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
Wood's Creek
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I was going through some old photos and realized I hadn't posted these ones
from before we moved to Greymouth when we came down here for a week to
che...
STILL WORKING ON THE LIST
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*We have a much smaller list today. We might even get it all done!*
*If so, that means we are done with 'settling in' here!*
*We have been here for 9...
Quality Wilis
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*Giselle *is a ballet that only succeeds because of the quality of its *wilis
( pronounced willies)*
The first act is a so-so bit of storytelling, with ...
Weeding Around Trees
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I spent half a day this week hand weeding and pulling grass from around a
recently planted native trees area of a West Cork farm.
There is a scheme in...
Packed to the gunnels.
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Puppy and her elder sister are out with the farmers wife. It's just cold
and windy enough for us to be wearing jumpers this morning. The first hint
of...
Sightseeing: The Château de Villesavin
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Yesterday I posted pictures of the Loire Valley's largest and grandest
16th-century châteaux, Chambord. Today I have a few photos of a much
smaller château...
Rendering
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Years ago when my Dad killed our own meat on the farm, the carcasses would
be left to cool with the kidney fat still inside. When they were brought to
th...
Le Baise-Main.
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Macron's recent visit to the UK reminded me of this.
The *Baise-Main* is a quaint French custom. It involves kissing the air
about a centimeter above ...
Bee-ing Busy
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The garden is all abuzz, with bees, and butterflies, lightning bugs and
ladybugs.
All so very busy dutifully distributing the pollen amongst the flowers....
I’m back
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We dropped my mother off back home this morning
My sister is back, so, if there is a problem she can get there in five
minutes
It’s been hard having som...
Normal life
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Everything is so relative. Missiles from Yemen are already less scary,
after the missiles from Iran that killed and destroyed thousands of homes
just by...
QUARRY GARDENS (warning lots of photos)
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The forecast looked good so we headed to the Gardens. Once again we had a
lot of rain at the weekend but it cleared for our walk. There was a lot of
colou...
I'm already tired of summer......
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Lots of Datura plants in the Sandia foothills. Pretty but very poisonous.
As you can see there are a lot of blooms, so there's always a show when we
...
It's July!
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It is now the second day of July and we've had some lovely hot days as
well as some big rains. This year I planted my vegetable garden in rows,
instead ...
It sucks getting old
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I have spent the largest portion of my life healthy and unconcerned about
any problems related to my health. At 73, I thought I was doing quite well,
bu...
Books 4-8
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Double Agent by Jack Mars
At the outset of the Cold War, in the ruins of postwar Europe, rookie CIA
Agent Tyler Wolf must navigate a precarious partners...
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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