They all overload scooters here but there really is a lot of traffic now and most of the drivers are city slickers and don't where they're going. Not a good combo
SUNDAY. MORE JOBS
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*Seeing as we got the 'big' job finished yesterday, today we just have
small, odd jobs to get done.*
*ABOVE: The three Keter Sheds in place. We also got...
Summer Days
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The summer heat has kicked in.
Hot and humid days, and evenings most often filled with a thunderstorm or
two, cooling the night air.
Parents have begun s...
Quick - before it rains again
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Rain stopped during the night. The forecast says rain again Monday (all the
way through to and including next Saturday). Yesterday, suffering cabin
fever...
Chock-a-block.
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A not so good dinner. We were going to eat in the hotel but at the last
minute decide to try a place that's had 'rave' reviews. This was a mistake
and th...
Two photos of the Château de Saint-Aignan
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Above, a view of the church and the château at Saint-Aignan in the
Loir-et-Cher. I took the photo in July 2004, about a year after we came to
live here. O...
Single Mom DEMANDS Disabled Spot
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We've all come across people like this, or have heard about their
existence, but this one has to win FIRST PRIZE. I actually think she was
being serious.
...
You Couldn’t Make It Up
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The mass of staff and trucks trying to sort out our new plane
Our *Iberian *jet never left Madrid
We sat on it for a bloody age until an engineer was cal...
ANZ
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One of the banks in Greymouth - ANZ meaning Australia New Zealand, quite
popular but not mine. Photo taken along Mackay Street on a weekday morning
wh...
A Posh Thistle Perennial Growing In The Veg Plot.
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I sowed Globe Artichoke seeds last year and I got florets in the first
year.
They are perennials and now more artichokes have appeared:
A posh Thistle...
Full house
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Ana arrived early when it’s was still very cold and dark.
She knows grandma will not only have the fire going, she will also have the
central heating on a...
CRAZY PAVING
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Doug thought that the old drive would be broken up for removal but, when
he noticed that they were cutting it into squares he asked them to leave
some. ...
Mykonos....
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If I had a dollar (or a euro) for each church we saw on our travels through
Greece, I may have been able to cover half of the cost of the entire trip!
T...
It's July!
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It is now the second day of July and we've had some lovely hot days as
well as some big rains. This year I planted my vegetable garden in rows,
instead ...
Another day
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In recent days, we have been 30 adults in the neighborhood shelter and 15
children, the oldest of whom is 8 years old and the youngest is a
one-month-ol...
It sucks getting old
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I have spent the largest portion of my life healthy and unconcerned about
any problems related to my health. At 73, I thought I was doing quite well,
bu...
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...
He looks a very resourceful man. Reminds me of me when I use to ride my bike back from my allotment overloaded with shopping bags full of vegetables.
ReplyDeleteRiding with one hand in mid august traffic is not wise. But it happens all the the time.
DeleteWasn't Evel Knievel was it?
ReplyDeleteHis brother 'Stupie'!
DeleteNo helmet, and a loaded scooter. Hopefully, he makes it to his destination with no interference.
ReplyDeleteThey all overload scooters here but there really is a lot of traffic now and most of the drivers are city slickers and don't where they're going. Not a good combo
DeleteHe's not part Korean is he? They do nutty loads like that on small motorbikes.
ReplyDeleteThis one is from one of those countries up on the northern border. But they all overload here. Just wish I could get some decent photos of them
DeleteSafety. Who needs safety lol
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it never entered his head that he might be an accident in the making
DeleteIf he'd been in India he'd have managed another 20.
ReplyDeleteYou're right. I've seen those incredible photos
ReplyDeleteNot a good idea, but not as bad as you see in Vietnam and Cambodia!
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