Animal Antics in Dubai in January

We've had mixed weather in Dubai this January from sun bathing in the garden to

dog walking in the rain.

We've had numerous trips to the dog park

 which means lots of baths

leaving both the cat and I traumatised.

The cat has been quite adventurous and scarring the living day lights out of me as she tries to catch birds from the balcony.  

Bob was caught napping on my chair. I now pile books on it when I vacate it.

We've had this cat visiting, it's in a bad way, someones pet they no longer want and have dumped, sadly the neighbourhood strays aren't very friendly towards her. 

We found these crabs and a starfish on the beach.

And had plenty of cuddles with Bob and Pushkins.

Animal Tales in Dubai

In the last 3 weeks it has become cool enough to spend time outdoors and we've resumed our weekly trips into the desert with Bob.

 It would appear though we've broken the dog with all this sudden walking every evening and running off the lead.

 The cat lost her extra weight over the summer from being kept indoors due to the heat and away from the stray cat feeding scheme and is back enjoying her nights out on the tiles. She is still spending the days indoors and seems quite happy with the arrangement.

 We're seeing more stray cats around. This one is at the local shop near work. It has had it's ear clipped so rescuers know it has been TNR'd. Trapped, neutered and released.

 This is the latest stray to have adopted us and waits on the wall for me every morning, it's ever so friendly. I'm not feeding it, but we have a little chat every morning and it just wants some love and affection.

 Ras Al Kor nature reserve is on my route home from work, so I stopped to take this photo in the week. It is in a nd around this area they will be building the World's tallest structure at over 1km high, the nature reserve will remain untouched, but I'm sure the wildlife will be affected as the landscape changes dramatically over the next few years. 

 I found these stuffed toys in a toy shop in Dubai Mall, almost life-size and with a hefty price tag, just who buys these things? Where do they put them and what do they do with them?

 The downside of winter is that the insect are now out in full force and we are over run with ants and flying things and we're starting to get bitten when we sit outdoors in the evenings.......grrrrrrrr.

Week 3 - One Daily Positive and Project 366

Another busy week, I think I've got on top of the planning at school. I managed to leave on time on Thursday and haven't taken any work home with me for the weekend. Hubby has been working late this week and played golf on Friday while I cleaned the house and caught up with the washing and did some gardening. Another boring week of photos and some days I've had to find something to photograph for this post. But I've accepted the challenge and it's full steam ahead for the year. I'm not joining in with the linky this year, I wish it had been kept as a blog hop, that way I wouldn't have to acknowledge anyone in particular. I'm going to carry on visiting my favourite blogs from last year 

Sunday Day 17 #onedailypositive #project366 This little mite lost its mate tonight in a road accident that I witnessed. A passer by stopped to help me rescue the one cat from the road who was sadly dead, hubby came with the cat basket and another passer by helped me catch this one. I took the cat to the vet who checked it over and it appears ok, no chip and is probably one of the many strays who live round here. On advice from the vet we are keeping this cat over night in an out building with fresh water and to let it go if it's ok in the morning near where we found it, but well away from the road. I'm so grateful to the passer by X 2 who stopped to help me and very moved by their care and concern.

My Sunday Photo this week was supposed to be a day of rest, until I popped to the shops and ended up rescuing a young cat whose Mother was hit and killed by a car. 

Monday Day 18 #onedailypositive #project366 welcome to 'Suzanne's boring week of photos' I've taken two other photos today, one of soup and another of a pack of jelly and that's it. On a positive note though it means I'm busy and have things to occupy my time, such as work. I collected my new car today. I've gone from no car to 2 cars in the space of as many weeks. Will return the hire car on the weekend.

Tuesday Day 19 #onedailypositive #project366 whilst nursing a lemsip and reading a book in the bath I could hear a cry for help, that demanded immediate investigation. As far as I know she's still up there as the dog keeps barking for her to come down. They certainly keep me amused and entertained for hours.

For Animal Tales this week and HDYGG I linked up a post from my visit to Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo. 

Wednesday Day 20 #onedailypositive #project366 I don't know the last time someone bought me flowers, so I bought some for myself, and why not?

Thursday Day 21 #onedailypositive #project366 searching for something to take a picture of that isn't the Burj Khalifa or the dog. A child in my class gifted me some chocolates this morning and asked if I'd buy her a monkey. #random #LoveMyJob

Friday Day 22 #onedailypositive #project366 grrrrrr it's not often I tell the dog off but I am less than impressed with him after he decided to dig in the garden which he knows is a telling offence after I put some new plants in today, then ran through the house that I'd swept and mopped earlier and jumped onto the bed, which I'd put fresh sheets on earlier, leaving a trail of mud throughout the whole house. But he is cute and I can't stay cross with him for long which was the same length of time it took me to clean up his mess.

Saturday Day 23 #onedailypositive #project366 it's Dan's 21st birthday today, I've had a long and tiring week, hubby has been working late, I fancied a bit of time out of the house and had a bit of shopping to do so I visited Mall of the Emirates for the morning and spent the afternoon sorting through piles of paperwork.