Category: Pets and Other Wildlife

Blog Link-ups and Memes, Pets and Other Wildlife5 Comments

I like lizards

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I had just sat down with a cup of tea and a pistachio and cranberry shortbread biscuit (which, incidentally, is rather yummy) when I spotted this intruder perched on the top of my backpack beside the lounge. I love those long toes, so cute! Teeny little skink I caught it and took it outside where it promptly ran up my arm, jumped onto my shirt, scurried down my front, slunk around behind me and tried to hide up the leg of my shorts. Fortunately Adam was able to head it off at the pass without hurting it and it’s now … Continue reading I like lizards

Blog Link-ups and Memes, Family & Parenting, Pets and Other Wildlife8 Comments

Mondays aren’t usually this bad

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Today I have dealt with more than my fair share of angst. I got up this morning with some no small effort and went to check on Tom’s fish tank. I hadn’t done this for nearly a week, Tom had been very responsible with feeding his fish and I’ve been kind of busy. In Tom’s tank I discovered one very ill looking siamese fighting fish lying upside down on the gravel. Tom had to be bundled off to school hoping that his Simo would be ok, I warned him that it didn’t look good. After the kids had gone to … Continue reading Mondays aren’t usually this bad

Blog Link-ups and Memes, Family & Parenting, Historical reenactment, Pets and Other Wildlife4 Comments

It’s a lovely day for a battle.

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We went to Berrima today and completely failed to go to any of the fabulous antique shops, or historic buildings and little museums, or the cafes, or even the pub. Instead we spent the whole day at the village green for a combined groups training session organised by the Ancient Arts Fellowship. It was a beautiful day, perfect weather for not wearing a long-sleeved Viking dress. So I wussed out and didn’t get dressed up 😛 We took Clara with us and for a little while, just after we got in the car this morning, we thought she was going … Continue reading It’s a lovely day for a battle.

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Sleep deprivation, I haz it

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I procrastinated a little too long last night and ended up still working on P&C stuff after 2am which left me with less than 4 hours of sleeping time. I had to get to the shops before school started to get extra supplies for the Kindy Orientation morning tea this morning then go to work and come home to a full afternoon of kid-wrangling – homework, drama class, singing lesson and preparation for the school talent quest tomorrow. Mum helped again, she is totally my hero. Then there was the conjuring of dinner and having Adam’s mum join us for … Continue reading Sleep deprivation, I haz it

Pets and Other Wildlife6 Comments

Caturday

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Featuring Jack in all his glorious fuzziness. I was photographing jewellery in the last of the afternoon sun when along came a great big ball of fuzz in search of a sunny spot. He plonked himself down right on top of my necklace and stretched out to snooze. “Excuse me!” said I, but he would not deign to acknowledge me. Except to deliver a withering glare and show off his whiskers. A rustle in the garden – what was that?! Nothing there – flop! See what I mean about the whiskers? You’ll have to wait till tomorrow for the pictures … Continue reading Caturday

Blog Link-ups and Memes, Gardens and Bushland, Pets and Other Wildlife9 Comments

The Australian bush

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This post is for Louise in response to her question about the landscape described in John Marsden’s Tomorrow series. I grew up across the road from “the bush” right here in suburban Sydney and there’s a little bit of bush behind our house now, we camp in the bush, we go bushwalking in all sorts of bushland, people get lost in the bush (sometimes fatally and surprisingly close to civilization). We have bushfires, not forest fires, irrespective of what sort of landscape is being burned. We also have rainforest and heathland and deserts and scrubland and marshland…but it’s all “the … Continue reading The Australian bush

Family & Parenting, Pets and Other Wildlife, Stuff About Me6 Comments

Time to edit my “About Me” blurb

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At the moment it reads: Hi, I’m Mim, a 38 year old mother of three (David 12 yrs, Caitlin 10 yrs and Thomas 7 yrs). I spend my time doing mum stuff, volunteering at the kids’ school, making jewellery and occasionally pretending to be a viking and I also work part-time for a small magazine publisher. I’m a book addict and I’m always in need of new bookshelves. I have a dog, 2 cats and a 4 foot fish tank with one lonely fish in it. To begin with, 3 of the numbers in the first sentence changed in the … Continue reading Time to edit my “About Me” blurb

Blog Link-ups and Memes, Feminism, Keeping the Masses Entertained, Pets and Other Wildlife2 Comments

Link-fest No. 12 + DUFC

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One of the reasons there’s been so little blogging going on around here lately is that I’m re-reading The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett at the moment. In fact I’m fighting the urge to go back to my book right now! Here’s why: Guest post by Linda Gillard at Rhapsody in Books reviewing the seriesETA: Another lovely review of the Lymond series – Been There, Dunnett by Marjorie Leithead at Textualities Anyhoo, have some links: The 16th Down Under Feminists Carnival this month is hosted by Hexy at Hexpletive. Ariane’s Unsolicited careers advice for high school kids. Lauredhel’s recent posts … Continue reading Link-fest No. 12 + DUFC

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Bootstraps, I has ’em

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Now I just need to work out how to haul myself up by them. Some of you may have noticed a distinct lack of new content around these parts of late (go on, please say you’ve noticed?), poor old June has a mere 3 posts to its name! I think it’s time I did something about that, don’t you? It’s not like I haven’t had time really, there have been plenty of hours during which I have sat with my laptop on my knee and wandered around the blogosphere thinking to myself “I should post a comment there” or “ooo! … Continue reading Bootstraps, I has ’em