Small rhinoceros, tough hide.

Cupidon was having a love-in with some small creature. Alas what he loves and what small creatures love are two different things.



At least this time our visitor came well defended and was none the worse for a few minutes of molestation. He / she was so shiny - I kept looking at the images close up to spot my reflection. I'm sure it must be there somewhere. (BTW this is worth clicking for a closer look - it's beautiful).



Anyway, having put up with the cat, and put up with being photographed, said rhino was set free and ambled off in no particular hurry.

An entirely different matter - I went outside the other night and pleasant surprise, there was a near full eclipse of the moon. My camera would be no use, but I tried using my wife's Cannon S5IS on full zoom, hand held, to see what I could get. It produced the following. OK, not great, but stunning given a hand-held exposure at night. That image stabilisation really does work.

Who's been sleeping in my bed?

Well Cupidon has, and here is the evidence - look at the size of the creature. His kitten days are well and truly over.



Thus far he has been unable to crack the mosquito net, but today he suceeded. Oh joy, oh rapture. It lends a certain currency to "Sleep tight, hope the fleas don't bite in the night."

I feel I should apologise for the sordid state of the unmade bed, but that would just draw your attention to it, so I won't (don't click for a larger view!!).