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Today in NZ history
- 01/06/1960 - New Zealand's first official TV broadcast
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Category Archives: Pets
A street cat named Bob
I’ve just finished reading my first print on paper book this year. Cover-to-cover reading, that is – I still refer to printed books professionally and I still produce them in my own publishing business. But other than that, it’s been … Continue reading
Espresso cat
Another freezing winter day in Martinborough and Chino has found a new warm place to park his bum: our espresso coffee machine.
Posted in Burmese cats, Cats
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Our new grandcatchild
Dan and Beth have a new cat, Bruce, and he’s friendly and cute. Not a Burmese as we’re used to, but jet black like our late lamented Frodo.* Our very new daughter-in-law Beth is in the background. *Some unkind people … Continue reading
Cats are where the warmth is
It’s finally feeling like winter at our Martinborough weekender cottage and today we lit the woodburner stove in the kitchen and the open fire in the living room. This was greatly appreciated by Chino, who loves fire. He’s always been … Continue reading
Cats on the Internet
Unless you live all your life offline, you must have noticed the feline epidemic on the Internet. For years there have been chain emails full of photos of cute cats and kittens. In more recent times they’ve been supplanted by … Continue reading
Posted in Animal rescue center, Cats, Pets
Tagged animal rescue, animal webcam, cute cats, Defiance OH, lolspeak
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