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
June 15, 2025
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Yes, I'm still here. Happy Father's Day to all the great dads out there. We
celebrated last weekend because that was when both "kids" were available.
We ...
THE SHADOW OF A MAN
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*Today we are going over to Wanganui for a funeral. (the reason for this
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*Then we will be visiting Stew's sister Khady for lunch. She is making...
Rubbish
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Most weekends we like to take our dog Bug to one of the local beaches
(Rapahoe), She loves running around the wide open spaces sniffing at new
sme...
Ma Manley’s Book
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I’m not the only village historian of sorts. My history blog
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Summer storms.
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The weather yesterday was dire. Thunder and heavy roof pounding rain. By
lunchtime the cold front from the Atlantic and the warm front over the
mountains...
Poppies
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Red poppies are called *coquelicots* in French. I saw these fields of
poppies when I was on my way to Valençay,
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The shocking reality
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Once all the leaves and water on the pool's winter cover were removed, and
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Round About The Haggard.
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I took this photo of some of the piglets the other day.
They decided to leave their mother's for a while and have a look round
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I to...
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Some of the children stayed to sleep in the shelter with their mothers.
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Squares
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These stitcheri...
Nature Friday - Manuka
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Manuka floweringManuka - the honey from it seems to have taken the world by
storm in the last decade or two, requires you to take out a second mortgage ...
THE DRIVE 4
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I survived the loooong flight to Athens! It was terrible. I was stuck
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Knee Deep In June
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Double Agent by Jack Mars
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Friday prayers
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Aoteaora's first Maori police woman
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Farewell My Friends
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Catching up!
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Oh dear, nearly six months since I last posted a blog. It is not that I
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Professing !
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Internal Garden Monologue
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One of the problems about getting so involved with these m/s recipe books
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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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