Category: Pets and Other Wildlife

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Bloody dog

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We went out for dinner tonight. Just up the street to Istana and we went early – 6:00pm. Food was pretty good, very quick service, I think they were trying to get rid of us before the crowds turned up, we were back home in about an hour. When we opened the front door we were greeted by Clara bouncing around, grinning at us like a maniac and pretty much behaving as though she hadn’t seen us for a week. It was all rather amusing and I commented to Adam that she must just be really happy that we hadn’t … Continue reading Bloody dog

Gardens and Bushland, Pets and Other Wildlife3 Comments

All that nest building paid off

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Remember our brush turkey neighbours and the enormous nest mound they built? It worked. This evening there were three juvenile brush turkeys wandering around in our backyard. They look even less interesting without the bright red heads and brilliant yellow necks of the adults and they really didn’t want me getting too close but I managed to grab a few photos. Continue reading All that nest building paid off

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Cuddle deprived dog

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This morning, when I went to sit down on the lounge with my laptop, Tom was ensconced in my usual spot so I took up residence on the other end of the lounge in Clara’s usual spot. Tom and I were both sprawled across the lounge leaving no room for the poor puppy. I mockingly patted my knee as I would to invite one of the cats up for a snuggle and the next thing I know my lap is full of a great big gangly dog. She settled herself down with her head on my shoulder, had a good … Continue reading Cuddle deprived dog

Family & Parenting, Food Glorious Food, Keeping the Masses Entertained, Pets and Other Wildlife, Stuff About Me, Things We Should Talk About at the Dinner Table3 Comments

I’m going to read to you whether you like it or not!

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Today I spent the whole day feeling like nothing was working out quite the way it was supposed to. I had planned to give myself the morning off, once I’d dropped the kids at school I was going to come home and spend an hour and a half doing whatever I bloody well wanted to and then pop up to the school 30 minutes before my Canteen shift began to partake of the Helper’s Morning Tea – a thank you from the staff to all the parent who have helped out at the school throughout the year (I’ve never been … Continue reading I’m going to read to you whether you like it or not!

Blog Link-ups and Memes, Pets and Other Wildlife6 Comments

Never do anything by halves

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Or even just plain old wholes apparently. Somehow NaBloPoMo’s 30 posts in 30 days turned into 41 posts in 30 days. What can I say? Once you’re floundering for something of interest to post pretty much anything starts to look post-worthy! It’s been fun, I’ve found new blogs to read and I’ve spent way too much time sitting on the lounge with my laptop on my knee and the dog cuddled up against my leg and there’s been a whole heap of new traffic here in my little corner of the net. It’s been lovely to “meet” those of you … Continue reading Never do anything by halves

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

Car parks are not always concrete jungles

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My new workplace is in a fairly recent development hacked out of the edge of a quite extensive area of bushland. The views from the office are rather nice and they’ve done a pretty good job with the landscaping, the car parks have plenty of garden beds strewn about the place. Apparently the local wildlife have lost no time in making themselves at home, Jen tells me she often sees a couple of reptilian residents making use of the warm bitumen in the car parks. As I was leaving this afternoon, this fellow popped out from under a car as … Continue reading Car parks are not always concrete jungles

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Clara wants to be chased

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I was playing with Clara in the backyard this afternoon, she was doing her usual thing of trying to get me to chase her by running around me in small circles taunting me with her squeaky toy. I decided I needed to get this on video. No doubt it’s funnier in real life, plus you wouldn’t have to listen to me gasping for breath because I’ve just spent 15 minutes chasing a dog all over the backyard, but still, there’s cuteness there. I kind of mis-framed the bit of her jumping up to my shoulder height to grab the toy, … Continue reading Clara wants to be chased

Blog Link-ups and Memes, Family & Parenting, Food Glorious Food, Gardens and Bushland, Keeping the Masses Entertained, Pets and Other Wildlife4 Comments

Kids and animals are a bugger to photograph

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I started out this morning with the intent of having a decent photo of each of the kids and pets with which to illustrate the ever so fascinating story of my Sunday. I should know better than to make plans that depend on kids and animals behaving for a camera. The short version of my day goes like this: Get out of bed several hours later than intended (must have needed that sleep-in). Flail ineffectually at the chaos in the house (Adam has done wonders with it today as I came and went). Take Clara to dog park, forget to … Continue reading Kids and animals are a bugger to photograph

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Tomorrow it begins

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NaBloPoMo – A whole month of daily posting. Can I do it? Ought I do it? (Does anyone care?) I’ve done it once before, so I know it’s possible. What on earth am I going to write about? I can hardly depend on fortuitous wildlife visitations every day. I might actually have to plan what I post ahead of time. Either that or find lots of silly but irresistible quizzes to do…no, THAT would be cheating. (Ok, so there are no actual rules about content, but I’m a perfectionist so content free posts must be avoided if at all possible.) … Continue reading Tomorrow it begins

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Eastern Water Dragon

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Look who came to visit us this afternoon! Caitlin dragged the dog inside saying there was a lizard in the backyard and freaking out because she once saw Clara dismember a blue tongue lizard at the dog’s previous home back before we inherited her. At first I assumed she was talking about a bigger than average skink but, no! We all piled out on to the back deck and there down by the back fence was this great big Eastern Water Dragon. Adam took one shot from up on the balcony and then I grabbed the camera and went downstairs … Continue reading Eastern Water Dragon