12 of 12 v3 – July 2008
It’s 12 of 12 time once again. I sat last months round out but it’s a Saturday and for once I had no problem filling up my 12 pictures even before dinner! As ever I have created a Flickr page for all of the pictures here, and a number of extra ones as well. Lots of landscapes this month.
Down to business then, 12 photos on the 12th day of each month to represent your day presented in glorious Technicolor(TM) and create by Mr Chad Darnell. This month it’s blatant showboating crowd pleasing from me, plenty of animal shots 
Oh and also, I know there are actually thirteen pictures here, but as one was from yesterday it doesn’t technically count
Our day starts at 7:30(ish) making tea. I like to break out the X-Files mug every now and then. I’ve had it since Sally and I were first together over twelve years ago, and always brings back happy memories.
The first part of our day continues from last night, as we had to take Will to the vets after he came home on Friday morning with this very unpleasant tear in his ear.
He had to stay in overnight at the vets and have it stitched together again, resulting in this:
And then two very happy owners after we picked him up at 8:30 this morning.
He’s still a bit dopey after the anaesthetic but no more than usual I look forward to having to take him back on Monday afternoon for his post-op check up. That cat does not like travelling in the car!
Speaking of cars, sorry but I couldn’t resist slipping in a quick photo of my new car this month. As this is now the SIXTH car I have had from the VW Audi group I can say to my 12 of 12 friends in Germany “I LOVE YOUR CARS!”
Next up we headed down to Hengistbury Head for a walk and more importantly, some breakfast. This is the interior of the Hiker cafe that awaits all hungry travellers. These murals on the walls (that you can only see properly in the Flickr version of this photo) depict assorted scenes of how the site may have looked way back when. So you can be educated while you eat!
And hungry we were, here is this mornings breakfast that kept us going until dinner! OM NOM NOM NOM!
After that extremely hearty breakfast it was time to walk it off. Here is a shot of the cafe from a distance. There are plenty more snaps from the Head on the Flickr page. But after our walk we visited some local eccentric OAPs (AKA my parents) before heading down into Christchurch.
How to scare and confuse local shoppers, take a photo of them. We were down here to stop in at Argos and pick up a Freesat HD box, and here it is:
Free satellite channels as well as BBC HD. Not really one for my fellow 12′ers, more the usual crowd who read my blog Suffice to say it works like a charm and provides a good picture. I’m glad I didn’t cut the cables when we cancelled our Sky subscription.
Sally insisted on including this picture, just to prove that I actually do actually work in the garden occasionally. Yes it doesn’t get any more exciting than cutting your lawns does it?
We’re nearly at the end already and when I took this photo it was only about 3:30. We took a walk to get some exercise (8865 steps on the pedometer at the time of writing) and post some letters and spotted this chap keeping a watchful eye on passers by.
And finally this month, a bit of beauty to say thanks for checking out my 12 of 12 this month. See you next time!
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Hey Pete
glad to see that you are back on the 12 of 12 band wagon, i was begining to miss these
Glad to oblige Paul!
Hey Pete, great photos of your day, and it looks like the rain kept away what with walking and grass cutting! Sorry to hear about Will’s ear, hope he is on the mend, poor little chap, cheers, Lisa
Great pictures, Pete. I hope Will will be okay soon. Poor little guy … I had to take Maxi to the vet last week too. It’s always a drama to get the pets there and wait till the Doc has time. I’m always glad when we are back home.
I like mine too.
And I’m glad that you like our German cars
Nici
I really do! Ah such precision in them, wonderful stuff.
I really hate taking him to the vets, it’s MIAAAOOOOOWWWWW all the way. And then he gets too nervous and wets himself
Hi Pete,
I like your pics.
Thanks for stopping by at my site. And your nice words regarding FRIEDA.
Steffi.
Great pics! Mine is animal heavy this month too.
Great pics! Poor kitty – I hope it heals quickly.
Poor Will! I’m sure he’ll love the fuss and attention as he gets better though
And hey, we finally see you in here! I like Sally’s thinking
(and as we saw most of her in a photo, nice to see her too!).
Glad to see you’re back on the 12 of 12 wagon, you were missed
Poor Will! Hope the ear heals quickly. He’s such a beautiful cat.
And yay for German cars.
Yum! I miss UK breakfasts…
Hope things heal nicely for Will!
Ah, you Brits know how to breakfast properly! We had to import ours from Mexico.
I’m kind of jealous of the car. But I have to say that quietly — my car is quite jealous and tends to break down if I express interest in another…
Poor cat!! Glad it wasn’t worse than that. Our cats hate the car too, so vet trips are always traumatic!
Love the lawn-mowing pic – it is a necessary evil.
I’m SO jealous of that breakfast!! Poor little cat – but I bet the other cat looks worse than he did!
Nice day Pete, seems very casual which is more than I say for my 12th of the month! (Of course, not that I took the pics to prove it (#);) )
Poor Will!! Little stitches for the kitty. Hope he heals up soon. I had a cat with a slit in his ear. He never got stitches and I used to play flipping it back and forth when I was a kid!
Sorry, but English breakfasts are fouler than foul…one thing I didn’t like about bed-and-breakfasting through the countryside.
What the hell? Our breakfasts are absolutely fantastic!
Phrt!
Too right they are!
Thanks for the comments everyone. Will’s ear is healing nicely thanks
Good to hear about Will’s ear. While I try to avoid cats (because of allergies, they make me sneeze and my eyes water like you just told me that my mom died or something) . . . I am an animal lover and glad to hear that he’s doing well.
Breakfast looks very good !
I have to say that the Humax logo (or maybe the Freesat logo ?) looks like it belongs on a pharmaceutical bottle for heart burn or something lol.
Yardwork . . . I don’t miss yardwork. I think the top three things I love about my apartment are 1.) Central heat and air . . . 2.) cant hear the neighbors . . . 3.) not yard work to do.
Nice group of pics !
Love the new car! I’m dreaming of a new one myself.
Poor Will! Hope he heals up soon.
Great pics!
My soon to be brother-in-law just got a new Audi, too. So pretty.
Nice 12 of 12.
Cute cat, good that he’s doing better now !
Nice car too !
Oh and I love your coffee mugs (the one on the back, with white dots !)
Thanks for sharing your day. I’m sure Will will heal well. It’s amazing how resilient animals are compared to humans.
OMG poor kitteh!
OMG yummeh breakfast. Nom nom nom nom is right!
Nice set of 12 of 12′s.
Have you checked out the HTGuys Podcast? http://www.htguys.com I enjoy their podcast.
Thanks for the tip, I’ve just subscribed and will give it a go!
nice pics, poor will
Thanks dude. He’s OK now though, the stitches are gradually dissolving so he’s well on the way to being much better