Winter is coming!......
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I suppose otters don't feel the cold so much. However, being totally
adorable takes you a long way....
I was sick the Monday before Thanksgiving wi...
Bitter melon
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Some more unique photos from our Fiji holiday about 5 years ago. We were
wandering about Sigatoka one particular day and I noticed this street
market....
I’ve heard it said
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I’ve heard it said, that people come into your life…..for a reason
Bringing something we must learn……..
I have lost two old friends recently.
One hasn’t ...
LET'S GET IT FINISHED OK
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*Top of my 'to do' list today?*
*Go out and get the last few gifts for Christmas, come home and wrap them.*
*I want this job done and dusted by the end...
Hectic today ... une journée mouvementée...
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It all started when the dog threw up on the couch this morning at 4
o'clock. We were planning to get up early, because Walt had a 9 o'clock
appointment wit...
We learn a new word
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The weekend edition of the local paper leads with the news that a delivery
driver has fallen into a hole in the dark. The poor man is shaken and
bruised....
Here we go again! Man crowned 'Strongest Woman'.
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The bloke holding aloft his trophy, having just won The World's Strongest
Woman competition in Arlington Texas, is American Jammie Booker.
OK, Jammie mi...
Christmas Scents
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One of my favorite Christmas activities in early December, when the cold
weather has set in and thoughts are turning to decorating, are to make
dried ora...
A little bit of everything
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yesterday we had a wonderfull morning catch up with most of our swimming
group.
It was a much better catch up as we were in a home instead of the pub....
Too much excitement
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Our days are usually very quiet and, frankly rather dull. But I don't mind
at all, really. Some days require me to venture outside--to the doctor's
offi...
Books 20-24
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Past Transgressions by Dave Sinclair
Retired spy. Trained killing machine. Pacifist.
Retired MI6 spy Mason Nash moved to a sleepy English town so he cou...
Fiddleheads
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No rest for the wicked... I must have been particularly evil this last week
or two. My word it has seemed busy...
Bro and SiL came by last weekend in thei...
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...
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...
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...
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ReplyDeleteIt is the perfect combo. Kali oraxie
ReplyDeleteThat's what he says !
DeleteI was watching a Rick Stein programme where they boiled Octopus for just 3 minutes. He said it was very tender. I always thought it took hours!
ReplyDeleteNo way it would be tender after 3 minutes!!
DeleteIt was on his programme about Palermo. One of the Weekend Breaks series.
DeleteI will look for it on youtube. Maybe it was boiled first for an hour or so and just presented as 3 minutes. It would have been very chewy I'm sure
DeleteI haven't had ouzo in years, it was nice.
ReplyDeleteBetter if you drink it on a Greek island!!
DeleteSeems perfect to me.
ReplyDeleteHe sure thinks it's perfect
DeleteLooks like a happy man there
ReplyDeleteVery happy. As Angela said, it's the perfect combo...for him
DeleteHe's a sucker for octopus then?
ReplyDeleteGood one JC 😅😅
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DeleteHe looks happy :)
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