http://www.peacockshock.com/ Welcome to Ian's House en-us 2012-05-16T00:30:15+00:00 http://www.peacockshock.com/archives/cat_wherever.html#004495 Hello. I'm abroad now till the end of May. Henrietta is kindly coming to stay and look after Bolly. See you in June.... Wherever Ian 2012-05-16T00:30:15+00:00 http://www.peacockshock.com/archives/cat_garden.html#004494 Yes - it's a baby anteater.... Garden Ian 2012-05-14T12:27:24+00:00 http://www.peacockshock.com/archives/cat_garden.html#004493 To celebrate Edward Lear's bicentenary, here's Bolly the pussycat with her favourite owl. As you can see, the owl is clearly saying - Oh lovely Pussy! Oh Pussy my love, What a beautiful Pussy you are, you are, What a... Garden Ian 2012-05-12T17:48:22+00:00 http://www.peacockshock.com/archives/cat_garden.html#004492 Garden Ian 2012-05-12T17:41:48+00:00 http://www.peacockshock.com/archives/cat_garden.html#004491 Garden Ian 2012-05-12T17:41:12+00:00 http://www.peacockshock.com/archives/cat_garden.html#004490 Garden Ian 2012-05-12T17:40:33+00:00 http://www.peacockshock.com/archives/cat_garden.html#004489 Garden Ian 2012-05-12T17:39:27+00:00 http://www.peacockshock.com/archives/cat_garden.html#004488 OK - I admit it ... this one looks more like a rabbit... Garden Ian 2012-05-12T17:38:28+00:00 http://www.peacockshock.com/archives/cat_garden.html#004487 Garden Ian 2012-05-12T17:34:46+00:00 http://www.peacockshock.com/archives/cat_garden.html#004486 Garden Ian 2012-05-12T17:33:52+00:00 http://www.peacockshock.com/archives/cat_garden.html#004485 Garden Ian 2012-05-12T17:33:01+00:00 http://www.peacockshock.com/archives/cat_garden.html#004484 Garden Ian 2012-05-12T17:32:11+00:00 http://www.peacockshock.com/archives/cat_garden.html#004483 Garden Ian 2012-05-12T17:31:27+00:00 http://www.peacockshock.com/archives/cat_study.html#004481 I was amused to read in the Boston Globe that there was once a ridiculous copyright dispute over the word supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Thankfully, um-diddle-diddle-um-diddleye, um-diddle-diddle-um-diddleye was spared. That could have got nasty. The Sherman brothers, who wrote the Mary Poppins... Study Ian 2012-05-11T21:01:18+00:00 http://www.peacockshock.com/archives/cat_study.html#004482 This classic headline, in the Sun in 2000, refers to Inverness Caledonian Thistle beating Celtic (football teams, if you're not sporty). But, rather like Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, it has an interesting provenance. Could it be that the Sun headline writer had... Study Ian 2012-05-11T17:26:34+00:00