A DO NOTHING MUCH DAY
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*Plan for today?*
*Get a load of washing on.*
*Go down to the Dr's and get an appointment for Stew and I. We both have a
few issues to get addressed...
Sorry BABY
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When I got home a plate of tomatoes sat on the kitchen wall. They are sweet
and fresh and must come from *animal helper Pat’s *vine.
Eva Victor as Agne...
Still Got It.
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I never went to Cropredy or A New Day Festival this year. Thankfully
though I can watch some of the great You Tube videos that other kind
festival pun...
Lots of work to be done
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The cooler weather brings out the bats. The garden alive with dozens of
them as the sunsets. We open a bottle of Pommard and watch them from the
kitchen ...
The royal château complex at Blois
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The Château de Blois is a complex made up of buildings
of three architectural styles. The two shots above show
the Louis XII wing of the château. It was bu...
love & marriage -vicar of dibley
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The Vicar of Dibley was a UK comedy classic, with wonderful characters,
wonderful scripts, and a feeling of social-realism that village-dwellers
everywher...
Blackball Cemetery
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About 20 minutes outside of Greymouth is the small village of Blackball. It
has a lengthy history associated with coal mining and industrial action but ...
She’s here
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Georgia Elizabeth has arrived
born 22/8/25
at 1.03 am
mum and bubs are well.
cant wait for cuddles We will give the little family time to rest and g...
The Boys
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We have had deer on our street for many many years but I don't remember
ever seeing two bucks together. Usually just one with his ladies. No
ladies toda...
Summer's Waning
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Blue skies and sunshine today. Lots of the stuff, we are slap in the midst
of summer with this 95 degree heat.
The flowers are fading fast, we have enjo...
KAMO BUTCHER AND PEA AND HAM SOUP
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Yesterday we went to Omak Butchers in Kamo as I wanted to buy one of their
bacon hocks to make soup. They are so much nicer than the supermarket
ones. ...
Cancer update
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I was back to the doctor this week about my cancer spot. He cut out what
he could see and now I have some big, black stitches sticking out of my
head be...
This and that .....and that.....etc.
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Yesterday Zoē was sick...shaking, panting, not wanting to eat anything. I
contacted our vet, and he could not see her, so he suggested 4 different
eme...
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 ...
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...
We get amazing sunsets looking at our bay like your photo. Wish I could paint them.
ReplyDeleteMy granddaughter caught the sun just in the right position
DeleteLove spectacular sunsets. Sunrises too.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty
We don't see these sunsets up in the hills. It's lovely that she took a photo and sent it
DeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteIt's stunning
DeleteYou live in a beautiful part of the world.
ReplyDeleteYes, you're right. But you live in a beautiful part of the world too
DeleteWe look out over rain clouds, accompanied by the sound of a raging sea.
ReplyDeleteThese last few days have been cold but sunny. Rain today then 18o and sunny till after Xmas.
ReplyDeleteSome people have all the luck. Right place Right time!
ReplyDeleteAnd with phone charged and in hand!
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