Posts about me, my family and friends (yes I have some), Seymour the Wonder Cat and his not-so-trusty sidekick Norman the Newbie Cat and life in general, both online and offline
Over the past month or two, a couple of intrepid little birdies have been flitting about outside my office window, gathering nesting materials, chirping away, peering in the window at me and generally being quite birdlike. Anyway, there I was…
Ooooh, it was cold coming home from Alexandra. It was an absolutely perfect winter day in Alex itself: a cold, cold night that brought a sunny day. However, there had been overnight snow between Alex and Roxburgh and even by…
I’m going to be away for a couple of days, so no wild parties. Seymour the Wonder Cat would have continued to do updates while I was away but he has plans, too. I think they involve shredding something.
We’ve had six aftershocks since the big magnitude 7.8 quake last night, although no rattles for the past eight hours so here’s hoping! I had a good look around inside and out today and found quite a few little cracks…
GeoNet revised their quake report, saying it WAS 7.8 after all. Oh, and did I mention we had another one (an aftershock) about 20 minutes later. That one measured 6.1. We’ve got at least one crack in the dining room…
Well, that wasn’t fun. We just had quite a large earthquake that seemed to go on and on an on … (and we’ve had a wee few little aftershocks, either that or my house is shivering). As always, GeoNet, the…
My other half has been away for the past week on a hunting/fishing/drinking trip with a bunch of friends and family. It’s an annual trip and I suspect the drinking part of the equation takes up most of their time.…
We had a fairly spectacular sunset a couple of nights ago. This is the view from my office, looking to the north-west.
Seymour the Wonder Cat’s liking our place in the house but has taken to sitting on the desk and hassling me again. Click on the images to see them full size.
I know I’m not exactly one of the most politically correct people you could stumble across. And I can be a bit of a bitch sometimes. Oh, okay, a lot of the time. I’m also pretty opinionated and and tend…