I nearly wished you a happy big fat Greek Christmas yesterday but opted for discretion (unsure how the big fat bit is received by real Greeks)🤣. Good thing there are no roof leaks and everyone us sated. Now for the Leftovers....at least you don't have to face turkey meat for a week.
I resemble that picture lol. I will cross all fingers that you do not get any leaks. Boxing day was extremely hot. Lots of fires are now raging out of control. Thankfully today is much cooler.
lol I have a daughter in law who looks…..just like that (even has the extra chin). So much cooler today - and as Angela mentioned out of control fires in other parts of the state. Places that were burnt out this time last year 🙁 Anniversaries…..50yrs since Cyclone Tracy 1974 - 20yrs since the Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004
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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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 Notown - a town that was
once...
DOUBLE DIGITS
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*FIRST thing for today, it is Archer's birthday.*
*He hits DOUBLE DIGITS... the big TEN.*
*ABOVE: Archer at 12 days old...*
*HAPPY TENTH BIRTHDAY AR...
Killorglin Train Station Diaspora Lady Monument.
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An Irish emigrant with all her worldly possessions packed into cardboard
suitcases. Carved from an ancient and rotten oak tree that grew in the
grounds o...
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...
May Days
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"It was the month of May, the month when the foliage of herbs and trees is
most freshly green, when buds ripened and blossoms appear in their
fragrance ...
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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“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 have a river in my kitchen....but relaxing with a very full tummy and a glass of Christms cheer...Happy New Year...😘
ReplyDeleteOh boy! You need a drink
DeleteSo many storms!
ReplyDeleteLove that meme 😄
Isn't she gorgeous
DeleteI nearly wished you a happy big fat Greek Christmas yesterday but opted for discretion (unsure how the big fat bit is received by real Greeks)🤣. Good thing there are no roof leaks and everyone us sated. Now for the Leftovers....at least you don't have to face turkey meat for a week.
ReplyDeleteYeh, we have a week of pork instead. We are all a bit fatter I think. Hopefully the sun will come out soon and I'll get some exercise
DeleteI resemble that picture lol. I will cross all fingers that you do not get any leaks.
ReplyDeleteBoxing day was extremely hot. Lots of fires are now raging out of control. Thankfully today is much cooler.
I saw there are wild fires again. Damn.
DeleteHopefully the storm has passed with no leaks.
ReplyDeleteNo leaks at all!
Deletelol I have a daughter in law who looks…..just like that (even has the extra chin).
ReplyDeleteSo much cooler today - and as Angela mentioned out of control fires in other parts of the state. Places that were burnt out this time last year 🙁
Anniversaries…..50yrs since Cyclone Tracy 1974 - 20yrs since the Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004
We have been watching memorials for the tsunami. So many people died. Horrific
DeleteI love your chubby Mona Lisa.
ReplyDeleteIsn't she a beauty . Just the way I feel still
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