The Gardens Had a Little Lamb....

Three weeks ago, we had a lamb delivered on our farm that was so huge, she cause mortal problems for her mother.  I found it late at night and began the regime of being the lambs mother.  This has been happily and excitedly received at school, but love of a cute little lamb only goes so far......

The kids and parents of our city school have really embraced the lamb, she has had to have first six, then four and now three feeds per day, so coming to school was the only option.  She has had love letters, birthday cards, delivery of fleece blankets, a roster of 'supervisors', a cage set up by the caretaker, special kids getting to feed her.....etc.... etc. 

I, on the other hand, have cleaned up pee, got up in the middle of the night to feed her, lost all my ranunculus flowers from the garden, put her into my year old Calais, where she once again peed(!!!), chased her through my house!!!!!! 

She has terrified the dog, made my farmer husband exasperated and probably rather disgusted a whole group of people- due to her lack of house training......  She has eaten many important documents, annoyed people who are less tolerant of loud baaarrring and generally made her presence felt at school.

Today it ends!  She is going into the orchard and down to two feeds per day!  I have done my dash!

Tonight, when I got home,  I let her out of the car and it was raining.  I had all my usual jobs to do, so I left her out and went off to move sheep, feed pigs, feed chooks.   When I got back, she had eaten my orchid, peed on my shoes, knocked over ANOTHER pot and broken it, shat on my doorstep AND then, when I went to pick her up, she ran off about a metre, just out of reach, then another metre and then…. out into the rain- another metre, and so on and so on and scoobbie, doobie, doo-bie……  AND I said “that’s IT!” 

I was going to just put her in the orchard with her little house, but I was too angry (and it was raining) so I just stuck her in her pen and tomorrow I am leaving her there.  THAT’S IT!

No more Greenie, Mother earth, lamb loving Principal!  That's it!  Sorry to the kids on the roster for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday but I will make it up to you by........ getting some goldfish????????

Double Whammy Storm Reprieve Rainbow

This is our home.  The white house with the dark roof is our home and the brown one is a pool house which sits about 15 metres from the main house.  During the storm that has dumped so much rain on Auckland and Northland, there was a short break in the deluge and we went outside to check out the tide and the creek at the bottom of our property and looking back, we had a double rainbow linking our house with the pool house.  The photos don't really do it justice, but how cool is that!!!????

Danger Deep Water

I have kept this sign separate from the others because it is really rather ironic.  In Hong Kong, on the main street which is bustling and busy and hugely populated, there is a quiet little park.  The park is surrounded by highrise buildings and peoples washing hangs out of windows at all heights.  There is little sun that actually finds its way to the ground, through the smog and dust.

There is a man, who appears to be employed full time, cleaning up and picking up any rubbish and leaves and general items that find their way into the area.

The tranquil park has two little contemplation huts, some seats, a checkers board and a water area with a bridge.  It was really rather sweet.   By the bridge is this sign.

The water in the pond that they do not want terrapins or fish in would have been about 20cm deep.  Now I know that Asian people are not tall, but seriously?  Danger Deep Water!!!!! 

More Signs That Caused a Chuckle....

 This is a sign written by a dyslexic person which marks the house of the local thugs.  If it had been correctly written it would say........????










Okay, so it is okay to bring your dog, as long as it is on a leash, but you cannot bring your alcohol (despite the boys running the little paddle boats in Prague, drinking at the counter)  You cannot bring the evils of hard drugs or marijuana and you certainly cannot bring the device that has broken down honourable civilisations across all Europe- a Segway!

Take your drugs and you will be absinth for the rest of the day... ???

 Ouch, no Bad Gogging!

 Dunno about this one, too obvious but interesting.  Found in Germany and perhaps something to do with directions to the Pied Piper??

 A whole market...!!!????  Seriously??  And care for some Digitalkabinen?

 A rather unfortunate name for an Osteopathe Do??

Dunno, but Troll is probably not this persons first name??

 And what would inspire you to go along to this particular art shop and purchase a piece?

 Or go along to La Grande Messe and expect it to be organised?

 Or have a Babie Wedding?  smacks a little of my big fat Gypsy Wedding to me.

 Nothing to be said here.  I don't know what they are advertising and I don't want to find out....

This is the name of a shop in Hong Kong- Pig Nose Dear.  Again, I am unclear what they sell, but I don't think it is donuts....

 In case you forgot "Keep your Fingercroxx"

 Headstrong?  This is the T-shirt for you!

Wankee Sports- so  now it is a competition??

Thoroughly Inappropriate Mocking of Religious Statues And Their Modern Day Equivalents.

 I know, it is not okay to mock other peoples religion or beliefs but some of these just can't be left unmocked.....

Were propeller caps a fashion in 1357 when this particular bridge was constructed?
Perhaps they got them as a joke and posed with them, certain the sculptor would not use them?

Maybe the sculptor was not so bright?

Now I know where the 1970's habit of making paper chains at Xmas time came from...

and here is some random kid who liked the idea

Here is Jesus, showing off his paper chain, carefully torn so it can reach from here to............... here.

And finally,  here is France's early modelling of headbanging, in the mosh pit. 

I Totally Taught My Dog To Beg..??

My question is- how can you not afford to house, feed and dress yourself and yet you can have a perfectly healthy, collared dog???  I don't really get the beggar thing and how people can be that destitute to have to beg on the street.

In Paris, I saw a woman who was limping and half bent to the ground.  She had a bandage around one leg and was struggling to walk.  As we went passed in the bus, she was making her struggling way up the bridge, toward the other end.  As the bus passed, the tourists all walked around her and away and then- SHE STOOD UP STRAIGHT AND DIDN’T LIMP- almost stomping her way to the end of the bridge with some heavy ‘how dare they not give to me’ attitude!!

I saw another guy in the underground, clearly homeless, taking a handful of random tablets…

Later, I saw another woman with her polystyrene cup sitting atop a “Vans” box, to give the cup some height.  Probably not the look she had intended.

I think the really hard part is when the beggars are prone on the ground with their arms out in front and their foreheads sitting on the pavement!  There were heaps of those ones, but what brings them to this situations and how …..??  I know this is probably a bit naïve, but how can you lie and beg like that and think it is better than making eye contact and trying to maintain some sort of pride???

The smarter beggars were outside the Churches.  How can you  not go into a Church and be all pious and holy and then come out and go ‘so totally NOT giving my spare money to these poor wretches!! 

It was actually pretty yuck, because we are just not use to it and the worst thing is some of them must have been real but the Vans box and the lack of hobbling put you off offering spare dosh to any of them.

When Posers Need a Sign....

Whilst looking for a particular photo, I found this rather unfortunate combination of sign, arrow and person....

I guess you can also add to the unfortunate combination, the snap happy camera woman that took the photo. 

He appears to be doing some sort of Salsa move with his Segway!  A step, ball, change move with the left arm extended to add flourish.

Total Pozor......