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Photo A Day MAY | Bird [flying on the eve of a full moon]

May 5, 2012May 5, 2012 BritMumInNZ 7 Comments Alice, photography, Sarah

‘Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me!‘ Eric Carle you’ve given my little girl the thought that she can play with the moon. She stared at the moon, saying, ‘Hello Moon!’ and then turned to me and said, ‘Fetch a ladder Mummy!’. But, as mole discovers in ‘Bringing Down the Moon‘, some things are not […]

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Lyrical Sunday: Birds with guest poem from ‘Chicken’ Grandma!

February 6, 2011February 16, 2011 BritMumInNZ 4 Comments Lyrical Sunday

It’s Lyrical Sunday time! Charlotte set the theme of birds and I really wish I’d made more time to write a poem on this topic. Birds are so inspiring and when I first thought about what to write there were too many ideas coming to me. I found it difficult to settle on one theme. […]

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Theme for Week 6 of Lyrical Sunday – Birds

January 31, 2011January 31, 2011 BritMumInNZ Leave a comment Lyrical Sunday

The theme for Week 6 of Lyrical Sunday is… ‘Birds‘. Feel free to interpret this theme however you like, but here’s a few ideas to get you going… 1. Kiwis, fantails, robins, kereru, kaka, kea, tui and other native, New Zealand birds (or birds of your own country) 2. Birds in flight 3. Birds kept […]

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