It's exactly 6 years since she came to live with me, which means my gorgeous girl is 7 now. (She was about a year old when I got her.)

Happy birthday, Daisy!

Under the cut are 2 photos. One from today and one from the 13th. Both taken by the same carer.
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With a cameo by Simon Farnaby (from BBC's Horrible Histories and Ghosts.)

Video

The full thing isn't up on YouTube yet, but it's well worth watching. It's so cute!

The BBC has a lot of articles about today, but this one shows a picture of the Queen from every year of her life.

It's rather startling to see someone age from a baby to a lady of 96 with one long scroll.

Isn't she adorable?
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The first is from April and shows Daisy lounging in her bed. The second was taken today by Jan, the lovely cat groomer, who'd just finished grooming Daisy.

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Title: Subterfuge
Author: Dimity Blue
Rating: teens
Genre: het, missing scenes, epilogue
Characters: Haymitch, Katniss, Peeta, Effie, Coin
Word Count: 514 words
Disclaimer: Not mine.

Summary: Haymitch sees more than people realise.

Trigger warning: One use of the word 'wh*re'.

Contains lines from Mockingjay part 2.

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Title: Alternate Lives
Author: Dimity Blue
Rating: teens
Genre: gen, alternate reality
Characters: Katniss, Gale, Cato, Snow
Word Count: 514 words
Disclaimer: Not mine.

Summary: 4 differences caused by Prim never being chosen.

Trigger warning: A very brief mention of rape.

Click on the cut or read on AO3.
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BBC.

Operation Mincemeat: The Welsh drifter who helped end WW2.
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7, to be precise!

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