You're kidding

For those of you who've been to visit us, you may already know that we have goats out back of our house. There are only two, but they can make some unholy noises and smell very musky. Anyway, finally after a good few months of waiting we got our first kid yesterday.

Matotea was absolutely charmed.

She very carefully explained to me which one was the mummy, which one was the daddy, and of course which one was the baby goat, lest there be any confusion on my part!

There's a crab in our bathroom....dear Liza,

Life in a tropical country is always just that little bit more organic, life seethes around here in a way that we're not used to in the higher latitudes. A couple of days ago, for instance, I noticed that a crab has taken up residence in the outlet of our shower.......he's obviously found a way in from the outside, and is able to lift the cover off the plug-hole from inside the pipe, bingo a ready-made burrow! I think it's pretty funny, my husband thinks I'm mad, but there you go! I guess we'll have to fish him out at some point, but I'm amazed how he's been happily withstanding the hot soapy water he's getting thrown at him on a regular basis. I spent far too much time this afternoon trying to take a photo of him. This is the best I can do, but I think you can see that he's in there....so good enough!