Archive for July, 2009
Friday, July 17th, 2009
Last night we had a fantastic dinner of new potatoes, rosemary and scapes from the garden. Digging around for potatoes in the midst of bumble bees drinking lavendar nectar was a little unnerving, but the kittens helped me by batting the bees. I am taking care of two hives for a friend and I marked [...]
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Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
Between Bounding Kittens
I am again between bounding kittens. At home. Where the blueberries are ripe, the tomatoes are orange, the hawaiian lilies are in full bloom and the bees are playing leap-frog on the dandelions and lavendar bushes. We ventured off to a neighbouring farm and “helped” with a swarm of bees. Really, the bees won, we [...]
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Sunday, July 5th, 2009
Primp and Preen
We are getting ready to go on holidays and what do I spend my time doing? Plucking eyebrows. Shaving legs. Preening. Like my new kitty cat. Gum boots are good enough for Pender but perhaps not for the rest of the wide wide world.