

Holiday Hold-up

There isn't really much I can say about this, I is all a bit tragic. Christmas day (I don't celebrate it but my family does) turned into a bit of a disaster zone really.

After picking up my mother and sister from Coventry for Christmas dinner which myself and Cai were cooking, We decided to do the courteous thing and drop them home afterwards. In all that was a fair gesture, having almost arrived in Coventry at about 7:15, good timing until everyone came to a standstill. Sadly we were seven cars down from a serious accident. Waiting patiently we witnessed two fire engines, four police cars, three large emergency ambulances, two smaller paramedic ambulances and two highway maintenance vehicles speed past on the hard shoulder. this scene wasn't cleared away until 9:20.

however apparently it was not a lucky day for us. As we drove past the scene of the crash a bit of debris chipped up and clipped the rear window. Upon arriving at the nearby services to fill up on fuel the window sadly smashed. This meant another long wait. My mother and sister went home via my sibling's boyfriend who picked them up, leaving myself and my partner waiting for the AA. They did not arrive until 12am due to another accident.  At long last we got home safe and sound.

Save for that we had a good Christmas actually. I am finally recovering from illness and looking a lot better.

Thankfully there were apparently no fatalities in that crash though there were others earlier that day and Christmas-eve with more morose endings, one involving horses as I found out :( . Tragic really. I really hope everyone drives safely for the rest of the holiday period.

Tidings new and old

Not much going on here, Uni is dull at the moment but one just carries on.
It's like a hazy sleep has taken hold of the world and everything is dumbed and veiled. Anyway... I'm not sure why I am writing this, I guess its to vent and for something to do.

Loads of things has happened on the sewing and creative front, new clothing, corsets, hair and other little bits and pieces. the house still isn't fully decorated but we are waiting for unavoidable things to happen before we continue that.

Burlesque has been going well, I am now running another night which hopefully will become a regular occurrence. things are good. And I got told off by a photographer for considering giving up modelling... something which I have been doing for 7 years now (Blimey that's a long time) so I guess I will be getting back into that to now.

On a completely different note, my little sister is engaged, I find this rather odd and disturbing. Here is why;

She broke up with her boyfriend of 7 months Saturday just gone - the reasons were many. Then, refusing to speak to him began ignoring his calls. We find out a few days ago that he had phoned her up early in the morning and proposed... oh how romantic :/ .... *insert sarcasm here*.

Don't get me wrong, as long as she's happy. What I do find odd is that they had broken up and then she said yes to his proposal, also he could of waited until he next saw her rather than over the phone. Anyway it's done now... maybe I'm just too much of a romantic at heart. .... At least she doesn't want me to make her wedding dress.

Back to the brighter side of things, my partner and I celebrated our anniversary at WGW (he had never been before) The bands were amazing as always and I got to see one of the bands I had listened to from a very early age. So chuffed with that. It was good to be back at WGW again. Looking forward...

 and above is a photo from WGW

WGW

Wow, okay its been a few years since I have been and now I am Taking my other half for out anniversary ^^... the official Date is October 31st but he has never been to WGW so I thought it would be nice to spend the time there for a week. I have tickets booked to see the bands and oh yes we intend to hit the club nights there as well as the pubs, a few older attractions etc. I think we are looking forward to a few days of wondering around the nice scenery to be honest with you.

Packing finishes today and I have an exam tomorrow before we go... eeekk a long day of travelling and on Samhain to :( but I'm sure the rest of the week will make up for it. I can't wait to see all my old friends, some of which I have not seen for a good few years. The good part is its all the music I grew up with and aren't played all that often anymore so double win here.

I will post up some pictures when we get home but I'm looking forward to a nice time away with my sexy man.

Hitting a down-slope

Those times you just want to scream and cry... but I can't cry.
Everything has hit me at once and I'm just feeling more and more low. I've been so very stressed recently, with University screwing timetables and re-enrolment around. Moving house, ill horses. It's all building up on me and its really starting to show.

I am not and have never been a pretty girl, but I wasn't the worse thing out there and I was happy enough in my skin. Recently I took on some work which I really regret doing, it only served to stress me out more and more... and it made me realise that I look awful right now. My skin is worse than it has been for a very long time, my hair is dull. I take care of myself, I have a strict cleansing/care routine but its no longer having the effect it used to.

I look old, its really upsetting me.

Stress-rashes keep breaking out, ultimately I feel very very low. Even my burlesque work isn't picking me up and I'm worried it will start to effect that to. Depression is a horrible thing and generally I do not get depressed easily.

I'm sick of it, no longer feeling like myself is horrible and I want to pick myself up. To top it all off Student Finance hasn't paid into my bank yet. Just more stress to add to the pile.

I know Cai is being very supportive, I love him to pieces but I can't help but worry that he will run off with a better looking bint... everyone else did.

I don't know what to do, I don't know what will help. Suggestions anyone?

New house!

Excited, bewildered.... I can't really think of any other words to describe how I fell right now and that's putting it lightly. I don't think those words quite catch the emotion correctly but words are escaping me right now.

This year has been the best year of my life so far, both physically and emotionally. I am genuinely happy. Hopefully I have many good years ahead of us.

Cai recently brought a house and asked me to move in with him, lucky me  ^0^

As I write we are in the middle of decorating and it looks lovely so far, can't wait until everything is sorted. There is a massive workshop at the back of the house which will get a lot of use. Both myself and the better half are rather crafty people. Lots of pretties on the way.

On that note The better half is actually going to join me in a bit of corsetry and make me a special corset ^^ can't wait to see how it comes out.

Let the crafting commence!!!

Certain substances

A few things have happened recently, mostly in regards to friends but I thought I would share my own thoughts on various rather sore subjects.

First off... alcohol. I very rarely drink anymore. I am a bit of a fitness nut and alcohol has a negative effect on the body and brain. But you already knew that. My little nephew has just turned 18 and is constantly getting wrecked. He has a good time, its his choice. yet he moans when it makes him ill or he has a bad hangover... don't drink then problem solved. I used to drink a copious amount of alcohol, and mixing etc. Pretty much every day when I was younger. My first partner was older than me and used to take me to pubs underage. Yet I never got drunk and trust me we drank a lot.

my Father has a history of being a violent drunk so I'm not fond of being around drunk people anyway. It wasn't worth risking my health anymore so I stopped drinking so much, I keep it to occasions now. I just don't see the point in it anymore.

Next on my list is drugs. I despise them. Have never ever touched any (nope not even weed) and I never will. They are dangerous and useless. Failing to make you cool and more like an obsessive lunatic or complete twat half of the time. I will bear no company with anyone who partakes in any drug whatsoever. Before some smart arse says that medicines are drugs and so is caffeine... yep I know that, I am studying medicine. I am talking about illegal substances, hallucinogens.. ie LCD, ketamine, amphetamines, coke etc. Sadly they have been strongly connected with the goth and cybergoth scene which I do not agree with at all. There is just no need for it.

In the past I have left three partners for taking these substances, just can't stand them. But once again it's their choice I am merely expressing my distaste for such.

If you have to take drugs or drink a copious amount of alcohol to have a good time then clearly there is something laking in your life (in my opinion). I can't see the need or reason to take them (save for medicinal reasons). Its not 'big' or clever.

I am happy to hear other people's thoughts on this matter, as a medical student it is something that could be worth hearing.

Over to you!

A word on fitness

With the end of the Olympics and the start of the paralympics dawning I believe this is an appropriate time to talk about fitness.
I always have been rather sporty and I'm a bit of a fitness nut. At school I used to do PE three times a week out of choice, I got an a* at GCSE, on top of this I used to play for the school hockey team twice a week, then I used to go athletics training three times a week, not including competition days. I then used to go Badminton on a Friday morning and Use the Gym on a Thursday and Friday lunch time followed by cross country training. I have a lot of certificates and medals for various sports. Then after school I used to go and look after the horses which meant another 4/5 hours riding depending on how many of the 5 horses I owned at the time I would ride this would be everyday without fail including shows and competitions on Sundays. This was followed on a Tuesday evening and Saturday morning by Aikido and Archery training.

So Yea I was a bit of a sport nut, still am though it is mostly jogging, horse-riding and various forms of dance. I am a bit obsessed with keeping healthy and fit. I naturally have a washboard flat stomach yet a curvy hourglass shape so I try to keep this. Burlesque keeps me fit as I'm practising most days. On top of this the dance I do is Bellydance, salsa and ballroom. This isn't all, I am also a Zumba fanatic. Its so much fun and my instructor is really good.

Too many people I know say they want to lose weight and yet all they do is diet, you need to exercise if you want to lose weight as well as maintain a balanced, nutritional diet.

Actually I struggle half the time because my metabolism is very quick and I can accidentally lose weight if I'm not careful which is not what I want to do. Therefore I eat a lot to make up for it.

Balance is the key.

General geekery... Games and other hobbies

Right now I have some time to relax before the hectic moving and reflect on some of my other hobbies. Things have died down on the dread making front, I have another stall in September but for the moment I'm concentrating on my burlesque and modelling work. Anyway enough with prefaces and the like, I have a fair few hobbies that I don't really talk about much save to those who know me. In other words my partner, family and close friends. Having a love for fantasy, both light and especially dark - including mythology of course - means that I will naturally have a love for things surrounding these genres. My religion I'm neo-pagan which is obvious and I have been for many many years, pretty much was raised it. Anyway back on track... I used to be and still am an avid gamer, I adore fantasy based RPGs, platform, retro, sci-fi, action and horror games. Though this said I can often be found playing with my little sister on the wii... It's fun I will admit. Though my favourite games of all reflect my favourite series of books (aside from the works of JRR Tolkien yep that's right, I adore LOTR grew up on it so sue me) which is Neverwinter nights, ice wind dale trilogy, baulder's gate and the like. I love them so much fun to play though they are old now. Looking forward to the new RA Salvatore collaboration. My older brother used to love D&D as well as tabletop war games as he is 14 years older than me this meant that I used to watch him play and join in as best I could from a young age. These are two things that I still do today. Being an avid games workshop fanatic as well as D&D gamer. It says something when my mum noted and complained that whilst I was with my ex I didn't game anymore. That was one huge mistake I won't make again. He wasn't worth it. I have several armies, ranging from vampire counts, Lotr, wood elves, dark elves, chaos, tomb kings etc. wood elves are my favourite, I have a very strong affinity to elven lore. I was actually called an elf by friends when I was younger for many many years. I'm not complaining.

As to other games in particular I'm a sucker for card games, magic the gathering being an old favourite. Cai and I went to the latest prelaunch and had a great time as most of the hobbies i have so to does he. Win on this front. I used to also Larp which is something I don't do anymore but I do still build and craft costumes for, especially my friends and other people. These are just the gaming style hobbies, I do have loads more an relative posts will be put up in due course.

Nihon!

Busy looking  through old photos and boxes when I found some lovely memorabilia from my trip to japan in 2005 .... it seams like such a long time ago now.

I adored it, I am lucky enough to of been able to study Japanese at GCSE and so know a lot about the culture and language and its just amazing. I really do think highly of the japanese, in particular the scientists in nanotechnology and other areas.

The culture is very different from here and one must say that I do prefer it there. Whilst there I got to see some amazing things, both new and old, traditional parts of Japan including an Okiya where we saw traditional and very real Geisha's performing... they are so beautiful.

I do so miss all my friends over there, And thankfully I can say that I will be returning there very very soon ^^

Nihon ni ikimashou!

Here are some photos from when we were there... sadly I have lost weight since then (illness and stress mostly but I am putting weight back on, also I was 16 haha)

me in the nightmare t-shirt with my best friend at the time Chris

This is Minami and Yuko ^^

This is the Back of my Kimono, Yep I brought myself a real Traditional Japanese Kimono from a geisha market, with the obi of course. I also brought geta, a parasol and dancing fans

We went to bepu bay, and thus the hot springs named 'Bloody hell'

They have black swans ^^ taihen Kirei desu ne!

We saw so much more than I have named and met loads of people. I miss my EGL friends the most :( see you very soon lovelies!

Busy time

There is a lot going on at the moment and not much in the way of posts, for this I apologise. Allow me to remedy some of the inquisitiveness.

I am making products for my upcoming stall, this takes a lot of my time and effort couple that we my pets and well there you go really.... leaves very little room for much else. This is the price you pay for owning horses.

However on top of these things I also have my Burlesque, I'm performing regularly and creating new acts at the moment which - albeit very exciting - takes a lot of energy and thought. Furthermore my better half has just brought a house so I'm helping where I can to get things ready and stop him stressing so much. Quite a feat to be honest.

Congratulations to him for passing his driving test though... now we just have to get his mini roadworthy.

Much rushing around as you can see so please excuse the lack of posts it will be remedied as soon as everything reaches a proficient calm again.

Beginnings anew

Several things over the last few years have made me take time to sit and reflect on things. What can I say? I had a bad year or so a couple of years back and It really made me think of people or humanity in a very different and negative light. Pretty much all of my past relationships have been Ill-fated sadly usually involving them cheating on me. As I person I'm very much a romantic, usually preferring a darker feel or ambience... Thus it isn't surprising that each time this has happened my self esteem -which isn't particularly high to begin with - plummets. This happened a lot with one of my longer relationships and in honesty it left me feelin very morose and in a sense worthless as I always blame myself for those kind of actions. This relationship in question is long over, yet still I find people telling me stories of other untoward ad sorded actions he performed whilst we were together. In a word.. "ouch" it still stings. The reason for writing this blog is not to slander but rather to vent and perhaps provide light at the end of the tunnel for those who are unfortunate enough to have experienced similar. I'm a bit of a fighter, I try not to let my emotions show... I can't even physically cry. However the whole experience has left me as a real misanthropist. This I have always been in a sense and in any case I do not agree with and thoroughly dislike 'one night stands', 'fuck buddies' and the like. I tend to avoid people who do such as I see intercourse as something that should only be done in a relationship (a loving one at that) but that's my opinion and everyone is entitled to their own. Now Then, my tale gets a bit lighter and hopefully it will not end in such a forlorn was as the others have. My current partner is not like the others. I'm genuinely happy, more so than I have been for a long time. For once I can be loving and romantic without it being shunned. I wrote this post because I found a elated ending at the end of a dark time, a lot of my friends have had harsh tidings recently and hopefully this will pick them up because if I can be happy so can you! Keep your chin up, stay strong and everything will get better.

Boring

I did a great FB cull today and decided to block everyone who is sad enough to try and cause problems in my life. To be frank, I didn't give a toss about some of them anyway and I'm sick of this broken record now. I don't care who is doing what in their life... Leave them the hell alone to live it. So you know what? I have got rid of those who have tried to butt into other peoples business. If I blocked you and on the unlikely event that you think it was unjust, an accident or you want to make amends then email me but I will not tolerate this amount of slander toward other people all over my news feeds. Personally I don't agree with it, I simply don't care, I never have.

If you have a problem with someone then for god sake sort it out to their face and not slag them off behind their back or over the Internet because that way it will never be resolved and it's really somewhat pathetic. So yep now some of you are blocked and it's better this way. Stop arguing with each other you're supposed to be friends!

In doing this cull I also discovered that iPhones can be a royal pain in the ass, when one is trying to scroll down a page to click block on occasion you tend to accidentally hit the wrong part of a page such as a link or otherwise. Gah frustration lol. So if anyone gets random notifications from my account ignore them as it was an accidental click whilst trying to scroll down and block people. Fail on my behalf

On another lighter note... Three of my close friends are getting married soon ^o^ congratulations to them. They will all have an amazing day and look stunning.

Reptile Update

I wrote not all that long ago that Cai’s geckos had laid some eggs, sadly… they did not hatch -_-, but for his first clutch of eggs from them this was not really surprising and we were quite astonished when one of the girlies laid eggs in the first place as we hadn’t cycled them for breeding. Ah well… there’s always next time. Cute little things really

As far as reptiles go the other ones are doing great. Merlin now has a shiny new viv… he is still super lazy and is always hiding under the substrate though or in his new hide, but on the plus side at least we can actually take him out and let him roam for a bit as he is getting really good to handle. I have always adored reptiles and snakes but the parent is scared of them so I couldn’t get any until a few months ago – then again she didn’t really have a choice in the notion.

I am actually getting a new baby this year; I have fallen in adoration for all of the unusual colourings and genetic variations of PANTHEROPHIS GUTTATUS. Having a large interest in Genetics and variation in breeding (I am studying biology after all) this has led me to decide to eventually breed from my snake as he is a Black Albino. I’m sure we wouldn’t mind having baby corn snakes all over the place... I certainly wouldn’t at any rate. I’m specifically looking at some of the pretty coloured and rarer variations. I think I have already picked which one I am going to get. For now I’m going to keep this as a surprise but stay tuned for when I get her.

We decided to give the Chinese water dragon a bath, he typically doesn’t seem to like water all that much so we are slowly introducing it to him before we make his bigger viv.  Here is a video of what happened.

Bless him he is so cute.  He's actually getting his spines through now ^o^

Varied much?

Recently I had a debate with a few friends and yea whilst it was friendly it did get me thinking a fair bit. Most of my closer friends are a lot older than me and understanding. The others who are not so close are younger and obnoxious at times and can be very difficult to have a conversation with. In this incident the debate in question was on the lines of "can you mix or like several styles within a subculture or several subcultures and still be true to them"

To this I replied yes you can, as no subculture is relied on fashion or clothing alone. I personally like many different styles. Goth,cyber,lolita,steampunk,gothabilly,visual-kei,deathrock,etc. Liking all aspects of each. They attempted to contradict this with varying arguments which really didn't make much sense and seamed to bounce back upon itself in various points. So I thought I would throw the question out there to get you thinking.... Can you be properly part of more than one subculture? Sadly there will always be elitests out there but not everyone is. Most of the alternative subcultures are supposed to be understanding and open-minded yet not everyone in them is, at times I find they can be the most tunnel visioned people. This does not apply to everyone but just a few. Thoughts on this?

Twisting the knife

Of late I have noticed more and more that this Doleful piece of rock that we name Earth is full of malevolent Swill that in all frankness aren't worth making any note of. However it does cause me to boil with ire at this very notion. I speak from a bystanders point of view as the following incident was not aimed at me or anything to do with me but still...

In short I witnessed a few of my aquaintences turn on someone with utter cowardice that I do not agree with. In simpler terms and without naming any names at all as I do not believe in nameing and shaming as I pointed out it wasn't to do with me I'm merely ranting at the notion.

I do not like incidences when a singular person or a group take it upon themselves to bitch, whine and slander against someone behind said targets back. This is lowly actions to take, even more so as the person in question does not even affiliate with the group any more. So what if they did things in the past, if they aren't doing anything to you now then leave them be... Do you not have anything better to do than 'slag' people off? Even so if they were to do something then say something to their face and not to the back of their head.

Sorry for the rant but I do not abide by such pusillanimity

Spring is soon upon us

Spring,  Ostara - the beginning of spring is soon to be upon us and what a joyful time it should be. Full of hope and new life, those who have known of the ill goings on in my life of the last few years will understand me saying that things are much better now. I'm with someone who is loyal and trustworthy, who lets me be me ... And wear what I want, supports my work and hobbies which is what used to annoy me about my ex. Why go out with someone who you know does and wears things you don't agree with *rolls eyes* I mean I was making and wearing corsets, dreads, rather raunchy clothing, cyber stuff etc and modelling, performing burlesque before I met him and when we went out he decided he didn't want me doing it. Thus my clothing, costumes and dreads took a rather reluctant backseat.

Thank god those days are long gone, Nen is back (to be fair has been since last year)! And I'm happy, I only hope my partner is as happy as I am ^^. 

On another note on the mention of spring and new
Life, my better half's African Fat-tail geckos laid four pretty eggs and hopefully with luck two of them will hatch... As the male gecko is a rare albino it would be amazing if one of these are an albino to. So new baby reptiles to play with (not that we need anymore haha, the living room would be a full of them if left up to us) 

In light of the fact that I'm over my illness, I am able to actually go out in the cold for more than ten mins, sadly the weather is warming
Up now :( but it means I can take my horses out for a ride and get into shape for competing again. Also I can go outside and practise my poi spinning, I have been doing this for five years now and have ten sets of poi and glowstrings which my partner also wants to learn so could be fun. Duets ahoy ^^

Brief Background

My mum just found a really old photo of myself and my younger sister, I believe I was about 3 in it and its quite cute. My mum has always been into unusual things and herself, my older sister (she is 44 now) and her ex partner were 80's new romantics and into music which is now known as Batcave,darkwave and gothic rock. Due to a history of violence on my dad's behalf my mum spend a lot of time in hospital and so my older sister pretty much brought me up, apparently I used to fall asleep listening to Siouxsie and the Banshees and Alien Sex Fiend, etc, purely as this was the only kind of music my sister and her other half had.. they still actually have the original vinyls they used to play to me which is pretty cool. I haven't changed much... I still wear similar clothing nowadays albeit different styles thereof. Here's the photo ^^

I will see if I can find my prom photo at some point. During school years I was pretty much a black sheep (no pun intended) whilst everyone else was listening to pop I stuck with Bauhaus and The mission UK, wearing long black skirts and hiking boots. At secondary school and sixth form it was much the same, only I got a chance to Study Japanese as a GCSE, I would of continued onto A-level but I needed sciences and maths to pursue my career path (pathology) and so I couldn't, really was a shame as I enjoyed it, received and A* in my exams, became the 3rd Best speaker of Japanese KS3 in the national Japanese nihongo cup which took place in the Japanese embassy in London... true fact... I believe the page is actually still up. Lucky us we also got to go to Japan, that was amazing, I really look forward to going back soon. When I wasn't studying, playing violin or crafting I was horse-riding... this is a sport I had been doing from a very young age, I can't even remember my first lesson. I'm now studying a rather lengthy degree course in university, being Forensic Biochemical Medicine, had to get straight A's in Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths to get in so I'm quite chuffed.

I got very quickly bored with the usual mainstream alternative items one can buy so I started making my own clothing and accessories, corsets being among one of the first. Being rather sporty I had a fairly slim waistline (have put a bit of weight on since) I just couldn't find any that fitted me properly so my sister made a joke of making one... which I did so it wasn't much of a jest in the end.

When I was 16 myself and a friend started making dreads, due to us both being rather intrigued by the cyber-goth scene. My older brother used to love sci-fi so we used to sit and watch films such as blade-runner, star wars and barbarella when I was quite young. I love futurism as much as I do history. Particularly in scientific developments and nanotechnology, bio kinetics. I am a scientist after all. So I had my first set of dreads in 2006, They weren't amazing and I have since added to them. In light of this for Christmas that year she brought me a pair of waist high cyber platform boots, I still have these and I wore them to the local fetish night, Twisted in 2007. In the following years I attended various nights, goth and cyber alike, making my second air of dreads in 2008. There are photos of me in my cyber gear on both the Twisted myspace page (if its still there) 2007-2010 I now DJ there to which is awesome and is starting up again this year. There are photos on the Wendyhouse official website photo archive on July 18th 2009 (red dreads) as well as modelling photos taken in 2008/2009 when I brought a new pair of Demonia stacks ^^ all dated and official. One of those said shoots was in my green dreads and at WH itself, that was a strange night, I have been modelling since 2005 so quite a long time, I still have a dated disc with my very first photoshoot images on.

So I'm still into my goth,batcave, lolita, cyber and now steampunk as well. My mum has always had a liking for victoriana and its really elaborate. I have only really been into this for three years (an ex really liked it and wouldn't shut up about it, kinda got me hooked) I like the fantasy literacy element and its an excuse to wear flouncy victorian-esque dresses and crinolines... not that one needed an excuse but it does look pretty cool. I'm not overly fond of the mainstream... lets just put cogs on it and call it steampunk stuff one sees nowadays, steampunk doesn't have to be brass, brown and clockwork everything, my favourite dress I have made is a green, black and silver absinthe fae inspired gown. I do make my own clothing and accessories which is a bonus I suppose when it comes to steampunk. Burlesque Though I have liked for years I was never able to get properly into due to an overbearing ex, I have now been back onto the burlesque scene properly for over a year now and am loving every moment of it.

The beasts in the family

No I'm not talking about people but rather actual beasties, I have only really spoken about my horses in the past, I still have the two mares and love them to bits. But I do have other animals. The reason for writing this is that a month ago one of our cats past away, he was fairly old, 14 years. We had first received him as a kitten so clearly it was an upsetting time and we do really miss him His name was Dusty (don't ask it was my little sister's cat) Here is a pretty photo of him below and another of him waking from sleep... he was a bit... strange

We do have another cat with similar markings though she is a lot younger. She was found sleeping in our hay barn at the stables and just stayed, no collar so must of wandered off and was thus a stray. We did not bring her home for two years in case she decided to wander back to her original home or a report of missing animal was posted but nothing happened so she slept with the horses. Her name is Idrial

Along with the cats and horses we are currently housing my older sister's dog Bindi, she's an 8 year old English Bull Terrier and a bit mad.... not much else to say about her haha

Next in the Menagerie of beasts is Merlin, I'm not too sure on his age as he was given to me about a month ago now by a very close friend whom I have known for about 10 or so years. Merlin being a Black Albino Corn snake, such a cutie to and likes to sit on my little sister's head.

The last one, belongs to Cai, he brought him when we were started seeing each other to quote 'Our baby dragon' this was around October time and we are happily still together and officially. Calenmirae is a young Chinese water dragon.

I guess we are very much an animal family