The Dressing Room
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The new Football season has started, and when I last looked, Brighton were
temporarily TOP of the Premier League. I believe Manchester have now
overtake...
Bitter Christmas
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*Bitter Christmas is *a film within a film and it is *Pedro Almodóvar’s *most
personal film to date. An overly complicated, slightly vague and
beautifull...
NOT REALLY GREY
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*The runner I made yesterday was SUPPOSED to be GREY.*
*ABOVE: But as you can see, it is more black and white than grey. Yes,
there are grey fabrics ...
A noble sentiment.
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Who would ever have thought that Lake Ontario would feature prominently in
the BBC's morning radio broadcast ? I check to make sure it's not April 1st.
P...
Visit
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We are on a brief visit to Ashburton - to find some kitchen cupboard
'furniture' (fancy sliding basket things we want to reuse).
That meant moving dozen...
Catch up
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I’ve been catching up with you all, and I hope to not let it get so long
before I check out your blogs again
But you know. Life happens
After the bus...
Aug 24, 2026 - Muffins
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For the love of God, no more zucchinis! I have 2 on my countertop, 3 in
the other fridge, and one and a half in the kitchen fridge. I just grated
one an...
Status
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It was three weeks ago when I fell as I was going upstairs to the loft and
injured myself. I'm healing but still sporting various types of bandages.
It's...
it's time to go
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I have had a lot of fun letting you know how I feel about my new home of
New Zealand. I hope you have enjoyed my journey, too.
My health is not the best...
Cooler temp's at last......
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At last, my marigolds are blooming along with zinnias. I'm still waiting
on my 4 o'clocks, but I'm thinking perhaps in another week or two.
My garden ...
BRIGHTON
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In our local paper this morning was this photo of Falmer pond. It said it
was in Sussex so I did a google search to see where Falmer is as I was
brought u...
Multi Tasking
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There was a storm this afternoon - thunder, lightening, very, very
frightening. Unable to get outside to do any gardening I decided to use
the time to d...
Our simple life
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"I can't believe that just yesterday we were sitting in shelters again,
and here we are now as if nothing had happened, going on that shopping trip
you ...
Books 1-7
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Bloody River Blues by Jeffery Deaver
Well, that wasn't a good start to the year! I read 125 pages (which was
more than a third of the book) and I just c...
Xmas decorations
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Greymouth has 3 main streets in town. On the way home from work at night
I've been stopping to take photos of some of the shop window decorations.
It'...
A Birthday Present.
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I reached the grand old age of 62 last Friday. Like that great English
folk singer Sandy Denny once sang:
"Who knows where the time goes?"
I received ...
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...
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...
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...
That should keep them all fit.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly expends a lot of energy!
DeleteYeah....it worked. Everyone looks like their having fun.
ReplyDeleteFinally, I think I've got it! Where was my grandson when I needed him!
DeleteI think I spotted Zorba in amongst them!
ReplyDeleteHe was leaping away like a Billy goat!
DeleteAnother string to your bow LA. Look forward to more videos of your island.
ReplyDeleteNow I've got this video thing you'll be getting a lot more! I'll make them longer next time
DeleteI am waiting for more.
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