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Lockdown birthday joy for Piper from @edibleblooms

Lockdown birthday joy for Piper from @edibleblooms.au! I ordered these donuts and strawberries as a birthday surprise for Pip, but when they arrived today, a giant chocolate eleven had been added! It looks like the lovely people at Edible Blooms noticed it was for an 11th birthday from the message I’d written for the card and decided to add something special! So delightful and generous and also delicious! I’m extraordinarily grateful. Third pic is Pip with one of her new birthday gifts: bird watching binoculars, which we took down to the bush today to start spotting. We found rosellas, rainbow lorikeets, bell birds and lots more! 🐦 Fabulous day! ♥️🌈🍰

I, Nicola Kelly Moriarty have an announcement to m

I, Nicola Kelly Moriarty have an announcement to make. This morning I got up in the actual SIXES to go for a 7KM run. This is remarkable for several reasons:
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First, I am not a morning person. This is evidenced by the fact that when attempting to quietly pick up my phone from my bedside table as I was leaving and instead almost knocking over my glass of water and thereby waking Steve; he stared at me confusedly and said, “What are you DOING?” “Just going for a run,” I said, trying to sound all casual like it was something I often got up before 7am to do. “But it’s the MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,” he said. “Yes,” I said sadly, “I know.”
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Second, I’m really not an actual runner. I know this because I’m fairly sure my sister, Fiona can walk faster than my fastest running pace. I mean, she’s a VERY fast walker, but still.
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Third, I was up last night until 1am (reading an excellent unputdownable book by Sarah Barrie that will be out later this year). I love Sarah and I love Sarah’s books but she is now very much in trouble for keeping me up.
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Fourth, I am not a morning person. I know I already made that point, but it’s a very important point so I needed to mention it again.
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I do have some regrets from this morning’s run that I would now like to share with the class:
One, not wearing gloves. My fingers felt like frozen chicken chippees.
Two, not wearing a beanie. My ears felt like grossly misshapen frozen chicken chippees.
Three, not wearing a jumper. My body felt like a very large, slightly defrosted and soggy, but still ultimately frozen chicken chippee.
Four, not wearing a scarf, my neck felt like… well, you get the gist. Cold poultry.
Five, accidentally pausing my watch in the middle of the run and not realising for almost a full kilometre. It’s problematic when your run tracker map shows you running straight through a creek… twice.
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Finally, it should be noted that it has not escaped my attention that small misshapen chicken chippees in the shape of ears are actually chicken nuggets.

So today’s less-than-smart decision was attempti

So today’s less-than-smart decision was attempting to run at midday when it was about 28 degrees. Overall, made for a fairly sluggish jog. Okay, so running in the dark through the bush with the mosquitoes isn’t wise, running in the heat under the full sun isn’t wise… I really have to learn to get up early in the morning to do this, don’t I? Ah well, maybe one day. In the meantime I was pretty happy to land on a top ten leaderboard for a segment for the first time… admittedly, it’s only a teeny tiny small segment, but better than nothing! 🏃‍♀️🌞🌈

Photos from an accidental evening run from the oth

Photos from an accidental evening run from the other night… when I say accidental, I mean I headed out with every intention of being home before the sun set. But apparently I’m not very good at planning my route or at time management. Realised this while jogging alone through the bush in the dark. Oops, perhaps not especially wise. Messaged Steve and asked him to meet me, which he did and then kindly walked me home like the gentleman he is. ♥️ 🏃‍♀️ 🌟

Lockdown walks from the last couple of weeks… th

Lockdown walks from the last couple of weeks… the bags in the first photo are full of rubbish, Pip decided she wanted to clean up the bush. ☺️🌿🌼🌈

He really is a great Dad. ♥️

He really is a great Dad. ♥️

I have an apology to make. @belinda_alexandra_auth

I have an apology to make. @belinda_alexandra_author kindly sent me a copy of this absolutely gorgeous book many months ago and I’ve been meaning to post about it ever since, but between moving house and all sorts of other distractions, it slipped my mind until I recently unpacked it after the move! Belinda, I’m so sorry! But now that I’m finally getting the chance to post about it, just wanted to say how divine this book is (and not just because it’s called The Divine Feline), from its velvet spine to the sweet illustrations and the fascinating catformation 😉, it’s an absolute delight! Thank you so much for the beautiful addition to my bookcase! 📚 🐱 🐈 p.s. had to go with 2 photos… one with real cat, one with ornamental cat.

What better reason to open a bottle of champagne t

What better reason to open a bottle of champagne than watching the first episode of the show based on a book your amazing sister wrote? #nineperfectstrangers ♥️🍿🥂 #lianemoriarty