Gulls: 1, Council bin department : 0
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Some cloud and a slight sea mist this morning. The forecast is for this to
burn off and be replaced by yet another sunny day .
To deal with the litter sc...
A leak and a lunch
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The day before yesterday it rained steadily from about 9 a.m. until nearly
6 p.m. The downspout on one corner of our house, near the front door, is
evident...
The Sunday Times.
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We always buy The Sunday Times, but I really think it's about time we
stopped.
This last Sunday it contained FIVE FULL PAGES of adverts. TWO for Rolex ...
jailhouse accommodations
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Our last night in Christchurch in 2016 was spent in the Jailhouse
Accommodations at the locally converted jail. Click here for their website.
Being a b...
Winter is coming, Maybe
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The nights and mornings have been quite chilly.
As my home is made using besser bricks, I do know they’re known by another
name in the USA but I can’t rem...
BABYSITTING LILY
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*GOOD MORNING*
*Today my first 'job' is to head over to Steve and Bex's, as I am baby
sitting Miss Lily while Bex attends an appointment.*
*After that...
John Garrison - Never Far From Me
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One of the simplest and most lovely of songs
In the library today, last day of college tomorrow.
It doesn’t feel quite real, three years of study almost
Th...
Tightwad Fish Supper Treat.
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Half a 🐟 and a bag of chips 🍟.
It could be the name of a Prog Rock band 🎶 ✨️. 🤔
I treated J and me, myself and I to a slap up chippy tea on Frida...
MONDAY
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We had a lovely walk around the Loop. At one stage we could hear a haka
being performed and then realised it was on a catamaran coming towards us
with ...
Burwood War Memorial
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I do like taking photos of war memorials throughout New Zealand on our
travels. This one is in Burwood, Christchurch and it says "In memory of the
Bur...
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 ...
Biblical
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Yesterday I got a second load of timber and frames for my cabin.
The metal frames are actually a false deck for the trailer - supposedly to
make it easi...
Purple Delight
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Despite late frosts earllier in the month, the ever faithful Clematis has
once again returned.
And Spring arose on the garden fair,
Like the Spirit o...
Quiet life
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As if there were no shortage of dramas in our lives, yesterday there was
extreme weather, extreme heat and very strong winds and with them came a
huge f...
Blessed Pascha ~ Happy Easter!
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Our kouvouklion this year. We had to do it after one service and hurry up
to finish before the next one began. We were vacuuming and sweeping as
peop...
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...
Sunday, February 23,2025
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Here are some pictures taken today. I finally got out for a much needed
walk around the little village. There are now vertical snow walls sliced
o...
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...
Now, stop it, just stop it Linda!
ReplyDeleteFrom a cool, wet and windy place in the far north .....
It's blowing a gale where we are now . But not cool or wet. Sorry 😐
Delete😎 It's alright for some. Imagine being able to go the beach everyday and the sun is always shining?
ReplyDeleteThe sun is shining that's for sure. Thank goodness it hasn't got that fierce heat it had a few weeks ago. The water is cool . But not too cool
DeleteSaronic Gulf has so much to recommend it in any season.
ReplyDeleteI love those winter sands where no foot has trodden .
DeleteBlue skies even in winter.
ReplyDeleteThere is just something about a deserted beach. Bliss
Blue skies and a still blue sea. Peaceful
DeleteIt looks so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteIn winter it is. Summer it's just noisy
DeleteEmpty beaches are my idea of heaven.
ReplyDeleteMine too !!
DeleteBeautiful beach photos.
ReplyDeleteIt's a nice Sandy beach. Not many on the island. Some are stoney
DeleteOur beach here will now be very different from a couple of weeks ago. Fur coats instead of bikinis.
ReplyDeleteIt should be warm enough for short sleeves till November here
DeleteBeautiful and serene.
ReplyDelete~Jo
The winter beaches are lovely . Summer beaches are full of life
DeleteYou're so fortunate to live so near, it's lovely feeling the sand between the toes.
ReplyDeleteAnd dip toes in the water, no matter how cold
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