Amy
@amylmcdonald.bsky.social
Gardening, cooking, animals and parenting. With a hefty side-dose of weather-pest.
Napier, New Zealand.
Napier, New Zealand.
It is raining outside. I have a cat leaning on my foot and a dog snuggled to my hip. A cup of tea has been delivered.
November 19, 2023 at 6:41 PM
It is raining outside. I have a cat leaning on my foot and a dog snuggled to my hip. A cup of tea has been delivered.
The Repair Shop has still got it. 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹
November 17, 2023 at 6:56 AM
The Repair Shop has still got it. 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹
Sleepwalking kids are only funny when they’ve gone back to sleep. Until then it is frightening! They looks so like themselves but also not at all.
November 13, 2023 at 9:48 AM
Sleepwalking kids are only funny when they’ve gone back to sleep. Until then it is frightening! They looks so like themselves but also not at all.
Why I love shopping local: buying some chicken from the butchers in Taradale and she came out to give Decca a few bits of chuck 🐶😍🐶😍
November 2, 2023 at 3:36 AM
Why I love shopping local: buying some chicken from the butchers in Taradale and she came out to give Decca a few bits of chuck 🐶😍🐶😍
What I would do for a truly epic Montana Sunday Theatre right about now.
October 29, 2023 at 7:26 AM
What I would do for a truly epic Montana Sunday Theatre right about now.
What’s with all the sirens Napier?
October 23, 2023 at 2:30 AM
What’s with all the sirens Napier?
The joys of a smaller garden: we have weed sprayed, lawn sprayed, pruned, weeded and watered and it is now 11.54am.
October 19, 2023 at 10:55 PM
The joys of a smaller garden: we have weed sprayed, lawn sprayed, pruned, weeded and watered and it is now 11.54am.
Lying on Noosa Beach while reading The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes (the colonisation of Australia) - it is very hard to understand the horror.
October 11, 2023 at 4:39 AM
Lying on Noosa Beach while reading The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes (the colonisation of Australia) - it is very hard to understand the horror.
This is not something one says often but today it is true - I absolutely stink of koala.
October 8, 2023 at 6:58 AM
This is not something one says often but today it is true - I absolutely stink of koala.
Can report we just lowered the average age at the departure gate by some distance. #noosa
October 5, 2023 at 8:01 PM
Can report we just lowered the average age at the departure gate by some distance. #noosa
Had a tight turnaround from domestic to international. Can report we made it to in and through customs in 30 minutes so my nightmares were WRONG
October 5, 2023 at 7:05 PM
Had a tight turnaround from domestic to international. Can report we made it to in and through customs in 30 minutes so my nightmares were WRONG
Alarm set for 4.55 to get to airport. But you better believe I’m already awake after a litany of ‘can’t find the kids/passport/taxi’ nightmares. ✈️🌺🌴🍍
October 5, 2023 at 3:33 PM
Alarm set for 4.55 to get to airport. But you better believe I’m already awake after a litany of ‘can’t find the kids/passport/taxi’ nightmares. ✈️🌺🌴🍍
We are off to the Sunshine Coast tomorrow for 7 days r&r. First time off work and first family holiday since the Cyclone. Have been a dried out husk of a shell of a person this last month so to say I’m looking forward to it is a huge understatement.
October 4, 2023 at 6:23 PM
We are off to the Sunshine Coast tomorrow for 7 days r&r. First time off work and first family holiday since the Cyclone. Have been a dried out husk of a shell of a person this last month so to say I’m looking forward to it is a huge understatement.
Decca has seen Suitcases and does not approve
October 4, 2023 at 6:14 PM
Decca has seen Suitcases and does not approve
Got the wordle in two
Today was a good day
Today was a good day
October 3, 2023 at 6:53 PM
Got the wordle in two
Today was a good day
Today was a good day
It should be ILLEGAL for it to be this cold in October.
October 2, 2023 at 11:17 PM
It should be ILLEGAL for it to be this cold in October.
Pearl was thirsty today
September 30, 2023 at 2:52 AM
Pearl was thirsty today
Stanley is down on t’farm with a mate and has just requested a second night. ‘We’re shooting turkeys!’
September 29, 2023 at 9:53 PM
Stanley is down on t’farm with a mate and has just requested a second night. ‘We’re shooting turkeys!’
AND my beetroot seeds in my Vegepod have germinated. Tiny crimson flashes against dark soil.
September 29, 2023 at 9:39 PM
AND my beetroot seeds in my Vegepod have germinated. Tiny crimson flashes against dark soil.
After a week of sickness, both kids are on play dates and I am Pottering in my Kitchen, listening to BBC Radio 2, two of my favourite things to do. 😌
September 29, 2023 at 9:36 PM
After a week of sickness, both kids are on play dates and I am Pottering in my Kitchen, listening to BBC Radio 2, two of my favourite things to do. 😌
Related to my plague-house, is it true that you can just waltz up to a chemist now and get free RAT tests?
September 26, 2023 at 6:58 PM
Related to my plague-house, is it true that you can just waltz up to a chemist now and get free RAT tests?
Three out of four in the house down with a cold/cough virus. I love school holidays!
September 26, 2023 at 6:17 PM
Three out of four in the house down with a cold/cough virus. I love school holidays!
Just had the first 'I'm bored' of the school holidays. Who else had 10.20 am on the Monday?
September 24, 2023 at 9:21 PM
Just had the first 'I'm bored' of the school holidays. Who else had 10.20 am on the Monday?
Today I am taking Pearl (the one who whirls) to the vet. She looks exactly like a ‘before’ picture on a glow up so she’s going in for a clip and brush under GA. Super thrilled about it as you can see.
September 24, 2023 at 6:48 PM
Today I am taking Pearl (the one who whirls) to the vet. She looks exactly like a ‘before’ picture on a glow up so she’s going in for a clip and brush under GA. Super thrilled about it as you can see.