I can never quite believe how quickly catblogging Friday comes around so here's another picture of my lovely Shea squirming happily in front of the gas fire.

I've been waking up scared the last few days. I don't know why. It's a horrible feeling and I hope it passes...

On my way to work today I finished listening to the audio tape of my book about Seabiscuit. I felt quite lost when it was over. It was a great story, really funny in places, exciting in others, sad in others. I had never before quite realised how dangerous racing was (and still is) or quite how hard it was for the jockeys to maintain a low weight to enable them to ride. The book is quite a lot different from the film with a lot more detail and information.

Todays other photo is one of my favourite pics from my first trip to Venice. I've been a bit tearful today for various reasons but this pic always makes me smile for some reason.