BREAKING GROUND?
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*Yesterday, while at the supermarket, I couldn't help but notice something
going on opposite Woolworths, Te Rapa.*
*ABOVE: For the past few years, th...
Post Presentation Ice Cream
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Ive given two presentations today and due to the nervous energy in the air
Iso need a break. so im in Parisellas cafe on the beach and like one crazy
mad b...
Tuesday Frost and Friends
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I am meeting my friend today for our usual monthly lunch brought forward a
bit because of my birthday.
We will go to Nandos as usual firstly meeting fo...
Archaeology
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Uncovered while shifting the slash heaps - we believe this to be the
fossilized thigh bone of the rare *fidofoodus masticus.*
For publicity purposes and ...
Sounds of the country.
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Blogger having one of its super temperamental days. Formatting all over the
place. What's typed suddenly disappears. What appears isn't what's been
type...
Spring has sprung
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On Saturday, our part-time neighbors who live in Blois came down here to
mow the grass at their country house across the street from us. In other
words, s...
Interior Design Masters
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If you have watched 'Interior Design Masters' on BBC TV, you will have seen
my near-neighbour Michelle doing some judging.
I now hear that she has been ...
A Walk In The Woods
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Now is the time of the illuminated woods.......
when every leaf glows like a tiny lamp.
~ John Burroughs
Oak tress come out of acorns, no matter ...
Family time
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So last week we had my parents visiting from Northland - we haven't seen
them since my son's wedding last November when we were in Auckland so we
spen...
WHAT A DAY
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Very dark this morning at 6 a.m. and we both turned over and didn't wake
again till 7 a.m. so a bit later than usual at the Growers' Market. First
stop ...
End of the week
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Today Ana was telling me all about her daddy and how he was sick at home.
she did seem concerned about her dad. I told her he will get better with
rest a...
Baking and flowers and baking......
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Our Philoptokos chapter bakes koulouria, and dyes eggs for sale before
Pascha. Last Saturday we baked 720 (or so) koulouria ~ we sell those by
the doz...
New morning
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I really love the writer Natalia Ginzburg, born in Palermo in 1916, died
in 1991. I have read every book of hers that has been translated into
Hebrew.
...
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...
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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