Posted in Foggle on 24. Nov, 2008
My family Christmas is usually a reasonably large affair because the eight children my parents created went forth and multiplied the way all good Catholics should. And it turns out that we’re quite the example of a mathematical equation because the sum of the original multiplication went forth and multiplied, too, demonstrating all sorts of [...]
Posted in Foggle on 14. Nov, 2008
Rita quickly became the third person in our mock marriage and, like Princess Di, I have at times felt things to be a bit crowded. And it’s not just the crowding that makes me snappy. Rita is a VERY EXPENSIVE MISTRESS TO RUN.
Rita Massey Ferguson came from Trade Me
Posted in Foggle on 02. Nov, 2008
After much training and reduced beer intake two of my nephews decided to run the Auckland Marathon … AGAIN! Marathon running is not an inherited trait in our family so I blame their mother’s side.
They may have sacrificed all kinds of things to train for this event but today is a charming cold and blustery Auckland spring day and I sacrificed a warm bed to walk to the top of
Posted in Garden on 23. Oct, 2008
It’s been a bit of an Edmonds-Edmunds week but this Edmunds takes MOCKING to a new level.
We have a back fence which is nothing more than a back fence and needs jazzing up. A fresh coat of paint, or even a mural, I thought, before remembering I don’t have an artistic bone in my body. [...]
Posted in Kitchen on 22. Oct, 2008
At the “old family bach” there is an “old Edmonds Cookbook” which belonged to my “old (late) mother” who cooked a lot because she had eight children.
This particular cookbook gets hauled out and gone over at least once a year when the conditions are right. The conditions are sister + sister + sister + rain [...]
Posted in Garden on 23. Sep, 2008
I want to give some love to the people who make the Propagro seed propagator.
This simple, cheap, plastic box will start your seedlings off at a pace that will be envied by your fellow gardeners. It will keep your wee plants warm, moist and sheltered. It will keep them from the mouths of the snails [...]
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