Tag: ponds
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The Pond attracts All Kinds
My New Zealand visitors got up super early so we did first chores before retiring to the porch by the pond to wait for the rain. It is that deep quiet that comes when the clouds are heavy and still and pale and thinking. Soon I will make second breakfast. What shall we have? The…
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Bath-time for Ducks and Chooks
The Barn Yard Ducks don’t actually need a pond full of water as long as they have deep bowls of water but they LOVE it most when they can have a proper bath in a pond. Ducks preen after a bath. The main function of preening behaviour is to re-distribute the oils secreted at the base…
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Who knew cats could Play Possum
Vandal the cat was laid out on his back totally still. So still that Boo actually went over to make sure he was not dead. Hush, said Vandal, I am playing a trick on the roosters. Then he leapt up and flew at speed through the assembled roosters (it was dinner time) scattering them in…
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One image a week on a Sunday
Do you remember how – years ago- we had a thing running where we all took a shot from our back door and shared it and linked it and other people joined in! We had a lot of fun with that! I think I took a shot from the same spot for a number of…
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Pond Plants
I am off out this morning to find the gardens of a baking friend. A couple who I met through janiesmill who live about an hour from here, love to bake with good flour and have a small business growing plants native to this area. I have dug a little canal to an overflow pond…
The Kitchen's Garden 