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ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING
Not just China…this is Indonesia A food market shows off rows upon rows of dead animals, some of which have been beaten to death including bats – and dogs.
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Say hello to Sprocket
He is helping his owner (our younger daughter) to cope with self isolation…
Posted in Dogs, Family, Home, Pets
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Gardening–time to catch-up
Finally made time to prune the garden arbor plus some other nearby shrubs around the cottage garden.
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Email from Woolworths
With regard to COVID and panic buying: Dear Alan, Even more Delivery and Pick up windows now available. We’re delighted to let you know that we’ve re-opened our online Delivery and Pick up services for all customers. We have been … Continue reading
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South Africa – remove humans is good
South Africa COVID restrictions & lockdowns so no traffic. Pride basking on a tar road…
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Get the mowing done
With more rain on the way first job on the list this morning was to get the mowing done. Grass has grown to that point where poo bombs are too hard to spot from a safe distance (in particular when … Continue reading
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Hand sanitiser in short supply
Lucky to get a 400ml bottle of the stuff. ET found two small squeeze bottles; I’m doing a transfer so we can keep one bottle in each of the cars.
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After Easter shopping trip
Become the norm now to carefully plan each outing! First to Brandon park to get two boxes of my favorite Malaysian $ Sri Lankan food from Martisz Kitchen before the close up – they were closed. Got some from my … Continue reading
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Al’s Workshop update
Been another busy day but took time off this afternoon to absorb sunshine with ET and the doggies and the chooks along with a bit of pruning.