Celia from Fig Jam and Lime Cordial has a lovely tradition at her place. She encourages us to post a wee peek into our kitchens,then let her know and she posts our sites, in a column on her page. So here we are. Have a wee look at a couple of things in my kitchen. Not many though as I can’t be cleaning more than one corner at a time!!
These are two NZ dancing magnets that sit on my fridge. They are being quite well behaved today. Sometimes they can get a wee bit risque!
My NZ kite (pronounced keetay) that holds the pens for writing the grocery lists that I forget to take with me. The kite are made in all shapes and sizes out of New Zealand flax. 
As you know I do the majority of my cooking on the woodstove in the winter, so here is my New Dutch Oven. I love that colour. 
And look what I found in an Illinois supermarket. Dishwashing liquid advertising a New Zealand spring scent. Right out here in the MidWest! I am not very sure about that. I mean did they ask New Zealand if it was OK to use it’s smell as an advertising gimmick. Naturally Our John had to rudely sniff at it. Oh, he said, New Zealand spring smells like dishwashing liquid and why is it written in French. I very tartly told him that that is NOT how our spring smells. And we do not speak French. Well really! All very misleading. 
Then I looked out the kitchen door and who should be looking back at me! On the verandah, stealing dog food! Snapped! Katherine’s rooster. Yes, I do mean you Katherine, I know how you like roosters, he is arriving in a box shortly, addressed to the Rufus household! He will be your Christmas pressie so you have to pretend to be grateful. You can keep him in your pot cupboard and he is very partial to pomegranates in his champagne!
You may well run too, you Big Fat Rooster!! 
And on a very separate and exciting subject, Mary’s Cat has got all famous and has been interviewed by RumpyDog. The barnyard is agog. There are noses seriously out of joint. Rumours flying. For a mute cat she seems to have a lot to say. Hope it doesn’t go to her head. I think the interview will be up today, so pop over if you have a moment and have a read, Rumpy is such a sweet doggie fella.
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86 responses to “In My Kitchen and Mary’s Cat has an Announcement”
Love those magnets…so arty and fun…and the kite, and of course the lovely and colorful dutch oven, also the New Zealand Dawn (wow, who knew?), and those rascally raiding roosters. Then I went over to read the Mary’s Cat story…a sweet story and a lucky kitty with a happy ending…or beginning as the case may be, what a great post.
wasn’t that lovely having Mary’s cat being interview by Rumpy, we were all thrilled, well daisy is a little grumpy but she will get over it! c
Marketers believe anything labelled in French will sell better, it’s quite mystifying. Has the rooster got a brother?
I wonder how the French feel about that, their language is being used as a marketing ploy! c
To be truly fair, you should check and see whether the distributor for your dishwashing liquid is in Canada, where a large number of products are dual-language labeled to serve the Francophone population, and not just in the obvious regions of huge Fr immigrant settlements. Lots of our stuff here, of course, has English/Spanish labeling. This still wouldn’t excuse the pretense of being Kiwi in order to promote an American brand as “exotic”!! 😀
Very good point Kathryn, if they wanted to be truly kiwi I am sure they would have used maori.. probably a distribution thing!
Such a handsome looking rooster, love that photo! And as for the cast iron cookware, only simply cannot have enough of it! Thank you so much for sharing!
Morning Lizzy, and Welcome! I love the cast iron too , all my fry pans are cast iron.. nothing like a bit of weight! c
That cat is definitely gonna blow up and be a celebrity :). And that dutch oven looks amazing. Whenever I come here, it always reminds me of home.. where my grandmother was born 🙂
I love that you are reminded of your gran when you come here, that is exactly how i like it to be. old fashioned and welcoming.. thanks Kay, that is a lovely compliment..
Fun post. I like your NZ dancing magnets, they remind me of kokopelli. And we use the same dishwashing liquid! Who knew?
kokopelli? I shall look that up! that dishwashing liquid sure does get around!! c
a smell of home each time you wash the dishes 🙂 Have a great weekend Celi 🙂
I know Tandy, what a laugh!! c
Love the peek into your kitchen and what a good idea!
thank you allison.. c
Thanks Allison.. we would love peek into your kitchen too and please take a shot out the window for me, so i can see how Noo Zild is looking! celi
I love the pic’s of your rooster, C!!
I love those posts with sneak peaks into the kitchen..
those magnets are wonderful, my fridge is covered with toy story and sesame street magnets lol
Next it will be alphabets! I remember the fridge as education centre days!! c
Love your selection of things in your kitchen. The Dawn is my favorite- such a random fragrance- and how could one actually gather a scent from a spring?
Great pictures, as usual!
Thanks!
I love how you have little touches of your country of birth all around your kitchen. And I once house-minded a home and they had three acres and used to like the chickens to roam free but they kept breaking into the laundry and eating all the cat food. I worried terribly about what this would do to the flavour of the eggs!