Paws for a Cause 2009

February 27, 2009
by Rodney Olsen
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Paws_for_a_Cause.JPGI mentioned earlier this week that today would be spent celebrating Paws for a Cause 2009 with the RSPCA on 98.5 Sonshine FM.

From 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. I was joined by fellow announcer Tim Long and a number of special guests broadcasting live from Perth’s Forrest Place.

We spoke to Richard Barry from the RSPCA as well as RSPCA Ambassador Jessica Bratich and Channel 10 Weather Presenter Michael Shultz. My regular Friday morning guest, Jill Bonanno, was also part of the broadcast. You can see us hamming it up in the photo in this post.

It was an honour to spend the day supporting the RSPCA and its on going work protecting, housing and healing animals in need.

You can check out the photo gallery to see a few more pictures from the day.



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Being watched

January 12, 2009
by Rodney Olsen
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kangaroo.jpgOur family has been having an amazing time at the Baptist Camp in Serpentine over the past few days. Pauline and I have been camp mum and dad. Emily and James have been campers.

I left the campsite to head to work quite early this morning and as I drove towards the gate I noticed I was being watched. There was a very large kangaroo having breakfast on the sports oval.

The roo was looking directly at me. I stopped to watch him for a while. He watched me a little longer before bounding off, followed by another, smaller, kangaroo that I hadn’t spotted earlier.

I’m glad they headed off. I might have just sat and watched them for the rest of the day if they’d stayed there.

I know that they’re not suited to suburban back yards so I’ll never be able to have a kangaroo as a pet but they really are majestic animals. Being able to see roos so close to suburbia is just another reason that I love living in Australia.



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I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat

February 11, 2008
by Rodney Olsen
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catandmouse.JPGWe’ve been hearing the pitter patter of very tiny feet at our place over the past few weeks.

James decided late last year that he’d like to keep mice and since then has read a few books and lots of websites to make sure that he would know just what to do if we allowed him to get some small furry friends.

Pauline and I decided that a couple of mice shouldn’t cause too many problems and that it could be good for a nine year old to learn to care for pets, so we gave him permission to get two females. We got a heap of mousy stuff from Freecycle and my sister purchased two mice for James as a late Christmas present.

I’m very much an animal person. I love cats, dogs and many other creatures but I’m yet to really warm to the mice. I don’t dislike them, I simply don’t really care for them.

Our cat, Gizmo, finds the idea very interesting. James has named the mice Tigger and Piglet but I think Gizmo might prefer to call them lunch and dinner. Mind you, she sometimes puts her nose up to the cage and rubs noses with Piglet who is the more adventurous of the two rodents. Most of the time the cat just ignores them.

What kind of pets do you keep?

We always had cats and dogs when I was growing up. Did you have pets when you were young?

DISCLAIMER: No, this isn’t turning into a cat blog. 🙂



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