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Avon Loop Abduction
Our green wheelie bin has disappeared. I put it out last night, full of banksia prunings, and this morning it was gone. Usually it’s collected just after 6am and I hear the truck emptying it, … more →
Ruth's Reflections
green ideas
acesix wrote 1 week ago: stairs, originally uploaded by sizzled. while this may not be what his parents had in mind, it may v … more →
Avon Loop Abduction
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realruth wrote 1 week ago: Our green wheelie bin has disappeared. I put it out last night, full of banksia prunings, and this … more →
Halloween Hijinks
realruth wrote 1 month ago: Last night there was a lot of noise from groups of people on the footpath outside the Cottage. As i … more →
How to be Happy
realruth wrote 1 month ago: A PhD student at University of Canterbury is doing a project on the effects on happiness of practisi … more →
Molly's Mangled Mouse
realruth wrote 1 month ago: Our aged cat Molly had not caught any mice for months, but this week she’s brought one in thre … more →
Economical cleaner
realruth wrote 2 months ago: I wear glasses and for some time have been using a proprietary lens cleaner to keep them clean. On … more →
Weekend at the lake
kootnygirl wrote 2 months ago: In my dream, I am sitting on my sunny screen porch, shiny new netbook resting on my bare knees, with … more →
Pea Soup
Rosalind wrote 2 months ago: I took these shots on my cell phone (BlackBerry Storm with a 3.2 megapixel camera) last Monday morni … more →
Hardy Hollyhocks
realruth wrote 3 months ago: These two hollyhocks have flowered right through the winter. Hollyhocks that wintered over It goes t … more →
Such a SHAM!
aig63 wrote 3 months ago: Late Sunday afternoon, I mournfully packed up after two weeks at the cottage. Heavy heart? Hmmmm, … more →
compound
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acesix wrote 3 months ago: compound, originally uploaded by sizzled. i could use a bit more of this in my life. … more →
A Berry Good Time at Blue Skies
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kathusitalo wrote 3 months ago: I went in search of raspberries and, much to my happy surprise, found wild blueberries along the tra … more →
The Summer Reunion Part II
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aig63 wrote 3 months ago: It turned out to be less of an omen and more of the foundation settling in. After reading of the mi … more →
A Solar Shower for the Cottage
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cottagerswife wrote 3 months ago: It was back in May of 2008 that Mary Emmerling first gave me the idea of rigging up an outdoor showe … more →
Just another day at the beach...
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bedandbreakast wrote 4 months ago: We left the beach last week with the promise of returning again on Friday. Yesterday, as soon as the … more →
The Summer Reunion
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aig63 wrote 4 months ago: It was an omen. On the front page of Monday’s Globe and Mail Life section were two articles. One tit … more →
Easy Fruit Cake
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realruth wrote 4 months ago: Place in a saucepan: 100 gm butter 2 teaspoons mixed spice 1 cup sugar 1 pkt (400 gm) mixed dried fr … more →
Misty Morning
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realruth wrote 4 months ago: This was the view from the cottage at 8.00 a.m. this morning. Misty Morning 18 July We rarely have s … more →
The Hammock
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aig63 wrote 4 months ago: Never underestimate the power of the Hammock. Forget for a moment that it is under-appreciated as f … more →
