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Training begins for Terrible Twins
Friday, 16 July 2010
I’m kind of ashamed to admit this but I haven’t done a lot around the Great Urban Ark this month.
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Rooster stock and adolescents
Friday, 18 June 2010
At long last the rain arrived and I swear I saw the Indian Runners out doing whatever amounts to a happy dance for ducks.
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Feline mayhem at the Urban Ark
Friday, 21 May 2010
Well it does look as though winter is going to come after all this year, thank goodness. As our regulars may remember I don’t like the cold and will complain ceaselessly about...
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Pest free, fertilised and aerated
Friday, 23 April 2010
It has been a manic month at the Great Urban Ark. A flurry of cleaning has descended – I suspect in an attempt to avoid the front lawn.
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Ducks, chainsaws, and anchors
Thursday, 18 March 2010
There was a moment last week when it looked like rain – and the members of The Great Urban Ark got quite excited.
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Great Urban Ark goes Quackers
Thursday, 18 February 2010
It has been a funny old month at The Great Urban Ark.
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Preparing the urban ark
Thursday, 14 January 2010
Happy new year everyone. I do hope you all had a safe and happy Christmas break and that everything is shaping up the way you want it on your block.
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The great feline heart-stopper
Friday, 20 November 2009
There is nothing quite as peaceful as looking out over The Great Urban Ark from the deck on a warm summer morning while sipping good coffee, slobradogs snoozing at your feet, offspring happily occupied elsewhere.
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Water, water everywhere...
Friday, 16 October 2009
When we moved to the Great Urban Ark early last year a long discussion ensued about a) the challenges of being on tank water and b) the state of the guttering on the Ark itself.
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A double spring celebration
Friday, 18 September 2009
There is an eerie feeling around the Great Urban Ark at the moment. Everything and everyone is being unnervingly well behaved.
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Chicken proof
Friday, 14 August 2009
As I was sitting somewhat morosely on the deck recently wondering if Miss 9 would ever speak to me again if I turned her beloved Henny Penny Gang into chicken salad...
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Sneaky, devious runner ducks
Monday, 20 July 2009
How can it possibly be half way through July? I’m sure it was January only last week. Sigh. Things have been quiet at the Great Urban Ark. I mean that quite literally too since the lawn mower broke down.
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It's the Great Urban Ice-Age
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
I do not like the cold. At all. Ever. And the Great Urban Ark is Very Cold at the moment. In fact the Government announcement of plans to subsidise the reinsulation of New Zealand homes was met with a somewhat icy “can they do it NOW?” from the resident pre-teen.
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Coddled eggs from cuddled duck
Monday, 27 April 2009
It’s happened! It’s happened! FINALLY – IT’S HAPPENED! Wobbles, our white Indian Runner Duck, is laying eggs. We’re pretty sure Wobbles (yes there is a reason for her name) is a girl and Scooter is a boy.
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Of ducks and chooks and dogs
Monday, 16 March 2009
Life in The Great Urban Ark has been interesting over the past month or so. The heat and mugginess I think has addled what brain cells were present to begin with – particularly those belonging to the poultry members of our little colony.
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