WAIMAHANGA TRACK WALK
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Yesterday we had a lovely walk along the Waimahanga Track. The weather
was fine but chilly (not as cold as at the weekend). It was my first walk
for t...
SOMETHING BIG
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*Yesterday I went out looking for some really thick, warm pants to wear to
markets. There's at least 3 more really cold markets to endure.*
*I didn't...
Kererū
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Lately I've been seeing 3 fat Kererū aka wood pigeons out in my backyard.
We are just about to go into Spring in September so they are no doubt
waitin...
Gently rotating four year olds.
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For the last week the weather has been dourly Scottish in a rain one
minute, sunshine the next sort of way. This week a 'heat wave' is forecast.
It's due...
Inside the Château de Cheverny
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This morning I was browsing through my archives to see how many pictures I
have showing interiors at Cheverny. Well, I have 106 of them. And I may
have mor...
The work begins
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this morning is do laundry,
deep clean kitchen ( including oven )
and how to bring this collection into a patchwork
obviously i need more blocks
th...
Almost done!
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There's a good side to everything, and in this case it's 'untidiness'.
Our farmers, and pathway-mowers, have been very lax this year, so for a
change we...
Orange Porridge
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Porridge for second breakfast has become the norm for me. Even at weekends
when my humans are at home, I trot up the road at porridge time
anticipating a...
Books 9-12
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Out of Sight by Morgan James
Ainsley Layne is running from something—or someone. Sheriff Dare Jensen can
see it in the way she watches her surroundings,...
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 ...
The Dog Days Of Summer
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Dog Days defines a time period or event that is very hot or stagnant, or
marked by dull lack of progress. The name comes from the ancient belief
that Sir...
Normal life
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Everything is so relative. Missiles from Yemen are already less scary,
after the missiles from Iran that killed and destroyed thousands of homes
just by...
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...
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