Freedom guys. Lets get OUTTA here! Open up those coffee shops, get that gyro turning, break out the ouzo, put on the music...... and grab those chickens, we gonna have a BBQ
My daughters find all this stuff and send it on. Thank goodness for viber and whatsap. I thought it most amusing. I am sure the greeks will be just like that, appearing out of every doorway into the light and back into society....
With the lslands only allowing locals. It must be much easier to keep the virus out. Here’s hoping the worst is behind you I fear it’s still to come here for us
The problem is the athenians who came in just before the ban and are out and about as though nothing is happening. Like our next door neighbours. They are forbidden to come anywhere near our gate!
Horses hit
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F took me riding in the van twice this week.
Exciting.
Not exciting.
That's a yawn... (and that isn't a bullet hole. Let's call it Birds Hit)
I did get ...
Help
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On the way to work last night, my phone screamed out the emergency text
message .
It’s a creepy sound.
Foreboding,
I was driving so couldn’t look at the ...
Lobster fishermen and a remarkable howl.
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Here in the UK a Cambridge Professor, who 'amplified' his CV, has taken his
life. There's something rather tragic and unedifying in the public hounding
o...
Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.
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OK, this picture might be a rose-tinted vision of an England in earlier
times, but it's very much how I remember my native Surrey village of
Lingfield,...
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 ...
TAMAHERE IN AUGUST
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*Here we go again... another market in iffy weather.*
*At least we do know that at Tamahere the people still come, rain or shine.*
*I'm hoping to get a...
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...
Progress and practice
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I laid out all the squares this morning to see if I had made enough
Turns out I had made too many
So now I need to make a few more to finish the extr...
Late Summer Days
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August days are waning.
Schoolchildren return to classes, and the days are now eerily quiet.
County fairs are in full swing, fun, food and frolic.
Summer d...
Burned by the sun
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Look at what our current heat wave is doing to our long, tall, wide hedge.
This is our back yard and it gets full sun in the afternoon. The leaves on
th...
Centerpieces
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I thought I would share something that I thought was absolutely stunning
and added so much to the ambiance of my daughter’s wedding.
If you know any ...
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...
NZ's sad attitude toward Trump
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The Broadcasting Standards Authority said in a statement that it upheld
three complaints about a story broadcast on* 1 News *on 13 September 2025.
In th...
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...
🤣🤣🤣 Thank you for the laugh today. I needed it x
ReplyDeleteMy daughters find all this stuff and send it on. Thank goodness for viber and whatsap.
DeleteI thought it most amusing. I am sure the greeks will be just like that, appearing out of every doorway into the light and back into society....
My latest post....
ReplyDeleteGentle hugs,
Stay safe,
🌱 🌷 🌱
All the best. Keep cool
DeleteGreat video Linda. Give yourselves small treats like a nice bottle of wine.
ReplyDeleteHow did you know?? Cheers Big Ears
Delete"It's what you knows. Big Nose!"😊
ReplyDeleteThank you - it was great to start the day with a giggle :)
ReplyDeleteWe all need a laugh!!
DeleteThanks Linda this is the funniest thing I have seen today
ReplyDeleteGlad to oblige!!!
DeleteI've seen that before, it's funny as.
ReplyDeleteDon't know where the kids find these things. Some are very funny!
DeleteHad they spotted a FOX? Great video.
ReplyDeleteThat or all heard the dinner bell
DeleteWith the lslands only allowing locals. It must be much easier to keep the virus out.
ReplyDeleteHere’s hoping the worst is behind you
I fear it’s still to come here for us
The problem is the athenians who came in just before the ban and are out and about as though nothing is happening. Like our next door neighbours. They are forbidden to come anywhere near our gate!
DeleteWow, that's a lot of chickens, and look at that! they still have their heads, Lol.
ReplyDeleteThey had better take cover when this panic is over!
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