Wednesday, 24 August 2011

A perspective on refitting the kitchen

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Let me introduce myself – I am Pixie's cat. She called me Satan (without asking me) and now I am stuck with it. My mistake, really – I should NOT have started to answer to it. But I was only a little kitten at the time and now it is too late to change it to a proper cat name like Tiddles or Sooty (either would do because I am black and have been known to have the occasional accident on the furniture).

Anyway, I hear that Pixie has been blogging and tweeting or something. When I hear something tweet I usually eat it, but this seems to be something different – and inedible. As far as I can tell, she has been telling everyone what a mess her kitchen is and how she's been sitting next to her microwave oven thats taken up residence on her sofa. This is stupid – even cats know that sofas are for sitting on (preferably with a lap underneath and microwaves are for cooking salmon for cats.

She is absolutely right about the mess, though, but she has been so busy telling everyone how inconvenient it has been for her and her husband (Rich) that she has completely forgotten about the most important person in this – namely ME!

 Now, as my staff, Pixie and Rich ought to know that I am the most important person around, yet they have completely forgotten about how all this has inconvenienced me.
So I've just managed to get to her computer while she's not looking and have hacked in to her blog to get my point accross, (For some reason humans can use a keyboard with their front legs but cats can’t – I don’t understand why, when we are far more intelligent, so i'm wondering around the keyboard with all 4 paws and just hope i am pressing the right buttons so you humans understand what its like to be a cat).

One morning, without any warning at all, Pixie and Rich started to dismantle the kitchen (with much banging and swearing). This disturbed my early morning nap. However, I was even more disturbed a little while later when I decided to wander around my estate – they had taken my cat flap away! My own, personal cat flap! Imagine the indignity of a fine and mature cat, in her absolute prime, having to make a graceful exit through a hole in the brickwork. Fortunately, none of the neighbours were watching, so no harm was done to my reputation except for a bit of brick dust on my back which I got Pixie to brush off when I returned home for my late morning nap.

I thought that I had them sufficiently well trained to install a brand new state-of-the-art cat flap without delay, but here we are weeks later with nothing more elegant than a ragged hole in the bricks. It is a good job that I am a cat with great patience – a lesser animal would have been off by now!

The rest of the kitchen is no better. Rubble everywhere, and Pixie still sitting next to the microwave. Rich has gone back to the comfort of an oil rig in the middle of the Sea and the new kitchen doesn't seem to have even left the factory yet. Unbelievable! I must go and have a lie down. I will write again soon, so watch this space.

Tuesday, 23 August 2011

Todays Best Award in my Zazzle Hippy Gift Shop

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Woohooo i've just had an email from the team at zazzle.com telling me i've been given a Todays Best Award (TBA) for this psychedelic owl poster.
It's available to buy in my Hippy Gift Shop along with lots of other matching products like iphone, ipad and ipod touch cases, portable music speakers, cards, keyrings, mugs, button badges, bags, stickers and lots more.
I also have lots of other psychedelic and hippy style products that would make special and unique gifts for family or friends.
Don't foget to wear your sunglasses while you visit my shop, i have lots of eye-boggling designs!!

Wednesday, 17 August 2011

Remember To Caffeinate!

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Remember To Caffeinate!

20% off SALE on all mugs in my gift shops for a limited time!
Use Code DESKWEEKMUGS at checkout.

See bright and colourful psychedelic mugs in my NEW Hippy Gift Shop

 

Or see mugs with photography designs in my Photography Gift Shop

All of the products in my shops are created using my own art and photography so will make special and unique gifts.
Everything can be customised and personalised too by adding some text or changing the picture.
I hope you enjoy your visit.

Friday, 12 August 2011

Purple Hippy Blog

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Hey everyone, I've had a busy week this week adding new products to my NEW Hippy Gift Shop I can't belive it's actually online now and open to the public after months and months of thought and preparation!

I've also just published another lens on Squidoo.com to celibrate my love of purple!
You'll find a huge range of gifts as well as loads of interesting information and facts about this lovely colour here www.squidoo.com/purple-gifts

Along with all of that i'm STILL decorating my house, I'm getting quite used to sitting in a living room thats full of kitchen!
We finally took the plunge and picked a new kitchen though so just have to wait 7 weeks for it to be delivered and fitted!
I'm sure we'll be sick of living off take-aways and sandwiches by then and i really can't wait to get my shiny, sparkly, black worktops that have glitter!! ..... mmm shiny things!!

Monday, 8 August 2011

Brand NEW Hippy Gift Shop OPEN - lots of psychedelic and hippy style gifts

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My Brand new hippy gift shop is now open, pop in for a visit and feast your eyes on lots of custom matching gifts with psychedelic, abstract and fractal art designs including iphone, ipad, and ipod touch cases, portable music speakers, shoes, mugs, necklaces, keyrings, greeting cards, party invitations, business cards & lots more.

You can personalise every item by changing or adding your own text and pictures
... Just click the 'customise it' button & let your imagination run wild!

I'll be adding lots more crazy designs over the next few weeks so bookmark this site and keep watching.

I hope you enjoy your visit but don't forget your sunglasses!!

Saturday, 6 August 2011

Builders in the sky!!! Shocking Photos!!

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/ Understand there are occasional job openings for those who have any expertise ( particularly scaffolding)  in this line of work.  Can hardly wait until the walk is finished to take the tour.  First, the China wall, now this.  When will it end?  Credit where credit is due though,  they do know how to create jobs.
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Thousands of metres up the vertiginous slopes of Shifou Mountain in Hunan Province, China, a team
of workers, operating with hardly any safety measures, are building a footpath
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The workers are building a plank road on the side of the mountain that, once it is finished,
will stretch for 3km (9843 ft) and be China's longest sightseeing footpath

48-year-old Yu Ji (above) is one of the workers and he has been working on high cliffs building such plank roads for more than 10 years. He comments: "Young people don't want this job, as it requires them to stay deep in the mountains for months or even years"
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Yu Ji takes charge of the most dangerous part of the project -
drilling the holes to set up pipes to support the footpath

Building a plank road on Shifou Mountain is difficult because the
cliff stands vertical at 90 degrees, without any slope or alcoves

A finished section of the footpath