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@splitpin Aug 9, 2026, 7:06 PM UTC

Just a rubbish gripe

source My wife wanted to get out of the house and go watch the South Africa vs Argentina rubgy game. WHAT!!. Hold the phone. Allrighty then. Off we go. Granny is at home with the sick dogs, we'll go…

42 upvotes 0 replies $0.36
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@splitpin Aug 7, 2026, 8:48 PM UTC

Memories

Living out in the sticks had its perks, a small community that was a community. So if there was something, anything going on you'd find out about it. One late afternoon sitting around having a couple…

55 upvotes 6 replies $0.30
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@splitpin Aug 6, 2026, 8:23 PM UTC

Dowry Kist/Chest Revamp

My wife and I found this old kist almost hidden away in an antique shop. We wanted to do something special for her son. He is having an engagement party in September. Something in the old tradition o…

59 upvotes 3 replies $0.86
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@splitpin Aug 5, 2026, 7:36 PM UTC

Those that didn't make it two...

This is the same little farm that had all the animals that were basically pet friendly. Not quite a petting zoo, more like a petting farm, from pottery rabbits to this little fella - keeping an eye o…

43 upvotes 1 replies $0.79
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@splitpin Aug 3, 2026, 8:03 PM UTC

Twig/Bark Mantis Rescue

This little Sh!t and his sister where rescued from the SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) in Bethlehem, Free State, South Africa. They were rescued by climbing up the fence toget…

54 upvotes 1 replies $0.83
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@splitpin Aug 2, 2026, 7:09 PM UTC

Weekends rule.

As a kid we would have lunch outside. It was either a Saturday or a Sunday. But there was a table outside, and we'd have take the dining room chairs, set up and we would sit under the tree, there wer…

124 upvotes 7 replies $0.89
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@splitpin Jul 31, 2026, 9:05 PM UTC

Those that didn't make it ...

There is always a number of pics that are in the collection that don't make it to be seen by the client, or anybody for that matter, if you are on a shoot. Maybe you are wandering around doing a bit…

112 upvotes 1 replies $0.95
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@splitpin Jul 30, 2026, 7:24 PM UTC

Somewhere special to write about today

I wrote a post in The Pub about my experience of having to use private vs government veterinary care, which was the start of the end of expressing my journey with my dog Newton the Rottweiler. I had…

57 upvotes 4 replies $1.30
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@splitpin Jul 28, 2026, 8:13 PM UTC

Top Heavy

source If you read the news or are inquisitive about the world we live in, we are bombarded by information and we have to edit what we look at ... but there are always articles that pique our interes…

53 upvotes 1 replies $0.50
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@splitpin Jul 26, 2026, 9:34 PM UTC

A simple but happy story.

In South Africa when you see shoes on the overhead lines, it means each pair tells a story and its usually one hellova story. So when I saw these shoes overhead in Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand,…

41 upvotes 0 replies $0.69