IT'S NOT DEAD, AND ONE DAY ONLY
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*Do you remember the weird looking, seemingly dead-ish looking tree we have
by our garage wall?*
*ABOVE: I'm happy to say it is not dead, and has spru...
A post about nothing……
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I worked the last two nights and walked the dogs after a sleep
Shit it’s almost five pm and already almost dusk.
I ring to see if I can change an eye appoin...
In the kitchen
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Today I felt better than I have in a couple of weeks. I had sinus and ear
pain which is the reason I’ve not been sleeping.
not sleeping means no energy....
Who's that lurking in the vineyard?
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Look closely...
I'm taking a day off. I haven't written much about my inflamed wrist joint.
That's because it's not really bothering me much right now. Not...
A social innovation.
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A glorious morning after a stormy night .
The beach crowded with dog walkers and their excited companions. A few
student runners appear as we head back ...
'Countryfile'
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I'm a country boy at heart, and am generally more interested in bucolic
life than urban.
When possible I try to watch the BBC Sunday TV show 'Countryfi...
Road trip!......
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Ha ha ~ Demitri was rubbing his face into the pillows, and now he looks
like a wookie. :-)
We first visited St Katherine's Greek Orthodox church in C...
Old house in Whataroa
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While driving through Whataroa recently I spotted this old house in the
middle of a paddock just out of town. If you're travelling throughout the
coun...
Porcine
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These are, I believe, piggy footprints. Photographed in a muddy patch of
track just seaward of our tiny ranch.
At about the time I was photographing thes...
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...
Autumn Muskiness
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We had our first real taste of Autumn weather last night, tonight down in
the mid forties and snugly blankets will once again return to the beds.
The sou...
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...
Time Flies!
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This is what was on our lawn yesterday morning when we got up!!
This was all arranged by our GD Kelsey and her mom, our DIL Rhonda. It was
all set up b...
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...