What a lovely holiday! During our annual Greek Festival I bought a painting of a Greek island, complete with water, boats (the visually pretty sailboat kind), lots of flowers and color. It looks smashing above my sofa.
Our Deputy Prime Minister.
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Angela Rayner is the UK's Deputy Prime Minister. No, she really is!
She doesn't have any of the classic attributes of a senior British
politician, in fa...
The Cotentin's west coast
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In January of 1992, Walt and I flew to Paris from San Francisco. He, along
with one of his professors, was sent there by the University of California
at Be...
Christmas crafts
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Christmas crafting begins.
I’m going to try and make gifts for those that appreciate it.
Some people think your being cheap by giving them something
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NO NEWS
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*I didn't sleep well last night, even though I went to bed exhausted.*
*My mind kept going around and around in circles, wondering if we will get
an o...
Charging
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We are away in Auckland this week and will be back in 3 days so I will
leave you with this photo I took outside my work a few weeks ago of a car
at on...
Breakfast
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Wednesday
My supervision day followed by my personal counselling
I met *Chic Eleanor * for breakfast
I haven’t seen her since she moved from the village
*“My...
A poor mans Oscars ceremony.
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6 months late but the new car is finally here. The colour is better than
we'd feared.
The garage has one of those 'unveiling' ceremonies. These are al...
Keeping Busy
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It was great to go away for a few days, and good to be home again - even
though it meant facing a lot of cleaning up.
Most of the painting was finished whil...
Thankful
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Thanksgiving is just around the corner.
We have many blessings to be thankful for this year.
Children, Grandchildren, great-grandchildren , relatives and ...
The Answer
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The answer to the problems for Labour is to cull OAPs as soon as they
reach the pensionable age. This can have an exclusion zone of public
sectors work...
Egg Beater
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World's best manual egg beater. These were apparently designed and
manufactured in New Zealand.
I'm not at all parochial.🤣
Acquired many years ago, ...
CHRISTMAS CARD
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We received our first Christmas card of the season today. It was from a
cousin in Toronto but I see it was made in England. Isn't it lovely.
Mangawhai Wharf
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Mangawhai Wharf about 1927 showing the shed where incoming and outgoing
goods were checked - Mangawhai Museum.
In 1880 finance was made available for a w...
Cheap sunglasses..........
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I love sunglasses. I've had many pairs..some expensive, some not cheap nor
expensive, and the pair I have on in the photo, which I probably spent 10
bu...
Where despair is more comfortable
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There is an Israeli song whose lyrics are like this - Hello, I'm leaving
for London, where despair is more comfortable.
It was written many years ago, i...
Beginning of November- goodbye pumpkin
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I’m someone who likes to put holidays away as soon as they are over, or as
soon as possible. I had no Hallowe’en decorations up because we weren’t
hom...
Briscoes is having a sale!
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Ever since I moved to New Zealand, the huge home furnishings chain-store,
'Briscoes' has been having a sale just about every week, especially on
nationa...
This and that
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Looked out of the window, very early in the morning a couple of weeks ago
and there was a hot air balloon floating by the house. We used to see lots
of ...
Japandi Bedroom Makeover
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“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 ...
I can think of some words....
ReplyDeleteI. Am. Envious.
Best time of the year to come!
DeleteP is for Paradise... Smashing photos Linda.
ReplyDeleteMy family think it's Paradise but too darn far away
DeleteWhat a fabulous holiday. Family makes it.
ReplyDeleteFamily. Exactly. Best of times
DeleteLovely! Enjoy! - Jenn
ReplyDeleteNot too hot, not too crowded. Perfect
DeleteBlue skies. Blue seas. Good food. All the makings for a great holiday.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy! :)
My family think so
DeleteIdyllic.
ReplyDeleteSure is
DeleteThat table of food made me extremely envious.
ReplyDeleteLots of seafood. Very Mediterranean
DeleteI almost booked a flight!
DeleteWhat a lovely holiday! During our annual Greek Festival I bought a painting of a Greek island, complete with water, boats (the visually pretty sailboat kind), lots of flowers and color. It looks smashing above my sofa.
ReplyDeleteYou're more than half Greek! Those Greek ladies have given you all the tradition, culture lessons you need
DeleteOne word... stunning :)
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning pics.
ReplyDeletePerfect holiday
Looks like a wonderful holiday destination, so good to have family time.
ReplyDeleteOne word-Heaven!!!
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