Woohoo, after being ahead of the game last weekend and then getting a bit behind, I still managed to pull everything together on time! 😊

#SecretSantaAoNZ

Result:

My local store has this version, same price:

Two cats, Holly the diffuse tortie, and Midget the black and white ‘cow’ cat.

Local version in the supermarket comes with bits - claimed to be ‘aloe vera chips’, though that doesn’t really clear anything up. Tastes like grape, to me. 😋

Can’t decide who to vote for in the #BirdOfTheYear but here’s a Tui in the Kōwhai next to my office at lunchtime today. A quick and dirty cellphone snap, but I was just so happy to see the bird! 😆

Here’s a photo of what it looked like in the 1930s, from the book ‘This is Woodville’, by local historian Joan McIntyre:

Maybe one of these would be useful?

This is what it looks like in New Zealand, also there’s a Vanilla Malt version, and a High Protein Choc one. And there’s one flavour of protein bar. I’ve never eaten any of it, so I can’t tell you what they’re like:

Oh yay, some delicious vanilla lip balm, and the cutest little earrings! I love them!

Thank you so much, Secret Santa!

On the bright side, if I hadn’t seen your post, I wouldn’t have known to look for the pou on the way through there this morning. It’s glorious.

(We also had to wait for a couple of road maggots to clear off, but no epic movie making, lol!)

Thanks for sharing your frustration. 😁👍

#MWSecretSantaAoNZ
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Here you go. 😊

I go all out with decorating for Christmas - we built a fancy new house in 2021, three times the size of the previous tiny cottage, and I now have room! Stuff everywhere.

5 trees usually, 3 are small and take minutes, also a 6ft tree covered in birds and an 8ft one with fruits of our travels:

Breakfast of champions! 🤣

Fantastic.

I recently finished Tudor Corner, only have a couple of small pieces waiting to be done at the moment.

#proofofcat

Reminded me of this: