What sound do frogs make, according to different languages. So far as I can tell, in Latin, frogs ('ranae') croaked ('coaxō'), which also appears to be their onomatopoeia for the frog sound: coaxō 🐸🏛️? It's 'croá, croá' in Spanish?

I’ve seen some people in the Secret Santa threads and thought they’d be easy to shop for.…. Others, I might struggle.

Have a bit of JP being an absolute noodle, as a treat, @larissacomments.bsky.social

Now I’m worried I cancelled my girls X-ray too soon and no appointments till next week. I may go buy special food that helps dissolve struvite stones. That’s a potential cause anyway, if she tolerate the food. And a cheaper solution.

Wildflowers love dead people.

Fireworks 😡

🧩 this was really tough! Esp the badger part!

#booksky #pukapuka 💙📚🇳🇿 another graphic novel … just liked the cover art tbh

#booksky #pukapuka 💙📚🇳🇿 I’ve been reading more graphic novels this year, really enjoying the art.

Man it’s hot?, and my boy wants to go outside… no, no you don’t wee fella

#secretSantaAoNZ just in case, no candles or perfumes please. My boy knocks things off of shelves and my cats are indoors so I’m safety cons of them and I’m allergic to perfumed products.

🌱🇳🇿 yus! Bloom my pretties

🇳🇿🌱 whats happening in my garden… new flowers have unfolded

#SecretSantaAoNZ my Santa sleuth will have already seen my posts and can look at books I’ve been reading this year to get a sense of books I love (horror, Scandi noir, politics, sci-fi). You’ll know I love my garden and food.. sweet tooth!

I think I’m going to cancel the vet visit for tomorrow, her urine actually looks ok this morning. And this is her without any medication 🥰

🇳🇿 yay! We made it… we are in the German papers for giving our kids sand full of asbestos. Der Spiegel no less!

Warm evening

She appreciates my garden

Just in case you think I’m playing favourites…

omg! Someone get her some pants or a bikini or something!

I put her old kitty carrier (very good condition) at the gate and I got a very happy knock at my door checking it was indeed for free. Yup … stoked, their cat is off to the vet next week and they had nothing ☺️

📚 Yes, glad I read this. She wrote about rape she and others experienced in a way it’s possible to read and not take the pain in board yourself. The hunger of starvation, the grinding of work life in the initial period, some good insights into others. the return of German men and their behaviour

Urine results showed nothing. Xray on Thursday for her, she has to be sedated for this. Also going to have between now and then with no meds. Hopefully X-ray shows something because an ultrasound requires referral elsewhere

The Remarkable Cream Egg Nog Liquor is delightful! ❤️

Emailed the vets to see if there was an update, waiting. Going to trial her on Royal Canin Instinctive 7+ (she’s on instinctive already). Bought her a new cat carrier as vet said 1 I had didn’t have great safety rating.

Hold up! Put your paws in the air!

National Party are really pushing Facebook attack ads and posts right now. My wall is covered in it. Don’t see any other party. The few times I’ve looked at the comments it’s people telling them their policies suck basically

Day number two of carrying phone everywhere waiting for vet to call. I need to do lawns but don’t want to miss a call.

Feeling judged…. He’s just staring at me. I swear he’s not even blinking

#nzpol Anthony Ellison shares his perspective on current events.

It’s hard!

My darling, you’re not allowed to get ill! And boy, yes I’ll give you a smooch

Something has been up with her but look…. She’s showing a relaxed posture

No phone call from the vet today. She had the last of her meds today. Her urine is better I think but it seems to fluctuate a bit. Have to wait till she uses a box with no litter because it’s hard to tell otherwise.

#nzpol watch this space as former gun lobbyist shakes up our gun laws. Some of the things seem good - addressing 3D printing of guns for example youtu.be/SCOqnwk7N48?...

#SecretSantaAoNZ but do they have cabbage?! There’s a certain participant who hates cabbage and this would be the best gift … a cabbage tree ornament 😈

If police and lawyers are to be believed, new Commissioner Richard Chambers was impotent for nine months to have charges dropped against a woman who'd accused his deputy

There were glimmers of hope her urine was getting better but no, still has blood. The vet should call us with results today and we will go from there.

Even the boy wants afternoon wets, and he gets. We’ve had a lovely play he and I. She wanted to go outside and even went down side of house towards the front.

A neighbour says he’d seen the children playing on bikes and scooters on the property.

NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body." Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...

Bossy britches up there has something to say

Quite a queue of people this morning waiting to enter Spreydon Library ❤️ lovely to see it so popular on a Sunday morning. 📚

No restrictions. I meal prep for work so ❤️ finding new ideas for things to make. I make Mexican, or Greek themed often enough. I try doing weird things with kimchi or Natto too. Have a BIG sweet tooth! Love 🍰 and cheesecakes. Weird interesting snack for night shift - yes please! #SecretSantaAoNZ

Green. I had my dad paint little study a pale green last Xmas. My Lounge has an orange, blue vibe going on… if this answer interests my Santa I’ve got loads of photos of my space. #SecretSanaAoNZ

I have hope…. Her urine is a better colour this evening… much more like normal 🥰 keep going tart face

I just stuffed my face in all that fur and breathed deep 🥰 so good.

She had a nice cuddle in my lap but now she’s down to the serious business of napping! She’s in the cat cave 🥰

When racist nazi merch goes on sale in America at Walmart youtube.com/shorts/kwl8u...

#booksky #pukapuka 💙📚🇳🇿 I’m not looking forward to this book but a read a book called ‘Aftermath’ and then this book was mentioned again on the Empire Podcast so I bought it. I might be sad the next few days.