Flynn 11 y/o Foxie Cross - Right adrenalectomy- Good Bye Flynny We will miss you

We played with bugs all the time when I was growing up!! Small bugs though..no gigantic weta types!!! :eek: I cannot believe the size of that thing. I think it needs a leash! ;)
Japanese beetles were a favorite. My mother would have us pull them off her rose bushes and we would put them in small buckets of water and watch them swim around!! You can tell there were no Ipads back then!! :D We liked catching bees too...would set them free after observing them buzz around the jar for a few minutes.
I had no idea New Zealand was snake free! That's my kind of country. I have a big fear of snakes. There are none in Hawaii either! Another snake free place!

Is Flynn working on anymore puzzles lately?? :D

Barbara

How did autocorrect get Dega from Weta I wonder? LOL

Hmmmm I am a bit worried about a few of you, doing mean things to bugs in your youth!! Mind you, I am pretty happy to squish any that cross my path!

LOL Valerie, wondered what the Degas was!! He is still playing with his puzzles Barbara... he is doing really good still but I am hoping for fine weather this weekend to get him showered as he is scratching a bit, his nose is really itchy and he is rubbing it on the carpet a lot but I think it is the change of season and there is a lot of yellow pine pollen in the air at the moment.

Another swarm of earthquakes today, even bigger than the ones last month. All down around Wellington and top of South Island, but there was a big one of 6.5 that had everyone streaming out the buildings down there. My brother was caught in gridlock trying to get out the city :eek::eek: No injuries so far thank goodness. I was at work and we all felt the big one all the way up here, I thought my dizziness attacks were back as it was a real swaying long one with a few sharper jolts :eek::eek: Was big enough to get me under a doorway!! Hope all my family are OK and keep safe tonight in the expected aftershocks. We are all just hoping they are not building up to a real big one. xx

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/9051...al-New-Zealand
Link from the quake, the video on the page is taken by my nephew Luke... he has progressed from taking Flynn's Christmas present video to doing national news.. very proud of him getting out in the middle of all the quakes to get the news :)

I just heard on the morning news about this quake and hoped you and yours were ok. If ya'll can muster up some wild fires and mud slides we can dub NZ California Junior! :p Or maybe Senior as I don't know which is older...probably NZ, huh? ;)

I am really glad to see a post from you and hope to see many more in the days to come.

Please take care, honey.
Hugs,
Leslie and the gang

Well I sure dont like the sound of that- earthquakes:eek::eek::eek:

So much for me picturing you and Flynn spending the weekend strolling along a beautiful beach with the sun shining down.:o:o

I sure hope the after shocks are now over. Stay safe sweetie.

I heard this late last night, they said that internet, phone service in some areas had been disrupted too.
Glad there aren't any injuries and serious damage. Gads, hope it isn't building up to a big one.
Nice video by your nephew, obviously filming Flynn was good practice. :)

Hope you have a nice sunny weekend and no shaking. :)

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Saw the report on the earthquake there on the morning news. Glad there were no injuries and that you had no problems up your way. :D

Barbara

Yes Leslie, We have all those disasters in California! They still don't seem to keep the tourists away!:D LOL

Trish, I hope you family is okay. Stay safe sweet, we worry about you and our boy Flynny. Xxxxx

Good morning, I did not feel any shakes overnight but there were quite a few aftershocks in the Wellington area and top of the South. My family have all checked in and are fine. A lot of them are coming up next weekend for my Uncle's big 80th party so it will be good to see them all then. I wonder how Flynn was yesterday in the shake, Mum and Dad were not home when I rang to check on them after the big one they were driving home from an appointment and did not feel it in the car. I bet Flynn did and he was on his own, well with Elle but she is flighty at best :D:D but he is happy as a lark today so good for him!

Leslie, we have had fires and mudslides on occasion. Not to the extent of California thankfully. We are both on the Pacific "ring of fire" so we have to expect these natural disasters on occasion. Really do not remember to the extent we have seen in the past couple of years though, it has been definitely acting up. We get the odd volcanic eruption too just to make things real exciting!!! The mountains have had a few rumbles of late, they were in the news a few weeks back with a series of small quakes under them but nothing more. Those mountains are about 2 hrs drive from me, when they have blown in the past we get ash blowing over if the wind goes in the right direction!

Addy, not so sure about walking on the beach in the sunshine today, woke at 6 to a torrential downpour but it lasted only half an hour and the sun is trying to peek through now, so you never know we might get up there. Our local team's first rugby game is this afternoon and we are season ticket holders so we are off to that. Dunno about sitting in a grandstand with the possibility of earthquakes :eek: but us Kiwi's will "Keep Calm and Carry On" so we will go and enjoy the game! :D:D

Thanks for checking in on us :D xxx

Oh Trish,
What's up with my tough guy. How has he been handling the earthquakes? He must feel them.:confused:

I'm glad to hear that you and your family are safe and well. You are surrounded by water. That's so scary.:o

We have had some very terrifying wildfires here in California. School had to be canceled for a week on three occasions as the air was unbreathable. That means I was paid! Fire (burning out of control)did come at us from three sides. We were all packed to evacuate, but didn't have to at the last minute. The fires scare me more than the mudslides and earthquakes. We do periodic earthquakes drills at school just to be prepared.

Please keep us posted, so we know you are safe. ;) xxxxx