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Happy St Patrick’s Day! I made traditional Irish soda bread, as I have for the past several years. ☘️🥖

2021-03-17 · bread · food

Paladin has to check that we are doing it correctly when we’re putting out his wet food. 🐈

2021-03-17 · cats

Mmm, tasty: @jidabug made some excellent sausage rolls tonight. Delightfully flaky pastry, and a very nice mix of pork and bison, for a uniquely American twist. Delectable, though kinda made me homesick for NZ.

2021-03-16 · food

Been a while since I posted a quote. Here’s a very true one from Heinlein’s very quotable Time Enough for Love. 💬

2021-03-16 · quote

The phrase 'we (I) (you) simply must —' designates something that need not be done. 'That goes without saying' is a red warning. 'Of course' means you had better check it yourself. These small-change cliches and others like them, when read correctly, are reliable channel markers.

Paladin and Rory enjoying the fireplace. 🔥 🐈 🐕

2021-03-16 · cats · dogs

Risky or Not podcast 📡 #MediaMonday

2021-03-15 · MediaMonday · podcast

A short podcast about everyday risks from germs, by Dr. Don Schaffner and Professor Ben Chapman. I also enjoy their longer Food Safety Talk podcast, but this one is a nice (germ-free) bite-size.

A @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video from last month of the first duck eggs floating pond island:

2021-03-15 · ducks · pond · TikTok · video

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Comfy Paladin. 🐈

2021-03-15 · cats

On the homestead blog: a few days ago I did another few hours on the bee shed project, adding corrugated steel and transparent panels to clad the walls. 🔨

2021-03-14 · building

Rory and Paladin sharing the dog bed, and Pippin photobombing with a demand for attention. 🐈🐕

2021-03-14 · cats · dogs

Nice to see some splashes of color around the gardens. 🌱🌼

2021-03-13 · flowers

On the homestead blog: it’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a cat in a tree! #Caturday 🐈

2021-03-13 · cats · Caturday

Paladin in the linen cupboard. 🐈

2021-03-13 · cats

Last year we were looking forward to visiting New Zealand, doing a big driving tour of the South Island. One week before our departure, COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, and the following day, one year ago today, we postponed the trip. 🦠🗺✈️🚗🇳🇿

2021-03-12 · health · NewZealand · travel · vacation

On the homestead blog: a Flock Friday, surprisingly with no pictures of the pond this time. But plenty of ducks and chickens, and even a surprise bird. Check out the post! #FlockFriday 🦆🐓

2021-03-12 · chickens · ducks · FlockFriday

Paladin and Rory. 🐈 🐕

2021-03-12 · cats · dogs

For week/year 10 of my 52 years celebration, another picture from sometime in the 1970’s, of my brother Neville and me on a train in a playground. #ThrowbackThursday #52years

2021-03-11 · 52years · david · family · ThrowbackThursday

A little motion blur, but I was amused by this pic of Paladin with his tongue peeking out. 🐈

2021-03-11 · cats

Paladin pic of the day, on my lap at my desk. 🐈

2021-03-10 · cats

Please enjoy a @YellowCottageHomestead TikTok video of ducks on the floating pond island:

2021-03-09 · ducks · pond · TikTok · video