Molly caught in the act of bed stealing  

Bob sends Chris across the “ditch”

Hello Bob here reporting on Chris’s recent trip “across the ditch” (for those that don’t know this is the bit of water that separates the mainland of New Zealand from the island of Australia ) . Apparently two cats were found in the cloudy and wet suburb of Manley West namely Molly and Liquorice . Molly likes to sleep on peoples keyboards and leap into newly abandoned beds before anybody can do anything about it , way to go Molly. Liquorice generally likes to cut a low profile but was spotted wrapped around the legs of a heater watching the World Cup football on TV.

Bob for Cat Network News signing out

On the other hand if he had gone accross the Canterbury plains he might have found a bit more me thinks. This is Bob signing out for the Winterless north ! 

Chris is back from the deep south and says this is all the snow he could find . It looks a lot like the inside of the freezer. 

Bob sends Chris south to investigate “snow”

Bob here , I’ve decided with a bit of prompting from Trevor to send Chris south (that would be north if you were north of the equator , but I digress, to investigate “snow” .
We know nothing of “snow” .
Grandma and grandpa live “south" and they have been having the big freeze with another on the way so its goodbye Chris and pack your thermals. We expect a full report .

Bob

Bob considers the merits of winter.

For winter:
Heaters
Electric blankets
Roast dinner leftovers
Gravy (see above)
Humans who use you as a warmer ( but who is warming whom ?)
A reasonable excuse to “own” the best and warmest chair in the lounge.
Autumn leaves
Excuse to pack on a few pounds

Against winter:
Cold
Wet , especially the lawn
Mud
Varmints hiding
Never enough food in my bowl
My drinking water (pond) is very cold

Well our holiday with Mr Push-over comes to an end as Reena is flying in our direction as I speak, eta mid day tomorrow . Dang .
Here Lizzy and I are hard out preparing the house for her arrival, hey we have nailed the door shut and got in extra supplies is there something we forgot ? Maybe Chris will put his foot down and place her in the number four spot ?