It was a good day, it was a long day Everything has been cleaned up and now it's time to relax a little. You'll hear all about it very soon, of course Cheers Big Ears
Clarification
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My favourite picture of Finlay leading Meg, and little George on the beach
in 2006
Yesterday’s “ Finlay” post wasn’t just about the grief for a dog as m...
Helping
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A scene in Greymouth.
The lady in the middle was using a walker and the 2 on either side of her
were keeping an eye on her, nice to see people helping ...
TAMAHERE IN MARCH
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*Well it's about 5.45 in the morning, and we are up and getting ourselves
ready to leave for Tamahere Market.*
*It is looking to be lovely weather tod...
"It's In Your Dna Dave".
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I was doing some work for an Irish man who owns an holiday home near me
the other day. Filling pot holes in his road and fixing fencing.
We talked a my...
Feeling Happy
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I wrote this post last night and didn't publish it. So it is about what I
did on Thursday, not Friday.
Blogs can have a habit of spoiling bursts of h...
A rush on wine
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An evening lecture on the size of the universe. To give us a feel for the
size of the heavens the lecturer ( a leading astronomer ) informs us that
for e...
Craft day
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Grandma found the special scissors she had purchased for cutting and
pasting
This is what happens when you clean
We raided the colour paper stash and g...
Early spring flowers
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Yesterday I went out early with the dog for our morning walk. It was cold
and very wet out there. These are some photos I took in our yard and in the
neigh...
Season of Mists
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and mellow fruitfulness.
Do I look good in Autumn colours?
Our walk to Argyle Park earlier this week was made in the muffled
environment of thick fog....
Hooligan Grannies.
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These two smug-looking OAP vandals, Diane Bligh 77 and Alyson Lee 66, are
responsible for spraying paint over Charles Darwin's grave in Westminster
Abbe...
Makahu/Strathmore tunnel
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A pack track was all that originally joined Strathmore and Makahu, a
community that was settled in 1896. By 1902, a dray road was completed to
replac...
Spring Forward
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This coming Sunday at 2 am our annual clock fiddling takes place once again.
An hour forward to Daylight Savings Time, payback for ...
It's never ever going to end.......
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Zoe-Zoe (which is what I call her most of the time), disgusted with the
orange buffoon, decides to take a nap. And hopefully dream of chasing
bunnies.
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FRONT GARDEN.
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It must be a couple of years since Doug cleared out the invasive
Alstroemeria from the back of the front garden. Since then we have been
moving plants aro...
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...
Books 1-3
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Captured Lies by Maggie Thom
She was kidnapped not once but twice and now someone wants her dead because
of it....
Her life was a lie!
Bailey knew her ...
Charlotte Alexander
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Charlotte Harata Hone Rameka Alexander was born in 1887 at Waimate North
and passed away at Rawene on 14th October 1933, now resting at St
Catherine's Ce...
Our nights
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These are the chocolate eggs I bought today at the little store here that
has everything. I'll put every two eggs in a bag, and I hope I don't forget
the...
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...
Looks good enough to eat :)
ReplyDeleteWasn't long before we were eating....tidbits were cut off as they cooked!
DeleteI figured you had had a bigggg day!!!!!
ReplyDeleteRest! :-) Tell us about it, after rest.
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Wednesday is May Day, another holiday. Then it will be back to normal and the final clean up
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