So how was the party?
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The day before yesterday we went to our neighbor M's 90th birthday party.
She has seven children and innumerable grandchildren, as well as many
friends and...
Welcome to September.
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Welcome to September. There's a wonderful sunrise but the air is decidedly
nippy this morning. We discuss putting the heating on but decide to tough
it o...
How time flies.
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It only seems like yesterday when we were opening-up the pool, and looking
forward to a Summer of swimming.
The weather forecast for the next week isn'...
DOCTOR VISIT
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*I got a text message from the Doctor's office on Saturday morning. It was
informing me that my Hba1c was HIGH, and to make an appointment to see my...
Potting On The Newly Rooted Plants.
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I potted on all these new plants that I divided and took cuttings of a few
weeks ago.
My neighbour down the road had his drive rechipped and tarred. ...
Time
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The latest from the lisping choir
I think it’s their most beautiful piece and that note at the end,sublime
Affable Despot Jason has volunteered to join i...
Round-Up
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You probably guessed my posts this week were dragged out of drafts and only
the pollen one was edited and enhanced with better photos when we got
another m...
Trike
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These 2 guys come into my work regularly. The one on the left owns this
trike, apparently it cost him thousands of dollars to put it together.
Linking...
At last.......Crete....Part 1
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It's the color of the sea.......so uniquely beautiful.
Brief history of Chania ~
Minoan civilization: 2700-1450 BCE
Fell under Roman control: 69 BCE...
A lovely day
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Ana arrived around eight this morning to have her grandma day
I found some wooden animals and stick puppets
she had fun colouring them in
she made a ...
'Til They're Clean And Sparkling
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Starting off the day with incredible blue skies and low humidity, as rare
as hen's teeth in these Southern parts of the United States.
The Mr. takes on...
The Boys
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We have had deer on our street for many many years but I don't remember
ever seeing two bucks together. Usually just one with his ladies. No
ladies toda...
KAMO BUTCHER AND PEA AND HAM SOUP
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Yesterday we went to Omak Butchers in Kamo as I wanted to buy one of their
bacon hocks to make soup. They are so much nicer than the supermarket
ones. ...
Cancer update
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I was back to the doctor this week about my cancer spot. He cut out what
he could see and now I have some big, black stitches sticking out of my
head be...
Aug. 10, 2025
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In all this heat, I’m still working on perennial/ shrub beds. This will be
a quick post, but for those of you who do your own gardening and end up ...
Normal life
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Everything is so relative. Missiles from Yemen are already less scary,
after the missiles from Iran that killed and destroyed thousands of homes
just by...
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 ...
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...
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...