Saturday mornings.
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Without question, my favourite bit of the week is always Saturday morning.
I take Billy out at about 7.20 am. On Saturdays it's always quiet, and we
u...
We Are All Getting Older
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I now have a strange etherial shadow dominating the sight in my right eye.
It’s a misty ghost
An apparition
A sea mist on a Christmas morning
And some...
Curtains
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Browsing the Blenheim ReUse shop (as I do every time I go to town in the
hope I will score a suitable shower tray/base for our cabin ensuite) I did
score t...
YEAH, OFF TO GET PAINT I SUPPOSE
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*I sold the little fridge/freezer last night, and the bloke is coming
around this morning to pick it up. Yaaa... that was fast.*
*Lacy is going to vi...
Clocktower Sunset
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On the way home from work (I finish at 8pm) last week I stopped to take
some photos of the sunset and walked up the steps to the lookout next to
the t...
Confused
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I don’t know what’s happening in your part of our world. But here in
Melbourne, Australia the weather gods are very confused
We have had steady rain ...
Snowflakes Falling
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Our gentle Autumn days have quickly turned to Winter.
A cold wind blows and snowflakes are falling.
Geraniums are still in full bloom, and transported...
Today, brought to you by Autumn ~ thank you!...
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It hasn't been a particularly busy day. I had to remove another plant from
the garden ~ I have the basil leaves in the dehydrator, which I plan to
c...
Norway bound.
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Later this morning we set off to the airport. Tomorrow we join our boat for
a leisurely six day, thousand mile, journey to the North of Norway. This
wil...
It's all in the details.
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I don't usually pay attention to the writing on cleaning products,
but this one sat at eye level in the toilet and caught my attention.
A bit of the Atl...
Trick or Treat!
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This little panda came to visit this morning!
It was a great night for the trick or treaters. 8C and no wind so no need
for snow suites underneath costu...
Quince, Life, and Puppy Dog Tales
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The season of mellow mists inevitably means that I suddenly have a deep
desire to store food in the form of jams, pickles and syrups. It also
means that...
A Month's Recycling.
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A car full of dog food cans, packaging and glass bottles.
Number 2 son visited down here in his new to him 7 seater car and suggested
I might want to ...
Yom Kippur
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The coverage of the murder of Jews in the synagogue in Manchester today,
on Yom Kippur on Sky News is a bit surprising to me.
They've been talking about...
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 ...
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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