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
Sightseeing: Le Château de Chémery
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The Château de Chémery is only a 20-minute drive north of Saint-Aignan and
a 25-minute drive from the Château de Villesavin. It was built starting in
the 1...
The Nicest Thistle In The Garden.
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Our first globe artichoke flower:
Isn't she pretty?
I grew my globe artichokes from seed last year. A lot of gardeners like
them for their architec...
Hints
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The birds already starting to feast on the rosehips. A dozen chaffinches
busy pecking away at them this morning.
In town they've started collecting for t...
I love Pasta.
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Just as Wednesdays are 'Veggie Wednesdays', and Fridays are 'Fish Days',
Saturdays in this house are always devoted to PASTA.
I used to love Spaghetti ...
PHOTO SHOOT
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It is three weeks since we had the photo shoot. Have just got the photos.
We got 27 after they had been checked first by granddaughter. I must say
the...
Sunday rest day
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The last few days have flown by in a rush
Ana arrived Friday morning and after breakfast asked if she could do some
cut and past
She knows where things a...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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
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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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