Nature Friday
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Chestnut season here. On Monday I was camped in the shade of, but not
under, a spreading chestnut tree.
Horse chestnuts.
I find their brown shinyness an...
Flow
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I got to see *Flow *this afternoon. It was the first early afternoon
showing in a week, *Snow White *seeming to have taken over all available
slots and ...
Lou Sanders vs Joe Wilkinson - Naughty Taughty -
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This is what we need in blogland right now.
A bloody good laugh
*Last One Laughing *is a comedy show on Amazon I believe
I’ve not seen it fully, just relyi...
RING AROUND
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*My single job today is to ring around moving companies to get quotes for
our move. *
*It is one job we can't afford to leave off doing for much longe...
A bannister that woggles.
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They're promoting South Lanarkshire at Glasgow station. A poster by the
ticket machines tells us the place 'Has it all'. Delightful though South
Lanarks...
Caldo verde, anyone?
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This week our local SuperU is having its annual (or semi-annual?)
Portuguese days. Products imported from Portugal are featured, including
sausages, hams, ...
Ireland.
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Forget Greenland and Canada, why doesn't Tr*mp point his colonial ambitions
towards a United Ireland?
I'm sure they'd love to become the 51st US State...
Liquor free zone
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Photo taken Summer 2025
One of Greymouth's main streets with a sign that says "liquor free zone" -
many towns around the country have signs like this t...
Planting More Seed Potatoes.
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I took fellow blog readers advice and purchased some more seed potatoes.
Not the cheap ones we bought in Lidl recently. They had all been sold
sadly....
Hectic and emotional
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I’ve been running on adrenaline it seems. And I’m now in a crash
There are different reasons that are causing me to be a tad emotional
And there are worrie...
Color Comes To Town
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I know that spring is upon us, when the Redbud trees start giving out their
beautiful pink buds.
The redbud is a tree that is valued far more than its sma...
FLOWERS
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I always like to have at least one vase of flowers in the house, usually on
the dining table. Just as the vegetables we eat change with the seasons so
do ...
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...
Books 1-3
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Captured Lies by Maggie Thom
She was kidnapped not once but twice and now someone wants her dead because
of it....
Her life was a lie!
Bailey knew her ...
Charlotte Alexander
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Charlotte Harata Hone Rameka Alexander was born in 1887 at Waimate North
and passed away at Rawene on 14th October 1933, now resting at St
Catherine's Ce...
Our nights
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These are the chocolate eggs I bought today at the little store here that
has everything. I'll put every two eggs in a bag, and I hope I don't forget
the...
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...