Goodbye to an old friend

We had to say goodbye to Pirate today. He was run over by a car this morning. A guy from the council knocked on the door to tell us after asking around the neighbourhood. Peter was out at the time. Pirate didn't suffer and had no sign of any injury. He looked peacefully asleep. We'll miss him a lot.

The life and times of a lovely cat:

                            Pirate - 2009 ~ 2017

Tasty words

This is fascinating. This guy tastes words. Other people with synesthesia see vowels or numbers in different colours and so on. Synesthesia is a confusion of the senses, when the perceptions by one sense are triggered by the perceptions of another.

Umbrella Street

Aveiro, Portugal:

Keeping monsters at bay

This is a lovely story. A little girl in North Dakota couldn't sleep because she was afraid of monsters, so a pharmacist prepared a special spray to get rid of them!

Photos that look like paintings

Jamie  Heiden, an American photographer, has a lot of talent in photo manipulation: