It's already mid-august. I didn't even manage a birthday post for granny on the 15th, though we were all thinking about her and Matotea did offer to eat some cake on her behalf! The school holidays are drawing to a close, and we have a slight respite for a week or so, before the guesthouse gets busy again. The whales were here, but have mysteriously disappeared for a few days - hmmmn, I wonder if it could possibly be linked to the fact that they've been dynamiting the cliffs on the east coast.......the timing coincides.......I just hope they come back! The cold season continues, though we have been pretty lucky with the weather this year, it's been super dry, which unfortunately means that a lot of my cuttings in the garden are suffering! The honeysuckle's pretty much dead and the fig is only just hanging on in there......
However, our two puppies are growing, almost visibly, and are now up to all kinds of mischief, mostly cutting their teeth on people's feel, much to Heimana's upset. Like many tropical doggies they are rather laden with parasites, particularly as we have no vet here, Hina has contracted some kind of mange and the puppies are suffering too; not to mention their flea-load, which is just incredible, we're trying to keep it under control, treating them with some of my homemade anti-flea essential oils dog shampoo and some good old tamanu oil.......but Hina is a bit of a wanderer and the fleas seem to keep appearing as quickly as we get rid of them!
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