Nelly's Garden

Uncle John asked me about the kune kunes the other day. I replied, I hardly ever see them. Only at weekends. Bert sorts them out in t...

I stayed at Matty's last night supposedly 'on call' but had a relatively undisturbed night. Undisturbed, that is, apart from dre...

It's an odd thing that you can go to a funeral which is supposed to be a sad and solemn occasion and come away from that feeling elevate...

Congratulations to our Dede who graduated today with some class of a First. Well done sis. We were thinking about you.

Have you read more than 6 of these books? Supposedly, the BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books listed here. Ins...

pup goes visiting , originally uploaded by NellyMoser . And the good news is Judy Pup doesn't go poop and piss in the house an...

The young ones at work will say to me. "Enjoy your weekend!" which is very sweet of them but I find myself thinking, how could tha...

Life goes all weird and strange when a beloved elder is seriously ill. I still go to work every day, but nowadays most of the office mail ge...

breakfast time , originally uploaded by NellyMoser . Rusty and Lily were given a change of paddock as the one they were in needed a b...

One of the neighbours called yesterday morning as I was getting ready to go pick up Miss Martha. She said there was some dead animal lying a...

Matty was admitted to hospital last Thursday evening. She had a pain in her back which turned out to be a pulmonary embolism. It was Vanco...

So I says to Bert, Y'know how long it's been since I walked the path to Gillies? No. How long's it been? I've not been on th...

Wee Kelly Osbourne has been on a diet (so she says) and has lost a lot of tonnage. This makes her happy and instead of scowling on the red c...

I happened to mention to the brother, the out-of-town one, the Vancouver one – that we’d got our pork coming and he said, for he’s a bit o...

I have stumbled upon this wonderful, intelligent and darkly funny blog. It is called Hyperbole and a Half . The blog's creator Allie Bro...

...for me as a surrogate Mum for passing rock bands . No rough types need apply and they must love animals. Whether that be for eating or pe...

2010 - Children found working in Worcestershire field . Picking spring onions. Police called. Children taken into police protection. 1970 - ...

Happy Birthday to Sister J, Cousin J and Best English Teacher Ever - BD.

Hannah and Katy should both sack the stylist! Mmmm. That would have been me.

Rusty and Lily were close companions right from the start. Matty said to me this evening, Is it true there's a picture of you on the int...