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Glorious SUN
We had sun all day yesterday. Sun! It is so long since we had a sunny day. So long that we have sat under that tin lid sky. The sun drew everyone up out of their houses, we were all giggly and I completely lost the kune kune. They wriggled through the fences and were grazing right at…
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Eggs
Look at Sheila waiting quietly for her dinner while Poppy stomps about shrieking through all the dishes, making it impossible for me to retrieve them. Usually I have all the bowls out of their area before dinner time, but yesterday I forced myself to go to the supermarket and buy fresh vegetables and was late home. The…
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Shocks
The electricity problem is back.. not car batteries this time but electric lights. Over the last 24 hours I have blown two lights in the barn, (the moment I switch the lights on – BAM they blow with a loud Tick), Sheila’s bedroom light, the outdoor lights on the verandah (both of them) my bedroom light (who needs a…
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Goodbye November
Hullo December! Yesterday it was warm again, almost 50F (10C) which meant the little glass-room got some sunshine, (I love the fresh herbs!) and we all warmed up a bit. The bees came out for a look see, .. the dogs got to ride on the back of the truck – their favourite, and we…
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The one
We have watched Nanny Boo for a year now, raise Marmalade, then help her raise her six kittens. And this shot says it all. This surely is the penultimate image of Nanny Boo aka The Dog-Father and his brood. I had to stand on a chair to take this shot. And it is complete with Boo’s ‘dragon”…
The Kitchen's Garden 