Talking about pets.

Hey Alessandra1992

Jasper dosent talk as such, but having said that he is rarely quiet. The only time he isn't making a noise of some sort is when he is eating and sleeping........even when he is sleeping he sometimes makes lil "dreaming" noises.

When he is in full voice it is painful and can be heard a long distance away even with the noise of the city around. I never have to worry about blocked ears......just the odd bleed hehehehehehe!

Hi Harry,

I think both the general mascot idea, and specificly penguins, is a great idea! Some other things about penguins: they tend to live in fairly extreme climate conditions, are incredible survivors. and they are also very vulnerable to climate change - something I'm sure we can all relate to with the change in climate locally after the change of govt! 🙂

Best regards,

Kristin

Hi Harry,

Such a great idea to start this thread, thanks.

We have a cat who adopted us when we moved out from the city 8 years ago, and he has been training his new slaves diligently ever since. He is Smooch (by name and nature!). I'll try uploading a couple of photos. As you can see he's very elegant (not!) 🙂

When we first moved here my son was in mid-primary school. He was really missing his friends and finding it hard starting at a new school for 2nd semester. One day he was sitting on his bed having a cry and Smooch climbed onto his lap and put his paws on my son's shoulders and licked his face. My son described it as being given a reassuring cuddle.

Smooch loves joining us for prayer times and brings a great sense of humour to our gospel readings - he always wants to know where the fish leftovers got to, as all he sees are loaves on Sundays... no fishes! He also enjoys buzzing along when we are singing, and no bedtime lullaby for my 6yo is complete without his harmonies.

Cheers, Kristin

Lam, I am sorry that you have lost a son. Mum has to, while he was overseas. It was ghastly and it is 10 years ago, but my eyes are starting to water....

I have a much cherished cat MissDaisyMae who has condescended to accept my hospitality. She is a domestic short hair beautifully marked tabby. We live backing onto a public domain so she knows quite a number of cats, none of whom appear feral....they are all sleek. I suspect that while they come and check her food plates, she is doing the same. She occasionally brings me a rat, thankfully not in pieces. She also brings in toys like a piece of mulch bark to play with or a milk bottle ring. She lets me sleep in her bed, but prefers it if I have the edge and she can hog all of the electric blanket.

Sandy, better late than never, what about dolphins, human like, mind readers caring, intelligent and nurchering along with supurb mammals.

loopy.

Neb, I am so tempted to say, "you idiot", then I saw the cat, I really thought you were talking about a female companion and why would anyone complain about that, unless it was Phillis Diller. Sorry, idiot in this case is a term of endearment. Before I saw the cat I was in the bloody deep hole, now, I have been blasted into space. Thank you so much.

loopy.

These cats aren't mine but I thought it's a pretty gorgeous photo.

The rider to the statement of course is - provided the mother is caring rather than abusive...

Kind regards,

K