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| Welcome to the Meades family homepage. We're Rob, Alice, Hazel (aged
11) and Leo
(aged 8). We live in Saffron
Walden, which is just south of Cambridge in the UK. We're interested in reading science fiction, watching films (from
Scooby Doo to Pi), keeping marine fish,
keeping a bearded lizard, trapping moths, writing stories, playing with toy cars, gardening, model railways and drinking beer. Details of the bits and bobs
on this website are given below. This site can
be quite picture-rich and includes streamed videos so those with dial-up links
please be aware that it may be slow (sorry).
Here you will find our marine aquarium tank diary and information on our bearded lizard; during the summer months you can find moth stuff here. The highlights follow...
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| Since October 2005 we have been keeping a
bearded lizard named Norman. While the decision to begin lizard
keeping was not a particularly straightforward one the exercise has proved
immensely satisfying and Norman has rapidly become a member of the
family. He needs a reasonable (but not onerous) amount of care and
is now well settled-in both to his vivarium and to sensible eating habits.
We would heartily recommend bearded lizards to anyone who desires an interesting yet non-allergy-generating pet that is suitable for children. And you simply have to watch the arm-waving and head-bobbing videos on www.beardeddragon.org to appreciate quite how bizarre these pets can get. Norman has now begun bobbing himself, though we've seen no waves yet.
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Rob has wanted to build a moth trap since he was ten and
a few years ago took the opportunity
to do this before he reached the age of forty. As a small boy
interested in entomology this would not be surprising,
but as an adult he was amazed at how exciting it turned out to be. You need to
build a trap (see link below) and put it out on a nice
warm summers evening.
When you get up in the morning in midsummer you will find up to a few hundred moths sleeping inside it. And not just the little ones you find attacking your lamp shades indoors - you are likely to capture large hawk-moths. If you trap regularly over the period of the summer you will notice the rise and fall of populations of moth species from week to week. Fascinating. |
We've kept a marine fish tank since February 2002 and have designed a new 260 litre tank with sump, pump and skimmer in the built-in garage next door. More details on the system below. The current fish population is pictured here (we also have increasing varieties of corals) . |
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Copyright notice: the contents of this site are copyright © The Meades Family (Rob, Alice, Hazel and Leo Meades). If you'd like to use anything here, you must ask us first. We're not likely to object, but we would like to be asked. Thanks.