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Boxed

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a day in the life ... Dog My Environment

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Not Fair

August 10, 2026

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2007/8? to 2023

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Boxed

Last week Linda at Lady Margaret's Curlers posted a distressing account of a young raccoon missing it's front left paw - possibly from an encounter with a trap. I'd just put up a post about traps we run here and decided it needed refinement, photos, some explanation. We use kill-traps. They are secured inside boxes that ensure no accidental harm to pets, livestock, native birds (even the curious ones - and we have them... ground parrots and wekas for instance). The hole in the mesh is 50mm (2 inches) for rats, or 60mm where we target stoats. The tunnel ensures the birds with long necks or sticky-beaks can't reach in to the trigger plate. The boxes even have an additional internal mesh guard with the opening on the left hand side so that the target animal has to chicane it's way into the danger zone. I have been whacked on the wrist when I accidentally triggered one rebaiting it. I'm surprised I got away without broken bones. They are instant death to small an...

Visit

We are on a brief visit to Ashburton - to find some kitchen cupboard 'furniture' (fancy sliding basket things we want to reuse). That meant moving dozens of boxes around. Again. However we found enough to satisfy the kitchen fitters. Poor Fergus has gone blind (diabetes). Although closely monitored and injected with his insulin daily he lost his sight virtually overnight (4-5 days it seemed). He has however adapted well and can negotiate most of the environment by smell, sound and sensations of proximity. Anyone accompanying him talks a steady stream. He is thin but seems happy and is more active than he had been while vets struggled to diagnose him - quite remarkable. Imagine going blind overnight in mid-life. The best bit is seeing him pick up a prey scent in an area he knows is unencumbered with tripping hazards - he runs back and forth following the trail, the hunting instinct hasn't dimmed. The workshop surrounds, with all its surrounding junk, i...

Progress

1471

Tewkesbury is a beautiful smallish town on the western edge of England - where the longest of England's 5 rivers named Avon (Shakespeare's Avon) meets the mighty Severn. (Avon means 'river' by the way.) For centuries Tewkesbury was an inland port, and during England's canal building age (1812 in this case) the navigable Severn got connected to the navigable Avon at Stratford by canal. Why did I choose Tewkesbury? I first heard of Tewkesbury in 2007 when it hit the news as the victim of devastating flooding. Then a couple of years ago I stumbled on the website for the Tewkesbury Medieval Festival. Okay I missed 2023 but my leave is booked for middle of July next year.....I might even work on a suitable costume.... The inspiration for their festival is the 1471 Battle of Tewkesbury , a decisive battle in the Wars of the Roses (another history lesson for Mr B). Here is what Tewkesbury looks like on a normal Sunday in Autumn 2023: (apologies but I took 100s of photos...

Taniwha

This stamp must have been around in New Zealand in 1967. In 1967 New Zealand changed its currency from Pounds, Shillings and Pence, to Dollars and Cents, and this stamp reappeared with 20c written on it. F has one of each in her stamp book. That's a representation of a Taniwha. Depending on where you come from in New Zealand it is a taneefaa, or a taneewaa. These days most people would say it with an F sound, but the 'wh' can be quite gutteral. We have made the picture below - which we borrowed - into a link to the Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand (where we borrowed the picture from.) It looks like a dragon, but as Taniwha generally live in water they are not reputed to be breathers of fire. They just have fiery eyes. Click on the picture for more. Very near to Rotorua - where F started her working life, there are a pair of lakes called the Blue Lake and the Green Lake. (Pakeha New Zealanders are reknowned for their practical...

I Can Do Cute...

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Sunset Contemplation

Blogs we Read

MY TAKE; doses of Wild YAM

Menonday Art Vibe; Slinky
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Yorkshire Pudding

Rambling
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Getting stuff done
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Magnon's Meanderings

Favourite painters.
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Miracle Cake
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My Quiet Life in Suffolk

Last Saturday of the Month
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A Scottish Adventure .

A noble sentiment.
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Coffee on the Porch with Me

Aug 24, 2026 - Muffins
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An English Homestead

Back From A Week "Up North"
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Cathy @ Still Waters

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The Diary of a Nobody

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It's A Crazy World

Cooler temp's at last......
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Careering Through Nature

Collander Eclipse Astronomy
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ZERO GOODNESS.NEW APP
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EAGLETON NOTES

Going to Glasgow
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Coming Up Close

Xmas decorations
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Life In New Zealand

Farewell My Friends
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A Yorkshire Memoir

A Yorkshire Memoir has moved
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Views from the bike shed
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