Cute. Thanks Niki who posted it on our family group page. She noted that my father would have enjoyed it. Yes, he would. He was a cat lover. A cat toying with Australia...grin
Rectory Tea
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We meet at the Rectory later today to trouble shoot any problems before
tomorrow’s tea party. The weather, I’m told will be glorious, so we have
conscript...
Another week gone
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the way the weeks are flying by it will be Christmas before we know it.
After a busy week, sick grandchildren having extra days with grandma,
Grandma i...
Plus ça change...
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*...plus nous sommes heureux et soulagés.* We were able to sleep in the
loft last night. It was what I'd call very warm, but not hot up there.
Today's ...
Detour
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The BBC weather forecast says it will be ' the 13th day in a row of 30
degree temperatures '. This might be true south of the border but does not
apply t...
TODAY'S GARDEN
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Just a few photos from today's midwinter garden.
A small patch of parsley
Some calendula in the vegie beds
a very ripe lemon on our tree
The sprouting ...
SOME COLOUR CHOICES
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*This morning I am going to try and come up with a new Braid Runner
colourway.*
*NOT Orange. Not Pink. Not Brown. Not Grey. *
*I've already done Blu...
Sky
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The moon looked more impressive than I captured it here. (Morning.)
Rising - through trees. (Evening.)
(Hadn't realized wee Scully had photo-bombed thi...
Summer Days
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The summer heat has kicked in.
Hot and humid days, and evenings most often filled with a thunderstorm or
two, cooling the night air.
Parents have begun s...
Strawberry Time
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The strawberry moon peaks tomorrow. It is named for the short period of
time when wild strawberries are ripe.
I had ripped out all of my strawberry p...
Knives are out at No 10.
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Luckily, or maybe unluckily, I can still watch PMQ's live on my laptop,
through 'Parliament TV'.
This last week Freebie Starmer was away on a Freebie, s...
Our simple life
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"I can't believe that just yesterday we were sitting in shelters again,
and here we are now as if nothing had happened, going on that shopping trip
you ...
Books 1-7
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Bloody River Blues by Jeffery Deaver
Well, that wasn't a good start to the year! I read 125 pages (which was
more than a third of the book) and I just c...
NZ's sad attitude toward Trump
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The Broadcasting Standards Authority said in a statement that it upheld
three complaints about a story broadcast on* 1 News *on 13 September 2025.
In th...
Xmas decorations
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Greymouth has 3 main streets in town. On the way home from work at night
I've been stopping to take photos of some of the shop window decorations.
It'...
A Birthday Present.
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I reached the grand old age of 62 last Friday. Like that great English
folk singer Sandy Denny once sang:
"Who knows where the time goes?"
I received ...
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...
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...
Ha ha. I like it! It has just the right playfulness!
ReplyDeleteSomething to give s smile
DeleteVery clever.
ReplyDeleteIt's so cute.
ReplyDeleteThat's so cute and playful! Love it...
ReplyDeleteI think that cat has dropped us in an icy cold bucket of water lol
ReplyDeleteI wonder if it was a kiwi that thought it up? 😅
DeleteThat's gorgeous! Love it :)
ReplyDeleteI particularly like Tabbies, to me they' re REAL cats.
ReplyDeleteClever but makes us wonder about the mind processes that enable someone to see that in the first place.
ReplyDeleteAnd NZ gets to watch, lol!
ReplyDeleteYes that made me LOL so true
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