Norway bound.
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Later this morning we set off to the airport. Tomorrow we join our boat for
a leisurely six day, thousand mile, journey to the North of Norway. This
wil...
Les feuilles mortes
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Well, the weather forecasts were right. It's raining today. Yesterday
morning I went out and took some more pictures. The weather was chilly but
beautiful ...
THE MAYORS OF NY, LONDON, and BRIGHTON.
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Many of the good people of New York are apparently in fear of their new
Muslim Mayor Mr Zohran Mamdami. His socialist, woke, policies are making
many flee...
November
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November days and the air conditioner continues to hum.
75 degrees warm, it feels like the middle of summer, and yet of course, our
nights are now dark b...
Florist
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Still waiting for Summer here....hopefully it's not too far away but we are
starting to get the odd sunny warm day so that's a start. This was taken
l...
WILL SHE, OR WON'T SHE?
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*Lacy has said she will come over today to do my vacuuming.*
*Let's see how that goes eh? *
*I hope she does come over, as I'd like a hand to move a ...
It's all in the details.
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I don't usually pay attention to the writing on cleaning products,
but this one sat at eye level in the toilet and caught my attention.
A bit of the Atl...
Change of plan
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When we left for our short break, we didn’t realise that it would be
shorter than planned
Friday I had a sore throat. I don’t get sore throats. If I do ...
Scammers!.....
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I am not sure when my eldest son gave me bitcoin on Mother's Day, or my
birthday....maybe 4 years ago? I downloaded the app and did what I needed
to d...
Trick or Treat!
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This little panda came to visit this morning!
It was a great night for the trick or treaters. 8C and no wind so no need
for snow suites underneath costu...
Quince, Life, and Puppy Dog Tales
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The season of mellow mists inevitably means that I suddenly have a deep
desire to store food in the form of jams, pickles and syrups. It also
means that...
A Month's Recycling.
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A car full of dog food cans, packaging and glass bottles.
Number 2 son visited down here in his new to him 7 seater car and suggested
I might want to ...
Yom Kippur
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The coverage of the murder of Jews in the synagogue in Manchester today,
on Yom Kippur on Sky News is a bit surprising to me.
They've been talking about...
Aug. 10, 2025
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In all this heat, I’m still working on perennial/ shrub beds. This will be
a quick post, but for those of you who do your own gardening and end up ...
Friday prayers
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Look at sales figures, origins, annual reports, statements from company
chairmen; become armchair investors and see what you would do yourself,
annual ...
Aoteaora's first Maori police woman
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Evelyn Mete Kingi was born Evelyn Owen in Moerewa and has been described as
a woman of resilience and character.
She was born in 1922 and joined the thir...
Farewell My Friends
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After blogging for nearly six years, I have decided to retire. Blogging
filled an empty spot in my life after losing my husband, but that has
changed...
Japandi Bedroom Makeover
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*Do you want a break from politics and British summer weather? Read on...*
“Another mural? Are you pulling my leg?”
Colin was back last month to decor...
Catching up!
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Oh dear, nearly six months since I last posted a blog. It is not that I
have been bothered to write to you. Oh no. It is because words have been
absent ...
Professing !
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Actual professing.
There are times when every learned person has the duty of stepping up to
the line and of explaining the intricacies of life from the...
Internal Garden Monologue
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If you had told me 5 years ago, I would be sitting in a house, at a table
over looking a front garden in Scotland, I would have laughed my socks
off. I...
A Note of Sadness
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One of the problems about getting so involved with these m/s recipe books
is that I feel as though I almost know the women who wrote them. I can see
how th...