Philyda Laterly's at it again

Always looking for that little treasure

Oh no, I've lost my contact lens

I thought I saw a Penny Red!

Darn it got away!

Linguistic miners

If you love the mystery, wonder and craziness of language, this is a book for you. I am a terrible linguist, but studied linguistics at degree level, so although I can't string a sentence together in any other language than English, I revel in the technicalities and science of language. This book has me going to bed early on a rainy evening, to read and read and read. And as tonight is one such night..........

Making the medicine go down

I HATE silverbeet. To me it should only be grown as a decorative vegetable and left to die an ignominious death in the veggie patch, or be gobbled by mice and snails. Small problem - it's good for you. So, tonight I tried to disguise its taste and texture by burying it under tahini sauce and very crisp fried onions.
The silverbeet still tasted hideous, but the topping was great!

Early morning peace

Photos taken on a stroll before breakfast.
Greytown Wairarapa

What lies behind the red door?

Greytown Wairarapa

The French Market

We are now blessed with a "French Quarter" in Wellington. It comprises La Cloche, The French Market and Bordeaux, all within five minutes driving distance of each other. Eh voila, our newest "discovery". The coffee was not as good as La Cloche, but it was nice to be able to buy French cheese and provisions in their store.

Bhutanese micro tiger

We recently watched a two part series about an expedition to Bhutan to look for tigers. Several kinds of naturalists hiked to some of the most inaccessible parts of the Himalayas in search of a missing "link" to the tiger corridor from China to India and across to Nepal. It was thought that tigers couldn't live at these kinds of altitudes. Well, the amazing thing is, they can, and were filmed there. We loved every minute of the documentary, marvelling at the beauty of Bhutan and the tenaciousness of the naturalists. We also marvelled at the similarities between wild cats (they also filmed snow leopards) and the domestic variety.
My husband has dubbed our little ginger princess "The Bhutanese Micro Tiger" - all 3.5kgs of her. Here she is in the gorse canopy, grooming herself!