Here in Victoria where I live, on the edge of leafy outer Melbourne, our lockdown has been extended for yet another week. That’s the fourth time this past year. I’ve lost track of the number of days. So, I’ve been out walking again. To be honest I’ve never walked as much as I have in … More Those We Meet on the Journey
Remember sweet Lamby? Our rambunctious little lamb, who left for greener pastures in the country six months ago. She’s baa ack. Only she’s not quite so little these days. And she seems to have adopted some baaad arse behaviours. She’s a fully fledged sheep, with a girth as wide as a woolly mammoth and a … More No Sheepish Matter
A world without animals would be exceptionally dull. At least in my books. I grew up with cats. We adopted many strays that ventured into our back yard. Well at least I did. I’ll never forget the day my dad sat in the kitchen and told me there was no way the cat was staying. Behind … More My world of Animals
I had an interesting visitor today. He laughed a lot, although he didn’t come inside, he was quite content to sit on my decking. He was small, fat and very cute and I’m not talking about an early visit from Santa Claus. When I snapped this first photo of the Kookaburra from inside he seemed to be … More A laughing matter
On my final day of this quote challenge I’m sharing some sayings and values that I feel are important in our world, today more than ever. Our world needs kindness now. Kindness to others and to ourselves means making an effort to reach out, to judge less and connect more. If we all performed a random act of kindness every … More 3 Quotes, 3 day Challenge – Day Three
Blue Heelers are one of my favourite dog breeds but after Cozzie we were scarred. We decided our next dog would be smaller, maybe not as smart but a dog that wanted to be part of a family. The answer was obvious: we would adopt a shelter dog. After weeks of searching we found Harry, … More And then along came Harry
After our beloved Blue passed away we waited almost a year before getting another dog. In that time the kids were introduced to the world of rabbits. But they weren’t the same. Eventually Cozzie came into our life. A handsome Blue Heeler with a raccoon-like tail but with ‘trouble’ his middle name. We should have seen the signs. He was from a farm … More Cozzie and chaos
We fell in love with him at first sight. But it was Blue who chose us. He was just a six week old ball of fluff on four legs when we met him, I still remember him running clumsily towards us. All joy and pure innocence, with a huge belly that almost touched the ground and an even … More Ode to Bluey
We only ever agreed on two guinea pigs. So when Pandora had her holiday fling and three months later four baby guinea pigs arrived we were somewhat thrown. To say the least, as many of you will remember from a previous post. For those who don’t know and to recap, we went on holidays in Central Australia … More Little Pig Tales 2 – Columbus Returns
We live with a menagerie of animals – a dog, a horse, chooks, fish and two fat guinea pigs named Pandora and Delta. When we travel for any extended period of time we always have to make sure they’re all looked after. A few months ago we went to Central Australia and Pandora and Delta were babysat … More Little Pig Tales
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