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Photo-less friday and Sheila has a date.
I know people have posts called Wordless Wednesday, and really it is Saturday though we are commenting on Friday, and I am never short of words but sometimes short of photos so it is Photo-less Friday on a Saturday. It all gets so confusing. Poor us living in the past with our pleasantly addled brains.…
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As it gets colder again (but not too cold we hope)
The heat lamps come back on. The dogs creep back into the house. Last weeks snow beings to look saggy and loose, disheveled. No longer pristine and attractive. Snow is a great leveller until it starts to sink and go sallow. And the Daily View reaches a pinnacle of sublime sameness. But back comes the…
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Frostbitten chickens and work for butterflies
The frostbitten chickens, now reunited with the rest of the flock in the chook house, are recovering very nicely thank-you. They may not be pretty and cute. But they are bright eyed and beautiful. All bright eyes are beautiful. In fact I have never seen an eye that was not beautiful. At least we have…
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A Kitty Elevator
As you know when I was remodeling the lounge area of the house I took out the ceiling and turned the attic into a loft. (The builder was shocked and needed some convincing) This gives me lots of height above my head and if I must live inside I have to have height above my…
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Laundry Soap for Bad Girls
When I was a teenager I was sent to live with the Nuns. Well, it was the 70’s, NZ, and I was a pregnant convent girl from a big Catholic family with a sick mum. This is where bad girls ended up, they said. The Convent I was sent to was beautiful, old, fragrant, with…
The Kitchen's Garden 