Noodle is back!

Japarti on the left and the adventuring Noodle on the right. 

Oh my goodness I'm so unbelievably happy.

Last December for my birthday the lovely drummer boy bought me two hamsters, Noodle and Japarti. On Sunday two lovely young girls came to visit and accidentally left the latch on Noodle's cage off. Needless to say the independent lil adventurer decided to go on a trip which meant that a few hours later the Marja and I found her cage completely empty.

Now, Japarti has escaped twice before but being the home buddy he is always goes straight to the corner of the room and sleeps under the curtain. Makes for easy finding. Of course that was the first place we looked but Noodle had other ideas and remained missing for the whole day yesterday.

I google hamster-finding techniques and decided to leave a pre-counted pile of sunflower seeds in every room to determine where she was hiding in the house. This morning at 3:30am the Marja comes bursting into my room saying "Noodle's in my room, I can hear noise!"

When I stumbled into her room and my eyes could finally focus I saw her sitting there in the corner of the room, looking so sweet and small. I rushed forward and instead of running away she promptly came right up to my held out hand. Hooray! My hamsters love me!

So it's a happy ending for us. But if you've lost your hamster and don't know what to do here are some great tips. on helping you find your little lost treasure. 

lost&found

Friendly guy from Nu Metro

Grumpy Sonic from BoKaap

Headless Gorilla from the park (I gave him a head though, shame)

Kinda sad-looking guy, found in the grass

The gang.

A few days ago I did a post here about my discarded treasures, and now here they are.

I also have a piggy, shark and dinosaur from the lovely drummer boy:

What treasures are your favourite?

Just Like Honey & Finding Things Once Lost

Dear Bambi, I love you

Bunny. That is all.

I do love these little trinkets. I'm a big fan of anything vintage and these have that age-old feel. And apparently they're handmade! Squeal! I found them on Just Like Honey's blog here.

I'm a definite collector and it's almost as if it's innate. On numerous occasions I have very randomly come across and discarded little toy-man. Here are my finds to date:

1. Headless Gorilla in the sand at a children's park.

2. Smiling Soldier standing, watching me wash my hands at the Waterfront Nu Metro washbasins.

3. Soldier with paint on his face in the grass on the large circle just in front of my house.

4. Angry-looking Sonic the Hedgehog in a cobbled road in Bokaap as I stumbled barefoot down the steep slope.

I treasure these little finds and look forward to finding more. To the little kids who loved them and lost them. I'll look after them for you, I promise.

Pics to follow.