A day in the life…
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I wake her up before 7am every week day morning. I mean really she should
be up, washed, dressed and making my porridge by then. She knows what time
I'm ...
Helicopter season.
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Another of those Scottish days. Bright and sunny in the morning, wet and
windy in the afternoon. I bring out the cushions for the garden benches and
t...
The Paris apartment where CHM lived
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One of the late CHM's Paris apartment's most attractive features is that it
has a back yard. It's a small back yard, but still, a back yard in Paris!
Th...
Pomegranates.
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I'm always rather surprised and amused that I am able to grow Pomegranates
here at the cottage.
They have never managed to become edible, but I live in ...
QUARRY GARDENS (warning lots of photos)
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The forecast looked good so we headed to the Gardens. Once again we had a
lot of rain at the weekend but it cleared for our walk. There was a lot of
colou...
C&nt
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Weaver as a baby
I saw a financial advisor today.
I completed my application to the *NCPS (The National Counselling and
Psychotherapy Society ) *and pa...
NOT THAT PERSON
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*What's the haps today?*
*1. The flooring guys come back to put another coat on the floor, in
readiness for the flooring to go down, probably on Frida...
Flowers In Killarney.
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I always like seeing flowers in town centres. Particularly shops that pay
for floral decorations and patiently water and feed the flowers all summer.
H...
Mistakes.
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Are not always a bad thing
I’ve finished the blanket for the new grandbaby.
One square is upside down
Didn’t notice until I had almost finished
I’v...
Hari Hari Mosaic Garden
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On 2 of our travels further down the West Coast we have stopped into the
small town of HariHari. While the boys wandered off to look at something
nearby,...
I'm already tired of summer......
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Lots of Datura plants in the Sandia foothills. Pretty but very poisonous.
As you can see there are a lot of blooms, so there's always a show when we
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Seeing Spots
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If you are a regular visitor to my blog, undoubtedly you know we share our
property with White-tailed deer.
Several years ago I counted a herd of forty, r...
It's July!
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It is now the second day of July and we've had some lovely hot days as
well as some big rains. This year I planted my vegetable garden in rows,
instead ...
It sucks getting old
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I have spent the largest portion of my life healthy and unconcerned about
any problems related to my health. At 73, I thought I was doing quite well,
bu...
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 ...
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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