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Tag: pets

The Prompt | View – Walking in the hills of Wellington’s south coast

Posted on November 23, 2015April 7, 2016 by BritMumInNZ

Last week, after dropping the girls off at school, I drove back to the south coast, with my dog on my lap, and decided, on the spur of the moment, to do a walk I’d often thought about doing, but hadn’t yet got around to doing. I wasn’t best equipped. I really should have taken…

Poignant moments from my week in Black and White: The Photo Gallery

Posted on March 5, 2015 by BritMumInNZ

Black and white is the theme this week on ‘The Photo Gallery’ and it is especially poignant as I struggle to let my youngest child ‘go’, and settle her into school. I feel like my wild butterfly is being closed up in a box, of sorts, and having her wings clipped. The vibrant colours of…

The Photo Gallery | Pets, Unpacking & Walks

Posted on November 30, 2014 by BritMumInNZ

I’ve not blogged for more than a fortnight and one of the delightful reasons is having a couple of new pets in the home! The less than delightful reason; all our container load of belongings finally arrived from our year and a bit living in the USA. So, in between unpacking well over one hundred…

New Pets & An Unexpected Meeting | Magic Moments

Posted on November 10, 2014 by BritMumInNZ

‘Where’s puppy gone?’ I asked, having become quickly accustomed to him sitting by my feet and following my every move. No one answered. No one had seen him. It was then I realised how quiet it was – and remembered that I’d left our new bunny, Fudge, to free roam upstairs (he’d quickly learned to…

❤ Paper towel art, birds, snails, ice-cream, wine-tasting & running!

Posted on April 15, 2014August 21, 2014 by BritMumInNZ

A few things I’m loving from the past week… ❤ Colourful paper-towel art – dipped with fascination, in food coloured water; observed in awe, as the paper towel absorbed the colours; unravelled with surprise, as the pattern was revealed; put out to dry with love and a toy animal, to stop the breeze blowing away the…

The Photo Gallery | Pets

Posted on August 29, 2013 by BritMumInNZ

This week’s theme on the wonderful ‘Photo Gallery’ at Sticky Fingers blog is ‘Pets’. We’re away from our home in New Zealand and not able to keep pets right now, but there’s some cute little geckos here in Santa Barbara that are very entertaining… And there’s a whole new birdlife to get to know, which…

Writer’s Workshop: It’s a pretty good life, for a cat

Posted on November 3, 2011November 3, 2011 by BritMumInNZ

They’re not too bad for adopted owners. It was about four years ago when they moved in and the smell of their summer BBQs drew my cats whiskers to their home. I couldn’t resist hanging around, especially since they already had a cat that got fed regularly. The photo up there was taken at the…

The Gallery (Week 35): Before and After

Posted on November 14, 2010November 15, 2010 by BritMumInNZ

In the past four years, since we moved into our new home, there has been much growth. The garden, once a section with nothing much than a lot of grass and a couple of trees now looks lush and inviting. A little 9 month old Sophie, that chuckled in her Daddy’s arms on the swing…

Wardrobe Wednesday – dreaming of a picnic

Posted on November 10, 2010 by BritMumInNZ

I love this white, romantic skirt from Lakeland. It was bought in the beautiful Lake District of England, whilst holidaying there in 2007, by my dear Mum (and the green top was a Christmas present from my Mum – from New Look in the UK). Looking back on these Wardrobe Wednesday posts my Mum is…

Sophie’s ‘Rascal Rabbit’ book

Posted on June 29, 2010 by BritMumInNZ

Last week, on a rainy day, Sophie and I sat down to write a story about Rascal rabbit, from Sophie’s Kindi. He’s come to stay a few times and he certainly lives up to his name. We used ‘Snapfish‘ and Sophie is delighted with her own special book. We’re going to give a copy to…

Rascal Rabbit let loose in the garden

Posted on December 5, 2009December 6, 2009 by BritMumInNZ

We have Rascal the rabbit from Kindi for the weekend (again!). This will be the third time this term and we all enjoy having him. He didn’t have anyone to take him home so we volunteered. We’ve let him out in the garden for the first time… Daddy-O is on rabbit watch as I type….

Rascal returns!

Posted on November 1, 2009November 27, 2009 by BritMumInNZ

Ever since we first looked after Rascal the rabbit, from Sophie’s Kindi, the girls have talked about doing it again. He’s a popular fellow, that’s for sure, as the Kindi is never short of volunteers to take him home for the weekend. Well, this weekend it was our turn and the girls counted down sleeps…

Irresistible flashing fins: A fish story

Posted on October 20, 2009October 21, 2009 by BritMumInNZ

We returned from holiday to find one of Charli’s ‘Black Moor‘ fish had passed away in our absence. Naturally, a trip to the pet shop to get a new friend for the now lonesome Black Moor was needed. However, the trip turned into something a whole lot more expensive… It all started because there were…

Rascal the rabbit comes to stay

Posted on August 24, 2009August 24, 2009 by BritMumInNZ

There was great excitement on Friday as we brought Rascal the rabbit home from Kindi. We’d been looking forward to it all week (though I was a little nervous that he’d live up to his name). We knew about his liking for cables, so cleared those away from sight. Anna, one of Sophie’s teachers, reassured…

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