A perfect day
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Friday began as usual with Ana arriving first thing this morning
But today after breakfast we went to visit Dianne and her granddaughters
The girls show...
Christmas music #2.
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The hills on the far side of the bay coated in thick snow. At sunrise the
light catches them and they glow first purple then salmon pink. The weather
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Couleurs de décembre à Saint-Aignan
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Dec. 2006 out in the vineyard — freezing fog at sunrise
Yesterday, Dec. 7, 2023 — sunrise from the kitchen window
Dec. 2016 — we've been havin...
Double take!
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When I saw the above, I immediately thought how strange it was for all
those leaves to fall as they had; covering each step perfectly.
When I looked m...
Some more Nature
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By way of relief from yesterday's post - random collection from Singapore.
This Golden Orb Spider (female) is about the size of my hand with outspread
fin...
Remembering my Mom and Chow Mein Noodle Cookies
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I completed decorating the house early this evening. I let husband know
that we can probably stop buying me Christmas decor as I didn't even put
out eve...
FRIDAY....
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*Well it's the end of the week.*
*And another walk day. We shall probably do the lake as it's looking
cloudy enough.*
*Then I am coming home to work o...
Ten New Puppies.
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This was our Heidi the German Shepherd/ess last Sunday week.
She very bravely welcomed 10 of her new 🐶 into the world.
There are 5 girls and 5 boys. ...
Tell us the one about………
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My grandmother was a storyteller.
She filled our childhood with a dozen or so stories, all repeated at our
request during bouts of ironing and cake making....
If the cards were dealt differently
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I try to think what I would write or say if I were somewhere else, in some
place in the world where bloggers come from. What would I write if any of
the...
Mobil
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One from when it was Spring in Reefton and this is a town I really like, if
it wasn't smack bang in the middle of nowhere I would've moved there. This
w...
Christmas Scents
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One of my favorite Christmas activities in early December, when the cold
weather has set in and thoughts are turning to decorating, are to make
dried orang...
RAUMANGA FALLS
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Yesterday's walk was to Raumanga Falls. We were very lucky as it rained
all day on Sunday (very welcome for the garden) but was fine but cloudy
yesterday ...
Heaven and hell........
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Youngest grandson
Son #1
My beautiful daughter-in-law
We drove to Texas and enjoyed Thanksgiving with the family, and it was
great! What was n...
George Frederick Russell
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It's been a while since I last posted but here I am back into it. This
photo from historical Mangungu Cemetery in Horeke belongs to George
Frederick Russ...
Ngaere Triump Cheese Factory
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I don't get to Stratford much lately but it happened to be a lovely day
this week when we passed this historic dairy on the way there. I had taken
a gre...
Taking A Break
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After several months of ill health, I guess it was inevitable that I would
eventually end up in hospital.
I am back home now, after a battery of tests...
Books 31-35
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Little Tangled Webs by Cheryl Bradshaw
What if you knew the person you loved was murdered, but no one else
believes you?
Eighteen-year-old Harper Ellis ...
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 ...
Sunday
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Sarah and Paul are spending another day at the cottage scraping old paint
off the walls and sanding down. I can't really be of much help at this
stage ...
Mincemeat and Quince
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The days are getting shorter and the trees are beginning to shed their
leaves. The quince tree has done magnificently this year. The fruit
enormous a...
I write. I create. I observe and record my life, after 40 years, in Greece. I love to create either with my handy craft, cooking or writing. Freeform always. Keep it simple, keep the interest, make it useful. I write about my garden sometimes, my grandchildren and the different culture and traditions. My New Zealand up bringing was so different from this way of life that I do truly feel like an alien at times. Greece is home but so is my kiwi 'homeland'. I am a citizen of both and an alien in both.
Now, stop it, just stop it Linda!
ReplyDeleteFrom a cool, wet and windy place in the far north .....
It's blowing a gale where we are now . But not cool or wet. Sorry 😐
Delete😎 It's alright for some. Imagine being able to go the beach everyday and the sun is always shining?
ReplyDeleteThe sun is shining that's for sure. Thank goodness it hasn't got that fierce heat it had a few weeks ago. The water is cool . But not too cool
DeleteSaronic Gulf has so much to recommend it in any season.
ReplyDeleteI love those winter sands where no foot has trodden .
DeleteBlue skies even in winter.
ReplyDeleteThere is just something about a deserted beach. Bliss
Blue skies and a still blue sea. Peaceful
DeleteIt looks so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteIn winter it is. Summer it's just noisy
DeleteEmpty beaches are my idea of heaven.
ReplyDeleteMine too !!
DeleteBeautiful beach photos.
ReplyDeleteIt's a nice Sandy beach. Not many on the island. Some are stoney
DeleteOur beach here will now be very different from a couple of weeks ago. Fur coats instead of bikinis.
ReplyDeleteIt should be warm enough for short sleeves till November here
DeleteBeautiful and serene.
ReplyDelete~Jo
The winter beaches are lovely . Summer beaches are full of life
DeleteYou're so fortunate to live so near, it's lovely feeling the sand between the toes.
ReplyDeleteAnd dip toes in the water, no matter how cold
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