Catherine
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This is a photo of my late grandmother on my mother's side. Catherine Janet
de Silva (nee Dunlop) born 1916 was 3/4 Scottish and 1/4 Irish. I have many ...
SUNDAY IN AUSTRALIA
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*I'm happy to report I slept like a log last night.*
*The road outside is really busy, but that didn't seem to bother me at all.*
*I think I must have...
Trelawnyd Flower & Produce Show 2025
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Chic Eleanor ( left)
Actor and pianist Philip Hughes opening the show wonderfully
Pauline chuffed at her Flower Cup
This guy entered the veg...
Old Worlde Tools At The Carboot Sale.
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Farm and turf cutting tools from yester year.
I always look at what tools are for sale at the carboot sales.
I immediately recognised the potato 🥔 for...
The surprise visit.
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The sound of a klaxon has us scurrying into the garden to see what's going
on. A hundred yards offshore a large naval vessel is storming into the
bay. W...
More animals at Valençay
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One of the things I enjoy about living in the Loire Valley is the
opportunity to get so close
to beautiful animals, whether wild or domesticated. Photos fro...
Hunting in August?
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You can imagine my surprise when, yesterday morning, I left the house to
find three hunters amongst the Sunflowers, about 20 yards from my front
door.
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Ennui
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F tells me I should learn to knit. Bah humbug.
On Tuesday it rained all day and I spent most of it wrapped in my gold
blanket - like a big pasty (I like...
August Days
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" The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the
live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in
its...
August 1, 2025 (gardens and a birding app)
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It's a new month and lots has been accomplished. I also have a free app
that I'm enjoying right now, and if you are a bird lover/enthusiast, you
will lo...
Ana day
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Ana was very helpful today. Helping grandma choose colours. I got stories
with each one she took out to look at.
I even was informed about the colours ne...
ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER
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A few weeks ago Doug suggested that we could do with a few of our kitchen
cupboard doors replaced. We looked up various companies and Kamo Kitchens
cam...
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...
I'm already tired of summer......
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Lots of Datura plants in the Sandia foothills. Pretty but very poisonous.
As you can see there are a lot of blooms, so there's always a show when we
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Books 4-8
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Double Agent by Jack Mars
At the outset of the Cold War, in the ruins of postwar Europe, rookie CIA
Agent Tyler Wolf must navigate a precarious partners...
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...
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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