Look what just arrived
Thanks, Yetzirah, it’s absolutely gorgeous!
Thanks, Yetzirah, it’s absolutely gorgeous!
Sorry about the delay in posting. A combination of being too busy, and having many many photos I wanted to add to a post, but my computer’s been playing up again (I’m about to give up and pay someone to fix it properly, because my “wiggle a few wires and hope” fix keeps failing) and…
7.1 earthquake in Christchurch this morning, and some major damage in some areas, but we were really lucky – we got shaken up a lot, and a few minor breakages (2 plates and one ornament is all we’ve found so far), but no real damage, and the house seems ok structurally. The cats slept through…
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We must be the only country in the world where the overwhelming emotion towards our national day is a vague sense of embarrassment. Most New Zealanders, if we stop to consider Waitangi Day at all (other than as a day off work and a chance to head to the beach and make the most of…
As I may or may not have mentioned, MrPloppy‘s parents are arriving next week from the UK for a month’s visit (they won’t actually be staying with us for the whole month, because they’re going to do a bit of touring around the country, but they’ll be using our place as a base). It’s the…
I’ve been feeling (understandably) pretty flat for the past week, and have been having a lot of trouble motivating myself to do anything (other than play solitaire or stare mindlessly at the TV). So after a self-indulgently lazy day yesterday failed to improve my mood at all, I decided it was time to force myself…