Cute. Thanks Niki who posted it on our family group page. She noted that my father would have enjoyed it. Yes, he would. He was a cat lover. A cat toying with Australia...grin
Piss Bags
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I haven’t quite mastered the techniques of leg bag placement yet
It’s quite a skill and I’m learning.
I’m finding mid thigh placement the best position a...
The summer exhibition
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We're on an early train down to Edinburgh for the summer exhibition at the
Royal Scottish Academy. It's dry and the sun is out but there's a cheeky
wind ...
Preserves
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In a different life, one of my greatest pleasures was the growing and
preserving of fruit and vegetables. I've always hankered after a
'Smallholding' li...
On the home front
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I’m pleased to say I have been a good girl and resting. Well as much as I
can
Yesterday I went into Cranbourne for coffee and catchup. I had too. If I
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DEFINITELY A LAKE WALK
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*At some point today I will be catching a bus to the lake, and doing my
'lake walk'. I'm not sure if I will go in the morning, or later on this
aftern...
SOLAR POWER
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Four weeks ago we got a quote for the installation of solar panels and
decided to go ahead with it. For the first three weeks there seemed to be
a lot of ...
Ponds
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"It rained and it rained and it rained. Piglet told himself that never in
all his life, and *he* was goodness knows *how* old—three, was it, or
four?—nev...
Happy Mother's Day
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I couldn't imagine my life without these two. This picture is from a
family holiday we took last January.
When life gets stressful, or down, or I just...
Garden adventures.......
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As you can see from this photo, my hollyhocks are blooming already. This
must be the earliest I've ever seen. I attribute it to our very warm
March. I...
In the meantime
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After the adrenaline of the survival instinct in wartime, the adrenaline
of fear and distress subsides, there is a phenomenon that I hear about from
man...
The Merry Month Of May
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"It was the month of May, the month when the foliage of herbs and trees is
most freshly green, when buds ripened and blossoms appear in their
fragrance ...
this life and the next
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I grew up watching TV. Even if there were only 3 stations to watch and
they all went off the air at midnight, right after playing the national
anthem.
...
Books 31-36
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Tango one by Stephen Leather
In different parts of London, three recruits prepare for their first day at
the Metropolitan Police's training centre at H...
Xmas decorations
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Greymouth has 3 main streets in town. On the way home from work at night
I've been stopping to take photos of some of the shop window decorations.
It'...
A Birthday Present.
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I reached the grand old age of 62 last Friday. Like that great English
folk singer Sandy Denny once sang:
"Who knows where the time goes?"
I received ...
Quince, Life, and Puppy Dog Tales
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The season of mellow mists inevitably means that I suddenly have a deep
desire to store food in the form of jams, pickles and syrups. It also
means that...
Friday prayers
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Look at sales figures, origins, annual reports, statements from company
chairmen; become armchair investors and see what you would do yourself,
annual ...
Aoteaora's first Maori police woman
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Evelyn Mete Kingi was born Evelyn Owen in Moerewa and has been described as
a woman of resilience and character.
She was born in 1922 and joined the thir...
Farewell My Friends
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After blogging for nearly six years, I have decided to retire. Blogging
filled an empty spot in my life after losing my husband, but that has
changed...
Japandi Bedroom Makeover
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*Do you want a break from politics and British summer weather? Read on...*
“Another mural? Are you pulling my leg?”
Colin was back last month to decor...
Catching up!
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Oh dear, nearly six months since I last posted a blog. It is not that I
have been bothered to write to you. Oh no. It is because words have been
absent ...
Professing !
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Actual professing.
There are times when every learned person has the duty of stepping up to
the line and of explaining the intricacies of life from the...
Internal Garden Monologue
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If you had told me 5 years ago, I would be sitting in a house, at a table
over looking a front garden in Scotland, I would have laughed my socks
off. I...
A Note of Sadness
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One of the problems about getting so involved with these m/s recipe books
is that I feel as though I almost know the women who wrote them. I can see
how th...
Ha ha. I like it! It has just the right playfulness!
ReplyDeleteSomething to give s smile
DeleteVery clever.
ReplyDeleteIt's so cute.
ReplyDeleteThat's so cute and playful! Love it...
ReplyDeleteI think that cat has dropped us in an icy cold bucket of water lol
ReplyDeleteI wonder if it was a kiwi that thought it up? 😅
DeleteThat's gorgeous! Love it :)
ReplyDeleteI particularly like Tabbies, to me they' re REAL cats.
ReplyDeleteClever but makes us wonder about the mind processes that enable someone to see that in the first place.
ReplyDeleteAnd NZ gets to watch, lol!
ReplyDeleteYes that made me LOL so true
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