Self-sufficiency

18 January 2015 

Chocolate Bunny applauds (although his ability to make clapping noises is somewhat hampered by his furry mittens) the major use of the Joyfallee veggie garden – which is to grow magnificent thistles expressly for his enjoyment. 

Would-be famous rat

Following in the paw prints of Spaghetti Rat and Pizza Rat comes Bits-That-Fall-Off-the-Bird-Feeding-Tray Rat. He is pretty pleased to have found an apartment with an alfresco dining café at the front door. With Christmas just around the corner, he is rather hoping the café menu might be adjusted to suit the season, so that he can become known as Bits-of-Plum-Pudding-and-Mince-Pies-That-Fall-Off-the-Bird-Feeding-Tray Rat.  If appearances are anything to go by, his penchant for café dining may have him applying for the next season of The Biggest Loser.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHgcdiZIIiE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPXUG8q4jKU

Post graduate qualifications

Spurred on by past taunts of being “too pigeony”, the crested pigeons took up night classes in How to Be a Pathologist, and are now supplementing their income with shifts at Douglass Hanly Moir. In their conversations at the water-cooler, they have casually bandied about terms like “intraductal papilloma”, to the bemusement of their feathery compatriots, who are more used to discussing topics along the lines of “Which couple won The Block”.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-20/pigeons-trained-to-detect-breast-cancer/6958102

Revelation of the saporific kind

16 January 2015

Etoile Filante is delighted to discover the joys of camembert. She intends to submit a restaurant review to Eatability, explaining that the food at Joyfallee is good quality and the service friendly, but that the plating-up leaves a lot to be desired.

Next stop The Block!

15 January 2015

After 56 years on the planet I have finally learnt how successfully to replace a tap washer (thanks YouTube!)……ridiculously pleased with this accomplishment.

The Egg-Laying Games

3 January 2015

Princess Sparkles has rapidly emerged as the new top chook. She has sought to cement her position by instituting a New Year competition: Layer of the LARGEST-EGG-EVER at Joyfallee. She is fairly sure she will emerge the victor, having just laid a 91 gram egg. Seriously handicapped by their stature, Hildegarde von Joyfallee and Theodora are frantically scouring the rules to see if they can enter as a pair, thereby adding the weight of their eggs together.

Princess Sparkles has remained unmoved and declared that the concept of chook-weight-to-egg- ratio is not included in her rules – she accepts that this may be assessed as unfair by the wider community, but points out that this unlevel playing field  should  be seen as a metaphor for life (as it can be seen, chickens are nothing if not amateur philosophers). 

Effigy

29 December 2014

Chocolate Bunny is very pleased to find he has been immortalised in wood. He does, however, wonder if the immortalisation could have been in something a little more upmarket, such as a sculpture at the entrance to the Louvre, rather than a toilet brush in the loo.