Baby Monkey + Grown Up Pigeon = Sweetest Family Ever

From The Daily Mail:

The abandoned monkey who has found love with a pigeon

They're an odd couple in every sense but a monkey and a pigeon have become inseparable at an animal sanctuary in China.

The 12-week-old macaque - who was abandoned by his mother - was close to death when it was rescued on Neilingding Island, in Goangdong Province.

After being taken to an animal hospital his health began to improve but he seemed spiritless - until he developed a friendship with a white pigeon.

The blossoming relationship helped to revive the macaque who has developed a new lease of life, say staff at the sanctuary.

Now the unlikely duo are never far from each other's side, but they aren't the only ones to strike up an unusual friendship.

Earlier this year a pig adopted a tiger cub and raised him along with her piglets because his mother couldn't feed him.

And in 2005 a baby dear named Mi-Lu befriended lurcher Geoffrey at the Knowsley Animal Park in Merseyside after she was rejected by her mother.

Consult the Educated Monkey

He is wise, well dressed, and very good with figures.




Look how sage!

That is all.

I Have a Bad Habit

When it the year starts to creep up to February, I start to celebrate the idea of my birthday by purchasing birthday presents for myself.

So far, here's the haul of goodies that I've given to myself:

• Lonely Heart: The Art of Tara McPherson - Tara McPherson, one of my art crushes
• Spellbinder - Melanie Rawn, one of my all time favourite authors
• Public Warning - Lady Sovereign, whom I have a soft spot for due to raps about being short

And this hilarious contact lens case, which I blame on Amblus:

So A Chimpanzee and a Rabbit...

Get mailed to my house in the form of an excellent Christmas gift.


I am now pondering the exact, most awesome space to hang it.

It's a Peeler

But not in the stripper sense. So close to being a monkey knife fight, you don't even know.

Via Target

I Covet, I Long, I Want With a Passion

That almost defies reason.

That's the thing with wanting something. At first blush, the need is so strong, it's almost overpowering. I learned long ago that the wait, it is a good thing, as it draws a line between things that I want to develop a long, lasting relationship with, and things that I'm giving the eye as a passing fling.

I generally give myself a couple of weeks to mull my desire over before plunging into a major purchase. And right now? I am currently debating my need for these:




































Rabbit! Monkey! Oh, dear. Necklaces from the Merric Collection by Odette New York.

PS: I Am Still Self Centered

As I prefer to believe that when a character on The Smart Woman Survival Guide shouted "It's a monkey!" as a diversionary tactic, that it was actually a shout-out to me.

The end.