A little bit about the platypus

I wanted to tell you a little bit about platypusses or is it platypi? not sure!
Some people think I look a bit weird - I like to think of myself as funky. If you look at a picture of a platypus you will see that they have taken the best bits of:

• a duck - I've got a ducks bill
• a beaver - I've got a beavers tail, very useful for super fast swimming. Poor Charlie hasn't got a tail maybe that's why he can't swim as fast as me
• an otter - I've got an otter shaped body and fur - waterproof, which is great for keeping me warm while I am getting in and out of the water 

to create a gorgeous platypus!
I used to live in Australia but I emigrated some years ago. Although I have been back to visit once and hope to go back again very soon (I hope Steve and Mandy are reading this - could be our next adventure)!

If you want to learn a bit more about us lovely creatures I've put in a link to make it easy peasy lemon squeezy for you!

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/platypus.html

See ya later

Harold

Blimey this blogging lark is the hardest work I've done

It was due to be a quiet week - you know how it is, getting in touch with your inner platypus (code for lying in bed!). But then the new book arrived.
Harold on Safari
This is a great story, mainly because I'm in it, of when me and Charlie went on Safari.
I should have known it was going to be straight forward when Mandy emptied out all of the cheese and pickle sandwiches out of my suit case, that I'd spent ages carefully packing!
Then when we got there I learned a very valuable lesson - never give your camera to a monkey - no matter how good a photographer you think he might be.

I'm just finishing teaching Charlie how to swim. It's very important to be able to swim, as Charlie knows from our adventures with THE MERMAID and ON SAFARI. Gosh it's thirsty work all this helping my best friend out, off for a cream soda and a nibble of cheese and pickle sandwich. Maybe I'll try it toasted again to keep up my New Years Resolution.....

See ya later alligator!
Harold

I'm on the interweb

Well, you could have knocked me over with a cheese and pickle sandwich! Steve's gone and written about one of my adventures and called it:
'Harold Saves Christmas'
I won't spoil the story for you as it's out there on the interweb!
So far Charlie has managed to find it in two places: www.amazon.com and www.authorhouse.co.uk
What an exciting start to the year. Steve says there's another story almost ready, but I'll tell you about that another day.
Happy reading everybody.
I'm off for a celebratory cheese and pickle sandwich and a glass of milk....

Harold

The 1st week back!

Well, this is the saddest week of my year!
The week the Christmas tree comes down - boooooooo!
Mandy and Steve didn't like my idea of leaving the tree up all year - so it's gone - sob!!


On a brighter note, me and Charlie have started the count down to next Christmas. Steve says it's 11 months away. So that's only a little bit more that my flippers, plus paws plus Charlies' paws (we're not really sure how long 11 months is). Best get the new Christmas list started just in case!!


All the snow has gone now. Even the snow bear me and Charlie made in the back garden. He didn't eat the cheese and pickle sandwich we left out for him, so I finished it off!


Sam and Owen (who are big fans of me and Charlie - well mainly me!) have done some smashing pictures of us , here they are!

Aren't they fab! Thanks ever so much Sam and Owen for sending this to us. 

Charlie looks like he's had too many pies over Christmas, hee, hee - just like Santa!

Must go, I've thought of a few things for my Christmas list......


Harold

New Years Day

Happy New Year to all you platypus lovers!
Well it's the start of 2011 which is a funny time for me. I'm really looking forward to the exciting adventures that me and Charlie are bound to have this year, but I'm also really sad that Christmas is over for another year.
I think I might try and persuade Mandy to let us keep the tree up all year - what do you think, great idea or what?
My New Years Resolution is to try new things, so I'm off to try a toasted cheese and pickle sandwich ....

Harold