Maybe I can just sleep until there's an election... (photo PoliticalPics)

I was a guest speaker today at 'Aberdeen Talks', the first in a series of local lunchtime lectures. It was great sharing insights about writing children's books and some of my favourite animal heroes! Scholastic UK #historyaccordingtocats #CatsOfTwitter #Scotland

Wishing you all a very happy St George's Day; go out and slay that dragon!

Barbara Henderson, who has to be the most prolific author I’ve ever met, has a new book out about Mary Queen of Scots. There’s a wonderful feature by Barbara in today’s Press & Journal supplement that's well worth a read (as are her many books). Can't wait for this one! 📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Nobody tells you how quickly dogs age
How one day you wake up and suddenly
their face is all white. Or how their eyes
start to seem more milky than before, or
how you have to call their name a few
more times than you used to.
Everyone says not to blink if you have
children or

Oh nothing, just a lion and a lioness cuddling each other.

How much would you spend on your pet to keep them alive?

I once dropped $5k (all my savings) on a 20% chance to save Mr. Potatoes after he had a stroke. He lived. worth every penny. 😺

My thoughts are with the Princess of Wales as she is treated for cancer, but also with the more than 1000 other people who were also diagnosed with cancer across the UK today. Cancer doesn't care who you are or how much you'll be missed and it leaves devastation in its wake.

Ciao, bella! This arrived in the post today...the Italian version of 'A History of the World (According to Cats)'. Scholastic UK Scholastic UK Rights Team 🇮🇹🐈‍⬛📚 #CatsofTwittter

An ordinary Kyiv courtyard, where a man carefully swings a cat
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Not sure which looks better, me or the door!
(Photo Richard Gaisford)

Celebrity school cat Cilla is a new 'Rebel Cats' fan! I sent this book as well as #HistoryofCats so now her friends have all sorts of bedtime stories to read to her. Scholastic UK

Female Leopard wakes up male for attention

BBC Dad content

Today is the 7th anniversary of the BBC Dad blooper.

So here it is again, with some recent family pictures in the thread below.

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Sen. Katie Britt delivers the Republican response to President Biden’s State of the Union Address

She appeared at our farm 7 years ago, severely emaciated & full of cat flu, she was wild & scared of anything that moved. She eventually became a house cat and a full time member of our family.

Today though was her last and this daft old farmer will miss her

Goodnight Scabbers

“Rest of the Story”
Just heard from the organ donation organization. My son’s gift saved four lives this week already. His lungs to a man in FL, one kidney to a man in AZ one to a 20yr old 9 yrs on dialysis, his heart to a father in TN, liver to research due to uniqueness of it.

Night at a guesthouse, massively brightened by my pal lindsay littleson on the telly talking about World Book Day UK 📚! Cranachan Publishing

Happy #WorldBookDay !!! 😻📚🐈🐾