WTF
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When I’m dead and gone, some unfortunate fucker will have to sort through
my shit. In my bathroom they will find a few figures of cats. Whimsical
chil...
My view from five to nine (or so)
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I start the day at this vantage point most mornings nowadays. I sit facing
my laptop computer, which is on the coffee table in the living room, with a
mug ...
Driving shoes.
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Like most old codgers (I imagine), I like to think of myself as a 'good
driver'. I'm never in a hurry, I'm never impatient, and I'm always
courteous. AN...
Train
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My daughter R and I dropped off a load of bits and pieces to one of the
local op shops last week and on the way back home we got stopped at the
main r...
TAMAHERE MARKET IN NOVEMBER
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*5.42 am, and yep, we are up and getting ready to head off to Tamahere
Market.*
*With any luck the showers will hold off and we will get a nice crowd ...
Far from here
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Facebook sends me videos of people filming in Ukraine. I don't know why,
but I click follow on every one of them because it interests me a lot. The
vide...
Getting started
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This year I’ve got two new trees. They’re bigger. Eight foot tall and an
extra foot diameter. We have had to move one of the chair so that we could
w...
Nature Friday - Paradise Ducks
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After a day of bleak weather yesterday we went into town today for supplies
and on crossing Twidles Island on our way out of here we encountered Mummy
Sh...
No pictures
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We are now in Tromso on the final leg of our journey North. Blogger and my
i-Pad do not get on well together.
It gets light an hour before lunch and dark...
Snowflakes Falling
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Our gentle Autumn days have quickly turned to Winter.
A cold wind blows and snowflakes are falling.
Geraniums are still in full bloom, and transported...
Today, brought to you by Autumn ~ thank you!...
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It hasn't been a particularly busy day. I had to remove another plant from
the garden ~ I have the basil leaves in the dehydrator, which I plan to
c...
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...
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 ...
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...
Very funny. Hope it's not true.
ReplyDeleteThere was a better clip which I only found later. They had turned it into a BBC news broadcast. Looked authentic!!
DeleteI cannot stop laughing :))
ReplyDeleteI loved that series and they hit the nail on the head so many times.
I just love the series and now I can watch it on TV ...endlessly!
DeleteIn the case of COVID-19, I suspect they're spot on!
ReplyDeleteThat's the way looks in Britain!!
DeleteThis has been on Twitter for a few days. It makes me laugh every time.
ReplyDeleteThose script writers were inspired.
DeleteVery good and very funny.
ReplyDeleteThank goodness YouTube has endless episodes and clips. Always good for a load of laughs
DeleteOH mercy!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteStay wise, clam, safe.
Turn off the 😱screaming😱 sources.
Listen to your local County Public Health source.
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