Workshopping and catch up and The Friend
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Following the introduction to the lovely man who is able to fix my septic
tank mini sewage system my life has taken on that joy of a return to
enjoying l...
Fleurs jaunes autour du vignoble
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I'm in a little bit of a holding pattern as far as this blog is concerned.
I've come up with a sort of plan for getting the green house emptied out ...
Shorts.
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I have to admit that I do love wearing shorts. However, with my
pasty-looking over-wintered legs, I shall resist until I arrive in France
this Summer. T...
Bees
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I’ve been in college today, only two more official weeks to go and that’s
it!
I got home around 3.30 and was faced with the oddest thing
30 or so honey be...
LAST DAY OF APRIL
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*Today is brought to you by two sassy cats.*
*Lacy will get the joke.*
*Moving on...*
*It is the LAST day of April! Tomorrow we are into MOVING MONT...
Pleasant Growing Days.
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It's the darling buds of May in April this week. The veg plots and
gardens are loving it:
The new veg plot extension where the lawn was.
On the right...
Third times the charm
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Well I hope it is anyway.
For some idiotic reason, when separating
The body and sleeves I looked at the directions
And seeing CO I cast off the number so ...
Cobden Lagoon Walk
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On Sunday we enjoyed a balmy Autumn day so we took Bug (my daughter's dog)
out for a big walk to one of the local beaches in Greymouth - this nature
w...
A REASONABLY FINE WALK
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According to this morning's paper there was 126 mm of rain in the 24 hours
to 2 p.m. yesterday so no wonder our lawn was under water.
There was a heavy down...
Piling and Lemon 'Trees'
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All cemented in. Just need to cut them all to level height.
Baby lemon trees $7 each. Bigger plants were $45 so frugal me is prepared
to grow them on. ...
At sea
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Until recently the weather has been good and the seas largely calm. Last
night we discovered that our cabin at the back of the boat with its bizarre
arra...
Returning
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Incredible blue skies and sunshine today. Lots of the stuff, it surely
feels like we are slap in the midst of summer with this 78 degree heat.
Flowers ar...
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...
Friday
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You can now tell 3 minutes before the alarm that a missile has been
launched from Yemen. The army activated a new app and it did work for me
this mornin...
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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*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...