Shine On Opal, Shine On 9 April, 2009
Posted by wingdingo in Animals, Fish, Whatever.Tags: fighting, fish, opal, Siamese
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For the past month or so Opal (aka Opie) the Siamese fighting fish had been fighting an illness which impeded his ability to feed himself. He kept missing the worms and ended up head butting them. When he managed to get one in his mouth, it seemed difficult for him to swallow it. After some TLC with constant water change and salt mix and antibiotic drops, he made a small come back and started eating a little. In the last few days, he deteriorated again and had been resting against the rock at the bottom of the tank for the past few days, not eating any of the food given to him.
Today Opal lost his fight. Hamble dug a hole near the last fighting fish “Strawberry”, and Opal was laid to rest.
Your time with us gave us lots of joy. We will miss you Opie. May you rest in peace.
Lamingtons 26 January, 2009
Posted by Hamble Bamble in Whatever.Tags: celebration, food, lamingtons, recipe
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We made green and gold lamingtons today for Australia Day.
Directions:
Make a sponge cake (Stephanie Alexander’s Genovese sponge is good.)
Make icing (450 grams icing sugar,1/2 cup water, food colouring.)
Retrieve dessicated coconut.
Roll blocks of sponge in icing then coconut. Put on plate.
EEEEEEEAAAAAAAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Old Skin New Skin 26 January, 2009
Posted by wingdingo in Garden, Whatever.Tags: bark, gum, shed, tree
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Our big gum tree has decided it’s had enough of its old clothes. The result of this undressing is a yard covered in bark. It’s quite beautiful. Each piece has a shape of its own, and the crunch sounds comforting under foot.
Busy fingers 10 October, 2008
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One of the great things about school holidays is having the time to do some of the little projects that we’ve been adding to our wishlist over the past few months.
Just today, the house was a hive of activity. We had Hamble making sunprints with some paper he bought himself at the NSW Art Gallery months ago…
Booboo was busy making spooky, blood-stained invitations for her pre-Halloween party (she also made a stained-glass suncatcher to hang in her bedroom window)…
And the boys and I made some rather spectacular marshmallows (almost more chemistry than cooking)…
Chalking 10 October, 2008
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We have a straight concrete path from the street to the house, and keep a tub of chalk by the front door for those times when we feel like doodling or writing a message on it. This week it was a message to greet the kids when they came home from their dad’s place.
Red door 5 October, 2008
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We finally finished the third coat of paint on the front door, so our door-lizard has returned to his rightful place.
We chose this red (Dulux Red Box) many months ago, and then when our dear friends Rob & Amy moved into their new place, they painted their front door the same colour! They had no idea we were using red at all, so for us to choose the same shade out of the hundreds of paint chips available is bizarre, to say the least.
Injury Time 9 July, 2008
Posted by Higgins, Boo & Maggie in Whatever.Tags: cat, hurt, maggie, shoulder
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I’ve hurt my left shoulder. I don’t have any appetite. I can’t jump up to watch the fish. I suspect the boys won’t be giving me any rest either. So where’s the doc? What does a lady have to do to get some medical attention around here?
Stuff that’s been happening 21 June, 2008
Posted by Hamble Bamble in Whatever.Tags: doctor who, opal, Polendino, top gear, wii
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Ok. New post. About stuff. Not much has been happening, really. Woke up, watched some weird Top Gear/Doctor Who thing, played wii with Polendino, (whose party happens to be today) Fed Opal and then sat down to write this. Not much else happened.
Strawberry 4eva 19 June, 2008
Posted by wingdingo in Animals, Whatever.Tags: dead, fish, fungus, strawberry
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The Friday the 13th of June, Strawberry the Siamese fighting fish was euthanised. He had white fungal growth all over, including his eyes. He was buried next to the possum on a rainy night of Sunday 15th of June. May he rest in peace.
Bunny Mansion 27 May, 2008
Posted by wingdingo in Animals, Garden, Rabbit, Whatever.Tags: bunny rabbit hutch extension Pepper
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Even though Pepper has been living in a two storey hutch, we had been thinking about incorporating the fenced run to the hutch, so that it can go for a run, or a hop, around whenever she pleases (yes, the vet has confirmed that Pepper is a girl bunny).
So last weekend we bought an extra roll of wire fencing, shaped the previously separate rabbit run to a rectangle, added a roof, and attached it to one side of the hutch, which we’ve cut open to allow for access. Voila! We’ve increase the bunny’s real estate four times.
Pepper is happy, very happy.
