It was C's birthday yesterday. I always find it so hard to buy him gifts because he never seems to want anything and never suggests anything! But I had one present in mind this year that I knew he'd love - a tiny camera to put on Morrissey's collar to see where he wanders off to.

The camera costs about $30 and you can find them on eBay if you search for 'Pets Eye View'. The camera clips onto the pet's collar and you can set it to take a photo every 1, 5 or 15 minutes. The picture quality is obviously not amazing and the memory card is tiny, but we have had so much fun in the last 24 hours seeing where he wanders off to and what he looks at. We're going to try to put it on his collar for a few hours every day we're home. Here are just a couple of the pictures.


+ a street over from ours



+ hiding in the foliage

We've often felt like Morrissey must have a daytime owner and a night time owner (us) because he spends so much time out and when he comes back he's rarely very hungry. A few days ago I walked to the supermarket (a block away) and Morrissey followed me to the end of the curb as he always does but (thankfully) refuses to cross the busy road. As soon as I got into the supermarket I got a phone call from a woman who said she had just found Morrissey trying to get into her house. I grabbed my groceries and wandered back out to collect him (the lady was pretty smitten with him and kept saying how gorgeous "she" was). I started walking home with him and another lady, one who lives in my street, walked by and said "Is that your cat? She comes into our house all the time and we feed her!".

So, my cat seems to pretty much invite himself into everyone's houses and eat their food and has everyone convinced he's a girl (he does have a pink collar - I just thought it would be funny to emasculate him). I can't seem to stop him from wandering, but I thought it might be fun to at least have a little peek at his adventures.




+ someone else's yard

Some things I now know about my cat:
+ he likes sky gazing
+ he likes to watch cars and people
+ he likes to sit under cars
+ he likes to sit in foliage
+ he sits in the business behind our house's yard for hours on end

buttermilk + homestead + stiletto skinny + airplane + soymilk

Today was C's birthday. After some gift giving and parent visiting we went to our friends Isis and Damien's lovely cafe & workshop Milkbar to play some games. They shut on Sundays but invited a few friends to the shop to have a board game afternoon. C and I have a tradition of doing fun/funny things on his birthday that we probably wouldn't do otherwise. In 2010 we went bowling and last year we played Crazy Golf and this year's offering fit the bill. We played a bunch of games and drank cider and had a lovely time. I pretty much lost every game but I don't care.

The list above is some games I used to play when I was a kid/at school.
Do you have any favourite games you remember? I've been reading through The List Operators' Tumblr lately, full of very creative, funny lists.

+ label: pugly pixel
+ background: animus
+ fonts: carton, little lord fontleroy, impact label, stiletto skinny.

This is what May looked like.


I bought a pretty new pair of shoes.



I rearranged some home decor.


I drank about ten litres of Milo.


I began and finished the Hunger Games trilogy (the last two books in two days) and felt totally miserable when it was all over!




I painted my nails a couple of dozen colours.



I made collages and paper-cut silhouettes.









My cats were very photogenic.


I spotted this house with a dalek and gargoyle.


I admired the Autumn scenery.



I spotted spotty mushrooms.


My pal Sara bought me a second hand Colorburst 250.


I bought this dress at the opshop despite it being much too small. It was too good to pass up.


I bought girly new flannelette sheets.


I considered becoming a nun for a day.


I spotted this lady's jumper at the opshop.




I went bowling with C and some friends from work. My boyfriend has a very luscious beard.

I watched: Game of Thrones, Lily Allen's Riches to Rags, Dark Shadows, Win Win, The Guard, The Avengers.
I read: The Hunger Games trilogy, A Song of Ice and Fire, lots of uni readings.
I listened to: My Brightest Diamond, Andy Bull, Menomena, Best Coast, Beach House.
I consumed: so many soups, hot drinks and baked desserts.
I visited: the optometrist, the markets, two different types of doctors, uni, bowling, the cinema, Milkbar, a masseuse, Sara's.
I loved: staying up late making things and watching shows, reaching the end of assignments.
I wore: gloves, scarves, tights, wooly socks.

How was your May?