A Glorious Fuck Up
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We are here
But only after a traumatic saga with non forthcoming boarding passes, wrong
information , a stressful time with security which allowed me t...
WEDNESDAY - LET'S BE HAPPY
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*I have decided to be happy today.*
*Nothing that's going on 'in the background' can be changed by my mood, so
let's have a good day.*
*The first thing I'...
Colour
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Just a splash of colour, in sunshine, to remind us there are simple good
things in life.
I have been working on assembling the spouting/guttering. No s...
In the red...
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...for heat. Here is today's *vigilance* map posted by MétéoFrance, the
French national weather service. Actually, the map looks exactly the same
for tomor...
Back yards.
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We're into the second half of the year. Where did the time go ? March,
April and May seem to have been fused into the span of a long weekend. The
worlds ...
A Grand Day.
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It's Monday morning. We were short of a few things after the weekend, and
we have people coming for a swim later today (Tuesday). We needed to go
shoppi...
FINISHED DRIVE
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It is now eight days since the concreters finished and we are able to use
on the drive. Our Toyota Spade has been living next door while the work
has be...
Clearing
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I’ve spent a considerable time in my craft room over the last few days
I went looking for my compression gloves, nope didn’t find them,
But I did find a b...
For the babies
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Seen in a Tauranga cemetery about 10 years ago. It reads: For all our
babies, briefly known, forever loved.
Beautiful.
Linking up with Through my le...
Simple Pleasures
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Strawberry season has arrived here in Middle Tennessee.
Handpick your own, or buy by the basketful.
Add a dollop of vanilla ice-cream and indulge in a sum...
Another day
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In recent days, we have been 30 adults in the neighborhood shelter and 15
children, the oldest of whom is 8 years old and the youngest is a
one-month-ol...
Athens.....
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Before I get to all the Athens photos, I wanted to show y'all this "Minute
Suite". I had a 5 hour layover in Dallas, so I booked one of these. All
it...
June 15, 2025
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Yes, I'm still here. Happy Father's Day to all the great dads out there. We
celebrated last weekend because that was when both "kids" were available.
We ...
It sucks getting old
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I have spent the largest portion of my life healthy and unconcerned about
any problems related to my health. At 73, I thought I was doing quite well,
bu...
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 ...
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...