Henge

Things have been busy in the Fluffy-Hair house as usual. I have been asked to use my MAD detective skills to find a missing Santa, so will be popping off to help at the end of the week. I actually have a sneaky suspicion that he isn't missing, but maybe needs a rest because he is so busy at the moment.

This is what I needed to do - have a rest.

As you can see I went to an old henge to veg out for a bit in the peace and quiet. Its not just any old stone you know. Quite a lot of them in fact.

I really enjoyed my day out. Now I am back in the Fluffy-Hair house with not so much peace and quiet (Nora, of course). No henges or stones (but we do have oranges and gnomes).

Love from Lewis MAD xxx

Riley the Rhino

We had a bit of a fright yesterday.

Everything started off well. Some of us gathered around to watch Riley the Rhino's uncle on TV.

As you may remember, Riley himself was a TV presenter and came to live in the Fluffy Hair house last year. Riley is still taking a career break (although still talks a lot).



Even Zippy came out of his cave to join us - although he did keep shouting "Where's Jeffrey?" throughout the programme.

Unfortunately, as Riley does not really know Zippy that well, he started to wonder where Jeffrey was. We only found this out later, however.

Apparently Riley wandered off into the kitchen to look for Jeffrey. Of course, Jeffrey is an old work colleague of Zippy and does not live in the Fluffy Hair house. But Riley did not know this.



It seems that Riley wandered into the washing machine. Of course, at the time, none of us knew where Riley had got to. We looked all over the Fluffy Hair house. Eventually Simon the Sloth found him in amongst the clean washing! He looked a bit bewildered, as you can see.





Fortunately, I had my special Gorilla matches in my MAD detective bag. I was able to light a small fire to help get Riley warm and dry.


So all is fine now. Riley is dry, but still a little shaken (not stirred). This (fortunately) has had the effect of him being less of a chatterbox. Zippy is back in his cave and (unfortunately) having psychotherapy again. And Nora and I are resting this evening over a glass of milk and some cake.

Lots of fluffy thoughts

Lewis MAD xx

PS I sometimes wonder if the Fluffy Hair could cope without me as I always seem to be the one to sort out the mess!

peace and quiet

lewis has been very busy since he got back from africa.  indeed, he's off on a stakeout right now.  i don't really know what that means and i'm sure its some kind of take-away food, but lewis said he is carrying out a surveillance.  anyway.  i, on the other paw, have been relaxing.

yesterday, i went on a walk with dolly the sheep to see some of her friends.

it was a little bit nippy (not zippy) so i had to take shelter in a hole in the wall.  a black horse in the field told me i could get some money from a hole in the wall, but i didn't find any here.  luckily, i did find a woolly hat (that i think some of the sheep made), so that made me feel much warmer, as you can see.

when i got back to the fluffy-hair house, all the other animals were out (i found out later that they had gone to see a white horse or talk to some fox and hounds or something something).  i took the opportunity to have some peace and quiet and to do two of my eight favourite things.

lewis is back now from his fish and chip shop survey, or whatever it is he was doing, takeaway or something something.  (i hope some fish haven't got battered again).

anyway.  i'm going to go now as i hear that simon the sloth has made some tea!

lots of love

nora the panda xxx

Rothschild Giraffe

As promised, I am showing you some more pictures from my visit to Africa.




As I said, along with seeing my cousins, I was doing some detective work for the giraffes. They were fed up of the other animals saying that they only have long necks because their feet smell. I agreed to investigate who had been spreading these vicious rumours. Those poor giraffes, they get a raw deal. Very few of the other animals invite them to parties as they think they are a pain in the neck!

First of all, I interviewed the elephants. I deduced that due to their long noses, they may be picking up on some smells. They had just finished playing squash when I saw them. I found them to be very friendly.





I then spent a very long time looking for the lions. Eventually I spotted Mrs Main from my window. I was a little concerned that she might be hungry - with me having a bit more of a pot belly from being so well fed when I went to see my cousins. Anyway, it turned out that because it wasn't Tuesday (or chewsday as Nora calls it) then i was OK.






I talked to the lions about the giraffes. They told me that when the giraffes first came to live near them, they wore socks. Nobody knew why. The lions said that they never took their socks off, so the animals started saying that they must have smelly feet.



However, after consulting my APE (Animal Pictures Encyclopedia) I found out that these were a very special kind of giraffe called Rothschild. They do not wear socks, they just look like they do because their lower legs are white!



Because the animals were afraid of smelly feet, they never got close enough to the giraffes to actually see that they were not wearing socks at all!





I asked the lions to have a chat with the giraffes and the other animals about the no-socks-but-look-like-socks madness, and all is sorted out now. Apparently the zebras are organising a party and the giraffes will be invited. And all agreed that none of the animals have smelly feet.



In celebration of sorting out this misunderstanding, I took a trip to Tanzania. Here I am on the border of Tanzania and Kenya. That's what the T and the K stand for (and not Tea cakes and Kiwi fruit as Nora thought).

I enjoyed my trip and was glad to be doing my MAD job. I hope my cousins keep in contact with me.

Lots of fluffy love and clean fluffy socks, Lewis xx

My Gorilla Cousins!

I expect you are all wondering where I have been. Even if you haven't, I'll tell you anyway. I went on a holiday to see my cousins in Africa. Here I am in the van on the way there. I don't mean that I travelled in a van all the way from the Fluffy-Hair house, as that would have taken weeks and I didn't pack enough bananas for that. No, I went in a plane (but had to share a seat with a rabbit from Italy) and then got in a van.

Anyway. As you can see from the video, I got on very well. My cousins shared their bamboo with me and I gave them some bananas in return.

They treated me very well and told me that I was a very hansom blackback.

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I am now back in the Fluffy-Hair house. Nora was very jealous as she said that a panda should go to Rwanda and that a gorilla should go to Manila . I haven't told her yet that I also went to see some other animals. Riley the Rhino knows, because I saw his aunt and uncle. I'll put the pictures of that on here soon, when Nora isn't looking. I was invited to see some giraffes as they had heard I am MAD (Master of Animal Detective) and needed some help from me. But as I said, more on that another time.

Here I am with one of my relatives - we think he may be my uncle. He's looking quite grumpy as he wanted my red tie, but I wouldn't give it to him as I needed it to keep warm in the cold nights, and, of course, to maintain my high standards of appearance.

I will keep in touch with them.

Off to catch up on my sleep.

Lots of love, Lewis MAD xx

Nose Job

I am just about able to write this as I lie in my hospital bed. Don't panic! I just needed a routine operation on my nose. Not for cosmetic reasons, of course - although as you know, I take pride in my appearance. No. My nose has been very sore for a long time. It's much better now, though.




This was me just about to 'go under' and you can see the poor state of my nose.



As you can see, Nurse Nora assisted in my operation. Thank goodness I was not conscious for it as she can often get confused and I had fears about her dropping crumbs on my face, or being 'slippery' with the needle, or simply just leaving me half way through for a 'sweetie' break. Fortuantely, all went well (although when I woke up the pillow felt a little sticky).

This photo was taken a few minutes ago. As you can see, I am still very weak, but I am being cared for.

Because I have been in hospital, I missed out on a short break with some of the lads (Monkey). It looks like he had a great time - living in a castle!

He even managed to drive a boat! I am so jealous. Anyway. I shall be going to see my relatives in Africa soon, so I hope my nose will be better by then.

Anyway, Monkey obviously made an impression on holiday. They even provided him with his own salad!

Righty-ho. I am very tired, so am going to stop writing. Thanks to Nurse Nora. And thanks to all the amimals who have sent kind messages.

Lewis the Gorilla MAD

xx

Finally, I am MAD!

Wow!  What a busy week I have had!  I finally finished my detective exams!  Nora helped out with one of the modules (above).  As you can see, I won handsomely (below).

My deductive skills and reasoning in Cluedo helped me to get the credits I needed to become MAD.  Nora keeps laughing at this.  It does not mean in the mind-slipping-from-my-skull-non-sanity sense.  It actually stands for "Master of Animal Detective."

I am very proud of myself.  

Lewis the Gorilla MAD

xxx

strawberries!

after watching our favourite film on the tv,  i could hear dolly the sheeping baaing very loudly in the garden.  it was not her normal baaaaaaa, but more of a baaaaaaa-naaaaaaa-naaaaaaa type of baa.  last time she made that sound was when she discovered maltesers in the garden which unfortunately turned out to be rabbit droppings.  oops!  that got me into a bit of a jam.  but anyway.  i heard her make the same baa (naa-naa), so i rushed out to the garden (via the sweet cupboard).

dolly said that mr robin the robin had told her that he had found some strawberries.  strawberries!  one of my favourite things (defo in my top 5 along with chocolate, biscuits, ice cream and sweeties).

and here i am nibbling away.  they were special panda sized strawberries.  i hope they grow back again tomorrow, but dolly said they need more straw to help them grow and we haven't got any straw. 

oh, hang on.  i can hear lewis calling me.  he wants to do judo or play ludo or cluedo or something something.

better go.  on my way i'll make a strawberry shake (and take it to a scary film!)

lots of panda love and strawberries, nora xxx

PM news

A lot has happened since the election.  Unfortunately, Nora forgot all about being PM, and even forgot what it meant (mumbling things like "Purple Monster" and "Panda Moments").

Needless to say, she has now delegated her powers to me, so she can concentrate on her chocolate collection (in her new sweet cupboard).  Here she is, beginning to organise the collection (although not much of it was left by the time it reached the cupboard).

So yes!  Me.  The Gorilla!  At your service.  I have been very busy, particularly with the cleaning rota, which now includes the gardening.  We needed to get it ready for the annual deep clean.

If you didn't know, you may be thinking that we are practicing for the next Kitchen Olympics!  But, obviously, now being PM, I have to enhance my grooming regime - I don't want to let the animals down.  Nora decided to join me as all her white bits had become encrusted with chocolate!

Even Bernhard the polar bear joined us.  So we are all lovely and clean now.

Anyway.  I need to go and organise some other things.  What else could I put on a rota?

Lots of love, your new PM

Lewis xx

p m !

hello and thank you to all who voted for me.  the queen (someone from a place where a pig lives on a hill) has decreed (i don't know what that means, but lewis said i had to type it to sound official) that i am now pm (not the afternoon, but the prime minister) of the fluffy-hair house!

it has taken a while to sort out the curtains being hung, so i am now in a coalition (although we have wood on our fire) with lewis who is my deputy.  here we all are in the car, nipping off to bucking-bronco palace.

it took a lot of deal making and many phone calls were made to discus the what we should do for the common good.

we have decided that there will be a cleaning rota, but also a dedicated cake cupboard.

zippy is not part of the woodalition as all the excitement has led to even more strange behaviours.  

i think lewis will write soon, once he has done the washing up.

your fluffy p m

nora xx

Loony

In the interests of fairness and democracy, I am letting Zippy have some blogspace to present to you his manifesto.  He has been given a day pass from his intensive therapy sessions (see below).  To be honest with you, I think it is the Monkey who is pulling all the strings because, as lovely as Zippy is, he has rather lost his grip on reality.  But in the words of someone with super sanity, "blessed are the cracked for they let in the light."

Please note, that any opinions presented below are personal to Zippy and may not be attributed to myself (Lewis) or the Gorilla Party.

jeFFreY.  WheRe'S JEfFrEy?

vOTe for glassES in The SUnshine

cOUChes fulL of SanD

RAiNbow ON thE Tv

In tHe fLUfFY hAiR LanD

vote preservative!

i have been told to let you know my jammybesto, manifesto, hammyresto or something something.  i don't really know what that means, but i am campaigning (mainly consisting of lazing in the kitchen) for jam and fun!  yes.  we all want to have sweets and cakes whenever we want to (but not after 9pm as it will rest on the hips).  we want to play whenever we want to.  

so a vote for me is a vote for tea (and jam and scones)!

lots of love nora x

oh yes, and senor raimi the llama and albondigas have added their support - thank you

:-)

Vote Gorilla for Goodness!

Yes, its that time of year.  Election fever has gripped the Fluffy-Hair house.  I only have a few moments to outline the Gorilla manifesto before heading out on my 24 hour quest to visit every room and cupboard of the house.  As you can see below, I have already been meeting with the public.  (This should not be confused with a public lavatory, because as we all know, the only good Tory is a Lavatory!)

The Pig That Is was very pleased to see kindness at the top of my manifesto pledges.  For as we all know, kindness is the key - not just to the sweet cupboard as Nora would have you believe -but to the goodness at the heart of all in the Fluffy-Hair house.

Talking with some of the constituents earlier made me realise the importance of order in the Fluffy-Hair house.  We all saw the chaos a few months ago when a strike occurred over the cleaning.  Therefore I propose a contractual cleaning arrangement - fair for all.  

All this would make for a happy house with order and sensibleness abound.

So, be very good, listen to the sensible voice of the group and VOTE GORILLA this Thursday!

Lots of kindness, Lewis xx

monkey business

well, we've had a busy few weeks, with the fluffy-hair elections and all that going on.  i'm standing for the preservatives party (lots of jam and lots of fun) but more on that later...  the monkey has been off in the sun again.  he wanted me to show you this photo of him.  i said i would if he votes for me, so here it is.  must get off now for some jam on toast

nora xx

gooseberry fool

lewis said ha ha april fool when he promised me just desserts and sour grapes  but i still haven't got any and i'm very hungry.  as hungry as a bear.  the proof of the pudding is in the eating, but i'm still waiting.

nora a fluffy-march-hare no longer :-(

lunatic

i have been dreaming some odd dreams lately.  this was one of them, i think (although who got in my head with a video camera?  the thought police?)  it was a full moon yesterday, and lewis said that might have something to do with it.  he told me all about dogs howling at the moon when it was full (eating too many cakes?).  he then muttered something about a lunatic, which i think has something to do with a clock.  anyway.  i am a little confused at all this.  hopefully, being the start of a new month tomorrow, these dreams of lunacy will stop, and i'll go back to the usual fluffy thoughts of cake and sweet snacks.

love and cakes

nora xx

The Kitchen Olympics

What, more talent? I hear you ask. Yes. It is true. The Fluffy Hair house has been taking part in the Kitchen Olympics! Here Nora and I are racing in the skeleton bob (not, as Nora thought, the opposite of a fat man called Bob, as that would be silly and does not make any sense).

I think my aerodynamic figure helped me to win that one.

I also tried my luck with skiing, but found this a bit tricky. As you can see, skiing can be very difficult without the proper equipment.

Nora seemed to enjoy the curling the best. She was actually quite good at it. Surprisingly along the way (or perhaps not), she found a couple of biscuits that she had hidden under the rug. Unfortunately, this made each game take a lot longer, as many nibbles were had in between delivering the stone and sweeping (not to be confused with a postman with a heavy parcel and a chimney cleaner).





The final race of the weekend was the bob sleigh. Again, Nora was slightly confused about the possibility of an unsightly and untimely death of someone called Bob. However, after the confusion abated, we had a great race! Some of the animals in the Fluffy Hair house came to cheer us along. Yes, even Zippy! He is not too well still, bless him, and spent most of the time shouting "George" and "Geoffrey."



But anyway. As you can imagine, we are now both very tired, so will be going to sleep early tonight. We hope you have enjoyed a glimpse of the Kitchen Olympics, and hope to have more teams competing in four years time.

So, good night

Love from Lewis (going for gold!) xx

PS Nora (going for gateaux) sends hugs too