HUMP DAY
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*I checked my lists... and there is like, NOTHING I need to do today.*
*Which means I have nothing to do. *
*No plans whatsoever. Totally bored.*
*I ...
The Class of 25
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We are meeting up for drinks in a couple of weeks so I mooched off early as
I hate goodbyes
It’s almost four years to the day since I planted my laburn...
Gulls: 1, Council bin department : 0
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Some cloud and a slight sea mist this morning. The forecast is for this to
burn off and be replaced by yet another sunny day .
To deal with the litter sc...
A leak and a lunch
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The day before yesterday it rained steadily from about 9 a.m. until nearly
6 p.m. The downspout on one corner of our house, near the front door, is
evident...
The Sunday Times.
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We always buy The Sunday Times, but I really think it's about time we
stopped.
This last Sunday it contained FIVE FULL PAGES of adverts. TWO for Rolex ...
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...
Winter is coming, Maybe
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The nights and mornings have been quite chilly.
As my home is made using besser bricks, I do know they’re known by another
name in the USA but I can’t rem...
Tightwad Fish Supper Treat.
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Half a 🐟 and a bag of chips 🍟.
It could be the name of a Prog Rock band 🎶 ✨️. 🤔
I treated J and me, myself and I to a slap up chippy tea on Frida...
MONDAY
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We had a lovely walk around the Loop. At one stage we could hear a haka
being performed and then realised it was on a catamaran coming towards us
with ...
Burwood War Memorial
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I do like taking photos of war memorials throughout New Zealand on our
travels. This one is in Burwood, Christchurch and it says "In memory of the
Bur...
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 ...
Biblical
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Yesterday I got a second load of timber and frames for my cabin.
The metal frames are actually a false deck for the trailer - supposedly to
make it easi...
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...
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...
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...
I wish you the same, Linda. Here, despite everything, the weather is wonderful and the sun is shining.
ReplyDeleteHave a great Christmas Linda.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful Greek Christmas.
ReplyDeleteWishing you all a very merry Christmas. Enjoy spending time with the ones you love
ReplyDeleteThank you. Being on a dream island, I'm sure your Christmas was perfect.
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