The Paris apartment where CHM lived
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One of the apartment's most attractive features is that it has a back yard.
It's a small back yard, but still, a back yard in Paris! That's pretty
much ...
Pomegranates.
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I'm always rather surprised and amused that I am able to grow Pomegranates
here at the cottage.
They have never managed to become edible, but I live in ...
QUARRY GARDENS (warning lots of photos)
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The forecast looked good so we headed to the Gardens. Once again we had a
lot of rain at the weekend but it cleared for our walk. There was a lot of
colou...
C&nt
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Weaver as a baby
I saw a financial advisor today.
I completed my application to the *NCPS (The National Counselling and
Psychotherapy Society ) *and pa...
NOT THAT PERSON
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*What's the haps today?*
*1. The flooring guys come back to put another coat on the floor, in
readiness for the flooring to go down, probably on Frida...
Flowers In Killarney.
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I always like seeing flowers in town centres. Particularly shops that pay
for floral decorations and patiently water and feed the flowers all summer.
H...
Mistakes.
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Are not always a bad thing
I’ve finished the blanket for the new grandbaby.
One square is upside down
Didn’t notice until I had almost finished
I’v...
Scam of the day.
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The phone pings. There's a formal looking text telling me I've been fined
for over staying my time in a parking bay in town. The text has
instructions to...
Hari Hari Mosaic Garden
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On 2 of our travels further down the West Coast we have stopped into the
small town of HariHari. While the boys wandered off to look at something
nearby,...
Chertsey Book Barn
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Part of the joy of travelling back to Mid-Canterbury is the opportunity to
call at the Chertsey Book Barn.
The building is an old railway goods-shed. I...
I'm already tired of summer......
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Lots of Datura plants in the Sandia foothills. Pretty but very poisonous.
As you can see there are a lot of blooms, so there's always a show when we
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Seeing Spots
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If you are a regular visitor to my blog, undoubtedly you know we share our
property with White-tailed deer.
Several years ago I counted a herd of forty, r...
It's July!
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It is now the second day of July and we've had some lovely hot days as
well as some big rains. This year I planted my vegetable garden in rows,
instead ...
It sucks getting old
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I have spent the largest portion of my life healthy and unconcerned about
any problems related to my health. At 73, I thought I was doing quite well,
bu...
Books 4-8
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Double Agent by Jack Mars
At the outset of the Cold War, in the ruins of postwar Europe, rookie CIA
Agent Tyler Wolf must navigate a precarious partners...
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...