Specs
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Needed to see details out to about the length of my arm (usual stuff -
reading, fine marks on tape measures, handsewing, unpicking hand sewing
especially...
Hormones and laburnum
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My laburnum is so in flower it can be seen from space….
Well that’s a lie, but it can be seen from the lane window
Which pleases me.
*Roger *has been a...
SATURDAY - FIRST FULL DAY HERE
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*Well here we are.*
*Just the two of us, here in our new home.*
*Our first full day living here ahead of us.*
*And just MASSES of things to get done....
Presents From A Northern Irish Supermarket.
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Newcastle Brown Ale and Vimto.
Number one son and his girlfriend went to Balmoral Show near Belfast on
Friday and Saturday.
They stayed in a hotel ove...
Rain and revision and liquorice.
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Rain is forecast for tomorrow. The farmers will be pleased. This is
seemingly the longest recorded dry spell in more than 60 years. The
farmers wife , w...
Remember the events called "be-ins"?
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I mentioned in a comment to Travel David yesterday that I had taken the
Citroën on a nice drive out in the beautiful Touraine countryside. I wanted
to test...
Water, water, everywhere...
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I watched The News on TV, almost in disbelief. They were warning us (yet
again) of a water shortage this Summer.
Yes, I know it's hardly rained down her...
Moving on
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I’ve finally finished the body on the jumper
Having knitted this three times I’m kinda over it
Because life has been so hectic, it took longer to knit. Tha...
Nature's Living Lanterns
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We enjoyed sitting on the porch in the cooler evening air last night,
discussing our day, and our plans for the upcoming week ahead.
In the darkness of t...
TODAY'S WALK
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Last night we had heavy rain and thunderstorm watches and wondered whether
we would be having the Parkinson walk this morning. Anyway, the day dawned
fi...
Friday morning thoughts
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A while ago, one of my very good friends here in Blogland asked me how my
English, which was so bad at first, improved so much. I told him that I
learn ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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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