Thank You
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Thank you everyone who commented on Scully and the Bulldog (W).
Interestingly I never take Scully onto next door. She goes there with her
owner (T) when T...
MORE OF THE SAME TODAY
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*The weather is a bit iffy today, which is a bugger as we are helping the
kids move all of the bigger items from their current home, to their new
home...
Journey
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The local railway station is usually very busy. Every day it rocks in to
drop off and pick up passengers for the Tranz Alpine from Greymouth to
Christ...
Autumn Is Calling
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Despite sultry August days, subtle signs of changing seasons are all around.
Summer days are noticeably shorter. There is a cooler rush to the evening
air...
A Thought
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I’ve heard death explained in many ways.
Some fearful, many hopeful
But I’ve never quite heard it explained thus
I hope death feels like…….
Being picked up...
Dearth
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Should we turn the heating on or not ? This morning we decide we can do
without it for a few more days . It's a close run thing. Tomorrow, the same
quest...
Missing Annie
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Ana and her family all went out to spend the day together
im sure they will all have fun
but
this left me to my own devices
we had a bit of mis- co...
Minimal post today
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Here's one photo for today. I took it at Fougères-sur-Bièvre a while ago.
I'm not doing a full blog post today because I'm going this morning to get
my kne...
September
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So, here we are; it's September already, and that means just one thing for
us; we leave our little home (above) and return to Blighty.
It's been a great...
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. ...
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...
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...
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