The summer is finally here!

Mandy said the clocks have changed. I don't really know what that means. But what I do know is that summer is on its way. I love the summer! I've got a beach hut right next to the most lovely beach. Me and Charlie went up there this weekend to dust down the cobwebs from the winter and to set up for the summer. We've got lots of cans of cream soda in and new flags for the sandcastles.
We made a few sandcastles just to get some practise in for the big sandcastle competition in the summer - I'm sure we are going to win this year with the bestest castle ever!
Sadly the icecream shop wasn't open. The lady said that it was too cold for icecream. Have you ever heard something so silly, too cold for icecream - no such thing! You can't go to the beach and not have icecream it's just not right. Hopefully they will be open when we go back next.
Now that Charlie can swim (the lessons I gave him after our adventure with the Mermaid and On Safari really paid off) we will be doing lots of swimming. Although I did put my flipper in the water this weekend, boy it was cold! I think we will have to wait until the heaters are switched on!
See you soon platypus lovers
Harold
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A new niece that wouldn't wake, not even for me!

When Steve said that we were going to see our new niece, I thought great a new fan!
We were in the car for what felt like ages. Me and Charlie played I spy till there wasn't anything left to spy!
Finally we got there I was expecting big whoops of excitement from our new niece as I arrived.
Nothing, almost as bad as Valentines Day. Isabelle just slept and slept.
When no-one was watching I tried tickling under her chin - nothing would wake her up.
Charlie said it reminded him of the story where the princess pricks her finger and falls asleep until she is kissed by a prince - so I tried a lovely big platypus kiss on her cheek! (I thought that would be much better than a prince).
Everyone was saying what a good baby Isabelle is - well not in my book! I hope her mum and dad tell her I'm expecting more on my next trip.
Ella on the other hand has great taste. She loves me, big kisses all round. So I still have a big fan there, I wonder why she didn't send me a Valentine card.....

See you platty lovers
Harold
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Postal strike?

It's been a trying week. I've been waiting since Monday for the sack loads of Valentine cards that I am sure are on the way to arrive!
I been sitting on the mat and rushing about when the postman arrives - but there has been nothing but bills (which I don't get involved with!).
I don't think our postman is very clued up as he didn't seem to realise that there was a problem with the post.
So there hasn't been one Valentine card, a big kiss on Facebook.... - nothing!
To make things worse I went to a wedding at the weekend and got confetti up my beak. If your beak is as big as mine you'd understand how dangerous this can be. What a big sneeze, I nearly blew my head off! Not to mention the fright it gave some of the wedding guests.

I'm off for a cheese and pickle sandwich and a glass of milk to cheer myself up....
Harold

My weekend with Emelia

What a weekend - dashing off to watch ballet classes, piano lessons, stage coach - it's been a blur. I'm going to need to have a quiet week this week to recover!
I don't think that I would make a very good ballerina my feet aren't the right shape or size and I don't really suit a tutu.
I decided to take the opportunity to try out my new story (Harold on Safari) on one of my friends.
Bedtime is a really great time for a good story, so we settled down to listen to Mandy reading the book.
I have to say I know the lion was scary at the time when we were in Africa, but boy is he scary in the book! Me and Emelia agreed that lions are scary especially when they are hungry, and it seems that lions always have rumbly tummies (just like Emelia after ballet)!

See ya later alligator or was it a crocodile that got Charlie - oops don't want to give the story away

Harold

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