Every time I sit down to read, Princess Wandacakes appears. Very sweet but 8.5kg of fluff makes reading difficult.

Every time I sit down to read, Princess Wandacakes appears. Very sweet but 8.5kg of fluff makes reading difficult.

Princess Wandacakes only gets a cameo appearance this post because she was too lazy to get up. Lord Viking pretended to be disinterested, as is his wont, but he eventually gave it up for the camera a couple of times. The little shit.






Another cool feature of my Nikon P1000 – it can take long exposure timelapses and stitch them together.
In this example I woke up early (or was woken up early by a certain ginger Princess) so got up to make coffee at about 5am and decided to stick the camera outside for a while.
The process takes 25-second exposures for a total of 150 minutes and then automatically stitches them, so you get the stars showing their gradual movement (well, it’s Earth’s movement, but you know what I mean) through the sky.
If I had the patience, and if the sun wasn’t about to come up, I would have let it go for longer. But I think this pic is still quite nice.

Lord Viking decided to frolick in the paddock. I joined him to document the special occasion.










Lord Viking was busy doing his own thing on the far side of the paddock. Meanwhile Princess Wandacakes was being her best relaxo-self in our bedroom.
It’s interesting (to us at least) how different their personalities are. Viking spends most of his time outdoors, patrolling the borders to keep up safe. Meanwhile Wanda spends most of her time inside, sitting with us.
As the seasons change we find them both spending more time outdoors though. Soon they will disappear from our laps in the evening, preferring to spend the warm nights sniffing, lurking and pouncing.
I do enjoy Summers, but I miss their company more.



It’s unusual to see the children laying so close to each other. Maybe old age has mellowed them.




If this is the shape of things to come for our New Zealand Summer, perhaps 2020 hasn’t been a complete write-off after all.






















Lord Viking and Princess Wandacakes are sheltering from the inclement weather.








A lovely morning in Auckland. Princess Wandacakes cleans her paw while Lord Viking eyes her with suspicion.

One from home. One from managed isolation. I hope to be out of the latter and back in the former tomorrow.

