These are both of Lily in an unusual resting state. She is normally to be found leaping, running or climbing, but due to poor lighting conditions, i didn’t get any good shots!

Here are some of the best of the many photos we took whilst in Madeira:

a fountain in a funchal park

a flower

me on a cat

“larking around”

genuine madeirans

the park again

salt cod – very tasty

halfway up the epic trip through old funchal to the botanical gardens

architecture with bushes

an albino peacock

one of many colourful parrots

a normal peacock

not, i think, norwegian..

they seemed attracted to Han’s red top

all in a row

someone has spraypainted this crow

toenails in need of cutting

posing

all of funchal seemed to be on a hill!

a mangy dog

another genuine madeiran

scabbard fish

the local market

me n han on the cat, failing to see a single whale or dolphin

han again

another lavada

a lavada

a calf taking a dip

…in which case, I’m sorted!

That photo shoot sounded just like the scene in Lost in Translation where Bill Murray is advertising Santori Whiskey!

Have you tried some sort of anti-odour spray for the suit? I have used shoe spray, with some success, on my football boots and shin pads. Whilst this is not really comparable to cat piss, the get sweaty->fester in bag->get sweaty again cycle when playing football each week, creates a cumulative stink that is which is at least an 8 on any scale.

A few photos from a crowded Homestead.

Rosabelle has grown and Rio has, if possible, become more hyper!;-)

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Snow at the homestead!

The most snow we’ve seen here for a while. Perfect snowball and snowman snow, but perhaps less good for sledging…

 

Mama

A plant

Another plant

Cedric the Snowman

Han and Cedric

“Snow Minion” by Han