Monthly Archives: August 2015

Max graduated from Puppy School

Posted on August 30, 2015 by momsmeanderings

  Our puppy classes came to an end yesterday with a fun day for all the pups, as they graduated 🙂  I wrote a post about Max’s classes a few weeks ago : https://momsmeanderings.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/max-goes-to-puppy-school/ I didn’t include a link to the Puppy School … Continue reading →

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Bees are busy .. it must be Spring !

Posted on August 27, 2015 by momsmeanderings

Spring or summer ?   The weather has changed.  Global warming perhaps?  Spring is usually chilly at night with warm days.  It’s supposed to be Spring but even though the nights are chilly-ish, the days are warmer than warm.     But anyway .. … Continue reading →

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Elaine’s birthday picnic in the park

Posted on August 23, 2015 by momsmeanderings

A week has passed since we celebrated Elaine’s birthday enjoying a picnic with friends and family on a glorious day in Delta Park.  Before she gets any older, 🙂  let me share some photos 😉 Max and Lily met for the … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday : Mauritius 2010

Posted on August 20, 2015 by momsmeanderings

Busy me !     No time to sit down to do a post continuing ‘memories and highlights of 1997’ but here’s a throwback memory of our fabulous holiday in Mauritius in August 5 years ago ..  this is one of the … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday : Memories and highlights – 1997

Posted on August 13, 2015 by momsmeanderings

Sooo   …   let’s go back to some memories and highlights!   My last post on 1997 was Jeanette and Lance’s wedding in January.  After the wedding, we took my Mum, for a few R&R days, to the Mont-aux-Sources in the Drakensberg.  Unfortunately, … Continue reading →

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This is Lily

Posted on August 9, 2015 by momsmeanderings

Yesterday hubby and I met Lily.   She is Elaine and Bryan’s new 8 week old Beagle pup and playmate for Hardy.  Isn’t she the cutest little thing 🙂  … with puppy dog eyes, wrinkles, fat paws, cute little nose, four … Continue reading →

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Hint of spring in my garden

Posted on August 7, 2015 by momsmeanderings

When Connor and I were in the garden today, I spotted the late afternoon sun shining on the first, one and only,  flower of the pink flowering quince  : Chaenomeles.   Unfortunately the shrub is now in the shade having been planted … Continue reading →

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Reading homework with Connor

Posted on August 3, 2015 by momsmeanderings

Connor’s reading today was about Biff, Chip and Nadim spending the half-term week with their Gran, but their teacher put a spanner in the works by giving them homework which was to write a nature diary.   Disappointed children said they … Continue reading →

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Last blooms

Posted on August 2, 2015 by momsmeanderings

It always seems so sad to prune roses when there are blooms on said roses 😦  … and I’m always late in this yearly chore, but roses are forgiving and bloom anyway around October time. Sooo .. in a vase the last blooms go … Continue reading →

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