EXERCYCLE ONLY
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*I learnt a lesson yesterday.*
*Don't try doing a walk after spending two hours wandering around gardens
the day before!*
*Today I am going to get on...
Drive To Dingle.
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They say in Ireland you go or drive to Dingle. You don't drive through it.
It's a coastal town in County Kerry that we have visited so many times.
Lik...
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...
Monday Ordinary
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The weather has changed and my layers of clothing are back and the heating
has been on. The two pairs of socks and the hat are needed as I sit here.
La...
Drama
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Blogging can attract a certain type of commentator, a personality that can
identify as the *persecutor or Critical Parent. *In the context of *Karpman’s ...
Anne
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It’s been about six months now since we said goodbye to our dear friend
Anne
We decided to have a little get together and have coffee and cookies with
An...
Croissants au jambon et au fromage
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Ham and cheese croissants are what I made for lunch yesterday. I'm still
eating a croissant for breakfast every day and sharing it with Tasha the
Shelti...
Final days.
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Almost time to fly home. A few more days of sight seeing and then it's back
on the 16 hour flight to London. There must be an easier way of getting to
Ja...
Eggs
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Like most people (I imagine), I always open boxes of eggs to make sure none
is broken before forking-out my hard earned cash.
Imagine, therefore, the s...
Notown Cemetery
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This photo from Find a grave.
About a year ago in late Autumn B and I visited an area about 15 minutes
out of town. Notown Cemetery once was a part of ...
Floor
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We can organize a barn dance - no barn but we now have the dance floor.
I have a lot more nailing to do (2 per joist per board = about 40 nails in
each of...
Te Rau Aroha A Company Maori Battalion Museum
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Yesterday morning we set off north to Paihia, 70 kms. away. Doug's eldest
daughter came as well and was our driver.
Showers had been forecast but the...
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...
Easter weather
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As we all know, Easter comes in the spring in the northern hemisphere and
autumn in the southern.
Of course, autumn is a time of cooling down toward win...
The Saga Continues
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Keeping in mind the 'event' happened on January 11th.
My first appointment was on January 27th. This was what I thought was
going to be the stress test...
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...
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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