As per usual, our first day at a new house finds us doing errands like grocery shopping and laundry. Check and check, but the more interesting parts of our day are getting into our new routine with our new pets. Currently, Bella and Lu are letting us be their humans. They are indoor and outdoor cats going through an open kitchen window into the garden. Bella hangs out in the garden when she goes out and then prefers to have you let her in the back door. Lu goes further afield and tends to come back in through the window as well. They both stay inside over night.
Apparently, Bob’s wearing his catnip cologne.
the French word for firefly). He’s a rescue cat from France.
We are back in the Channel Islands, located in the English Channel between England and France. In June, we were on the island of Guernsey. We are on Jersey now, the largest of the islands, and much closer to France, within 14 miles at the closest point. Jersey has a population of just over 103,000 people. In addition to their regular residents, pets, tourists, and housesitters, they also have these.
The island is 5 miles long and 9 miles wide. Interestingly, the island almost doubles in size at low tide.
As with all of the Chanel Islands, it is a British Crown Dependency, so it is self-governing but its defence and international relations are handled by the UK. Like Guernsey, it was also occupied by the Germans during WWII.
We’re looking forward to exploring more beginning tomorrow.
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