Category Archives: The Natives

This Moment

From Soulemama {this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – some words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment.  A moment I want to pause, savour and remember. I love your moments too.  So feel … Continue reading

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This Moment

From Soulemama {this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment.  A moment I want to pause, savour and remember. I love your moments too.  So feel … Continue reading

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What’s Up Skip?

With all this glorious weather we have been having the last few days, we have been heading off to a lovely park close to Scarlett’s school.   It’s has been too nice to go home, after all, there are way … Continue reading

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This Moment

An idea via Soulemama {this moment} – A Friday ritual.  A single photo (well today I couldn’t choose between the 2!) – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to … Continue reading

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Slippery Big Suckers!

Oh yes, bugs are big around here.  Or should I say slugs!   Enormous almost doesn’t cut it.  They are know as Leopard Slugs (Limax Maximus).  As it has been so wet around here of late, they have been very … Continue reading

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Visitors of the feathery kind

We have an abundance of wildlife here.  One of my favourites (I’ll probably say this every time I post about native animals) are King Parrots.  They are so naturally inquisitive and really quiet for wild birds.  Their colouring is amazing, … Continue reading

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The girls

Our chooks are affectionately known as ‘the girls’.  They are so efficient in cleaning up scraps and eating bugs.  They wait very impatiently every morning to be let out into the chook yard where they spend their days scratching for … Continue reading

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Close encounters of the spiky kind

The other day Scarlett was calling me in a very exited voice to come and look at something.  The conversation went something like this; “Mama, come quick”.  “What do you want Scarlett?”.  “Come and look at this”.  “What is this?”. … Continue reading

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