The owl and the pussycat

Two more of the mementos we brought back from South Africa.  

The owl we bought from one of several local craft people scraping a living near the Owl House in Nieu Bethesda.  The odd bird sculpture that featured a few days ago came from another in the little row of shacks.

The cat was purchased in a gift shop/café in Tulbagh, called "Curious Cats".  It was filled with all manner of cat bric-a-brac collected by the owner over the years.  I'm not sure this was supposed to be for sale - it didn't have a price on it.  But when we enquired, the owner (and collector) quoted a very reasonable price.

In other news, I spent the day resting, because I woke with an odd pain in my knee.  Perhaps I overdid the gardening yesterday.  It's a lot better this evening, which is good as I'm booked in to aquarobics tomorrow morning.