Mickle and Antipo

Taken on a cold Welly winter day, Mickle (left) and Antipo catch up after 26 years since we last saw each other.

Special thanks to Antipo's dear daughter for taking sucha great shot, and putting up with 2 grown-ups yabbering away to each other.

It is thanks to Antipo that I found the blogworld and, eventually, got blogging.

I sent this photo to my dear Sister. Her reaction: But, my.... we are really starting to look like each other! I thought it was a mirror .


From a year ago here is dear Sis with her dear partner and our dear Mum in England. Easy to pick the kiwis - look for the bare feet.

This spring the dear Parents are building 2 raised pottager gardens - okay so dear Dad is doing the construction and shovelling of top soil. They're even going to grow so sugar snap peas for me (the innards don't like ordinary peas).

Roll on Summer and Christmas up with them. I'll take over in the kitchen and have a ball. I love cooking for them. Christmas dinner stressful? No, a joy to prepare and cook- once we settle on food that each of us can eat.

Now I'm hungry so off to make roasted pumkin and orange soup.

Zebby-cat gets a wee holiday at his Vet Centre's cattery, lots of lounging in the sun, cuddles from the vet nurses and keeping the other moggies awake with his deep, loud snoring.

Huggles and care