Norman and Nimrod

Norman and Nimrod both belonged to Auntie Doris and Uncle Bob. Norman was a funny looking chap - he didn't have any hair!  They called him a 'skinny pig' and apparently it's quite normal, he wasn't ill or anything.  Mummy says there are lots of animals that normally have hair that now have strains that …

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Jasmine, Jemima and Jersey – and Jupiter

Mostly we've been talking about real guinea pigs that Kevin and I know, or know about through family history or our underground network.  A lot of the time they are also characters in our Mummy's books.  She's Jemima Pett, and the books are the Princelings of the East series.  And, surprisingly since there are so many …

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