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The Guardian is running the Australian Bird of the Year poll for 2017 in partnership with BirdLife Australia. The finalists were narrowed down based on recommendations from Guardian readers, Guardian staff and BirdLife Australia. Now The Guardian is calling on the Australian public to select their favourite native bird from the short list. The poll … Continue reading Australian Bird of the Year 2017
Blackberry has three remaining kits. All looking well fed and healthy so we are hoping she will nurture them through successfully. Mrs PP has been placing the smallest of the three on top of the other two at regular times throughout the day in the hope that this smaller one will be closer to a … Continue reading A Nest of Kits
Mr DIG asked me, amidst preparing dinner. . . "Do you like cooking then?" ( Dear Reader - Do you like Mr DIG? He asks good questions don't you think? Makes for diverse blog posts! ) I had to think about it. "I think so." I replied. Though I really wasn't sure anymore. I used … Continue reading Home Cooking
The annual migration of ants from outside our little paradise to inside our homely chaos, has begun. When I bought my first house the kind, elderly woman I bought it off also left me with some of her ant bait and the little recipe. Scrawled on the bottle of liquid was her recipe potion. 1 … Continue reading Home Made Ant Poison
Something was not right with our eldest child this morning. He was impish and naughty and totally off his trolley. Just not right. Out of sorts. Out of control. It was about an hour before school and I had just decided to tidy up the pantry in an effort to plan for future meals when … Continue reading Sweet Little Creature
Petit Paradis 