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back to school
Last night we attended our first birthing class and were shown around some of the hospital where baby will be born. Every country has different protocols and facilities., so it is important to get as much information as possible. Here a woman has a team of midwives and baby is born in a birthing suite…
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rain-free showers
The shower party was lovely. To welcome the new as yet unborn baby. Lots of Mums with kids. (In fact so many kids that it was hard to find a shot without one – and without permissions from parents I don’t put kids on the internet). So only a few photos for you. TimTam was…
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saturday . party day
The party is today. The baby shower. The gardens are ready. Daughters best friend is here to help so I have a few hours before I need to do the few things left on my list. Camera House is dusted off and on standby so I can document the day for Daughter. This is KitKat…
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preparations in the nursery
And so – let’s get back to gardening and the preparations in both nursery’s. Plant and baby. The dreaded Baby Shower is on Saturday! My plan was for the garden to be a delightful work in progress. To look less of a demolition site and more of a promise. And the plan has worked. The…
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Sad news about FreeBee
Ok. Sad news first. I feel terribly bad about this. But John has decided that FreeBee cannot live on the farm anymore. Tye bog boars frequent daily escapes have left the fences wrecked and then he leaves a trail of destruction through the farm yard. Wai will not come out anymore. Tima is restricted to…
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drizzle . meringues . bedtime stories
It is raining out in my little boney city garden. Light rain-drizzle. I am calling it boney (the garden) because I am creating this garden as art from the bones outwards. And it is still bones. I am going to paint that porch pole black – it is always in the center of my shot.…
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