Hello hello, nice mice! I am back from London and South Africa, and had a grand time I'll tell you all about. Hooray for being home!

First, I want to give a huge thank-you to Amanda from First Milk, who did lovely guest blogs for me while I was gone. I mean, EDDIE IZZARD, for one thing, not to mention a lovely yellow-and-blue kitchen collage, camp-out room goodies, and mouse houses! Plus stuff from Mouse's childhood favorite Stuart Little (I loved his car), and tidbits from Despereaux, which I clearly need to go out and buy right this minute.

If you didn't already know, Amanda is my fairy blogmother, the gal who got me going in blogland. She's also consistently lovely over at First Milk. Thanks, Ads!

(Image: Ads or similar fairy blogmother transforming mice into footmen, from here.)