BYE BYE LOUNGE SUITE
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*Here's hoping the builder can get the bathroom sorted out today, and we
get our shower put in. The shower won't be today though, more likely
towards...
Scruffy The Laundry Cat!
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A cat's work is never finished.
Scruffy is a Maine Coon. Which is an American breed of cat. You would
not believe much one of these cats or kittens co...
“ A Moment of silence, emotion and Wild Beauty*”
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I’m a sucker for a magic moment.
In counselling it can happen when you and your client suddenly reach an
emotional depth around an issue and you both su...
Fencing
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18th and 21st July are the dates the Sparky has finally given me to wire up
the cabin. It's been a long wait. His original guesstimate was mid-June
and ...
Turning on the heating.
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The BBC breakfast broadcast informs us that the French President will be in
London for a state visit. The French national anthem is is played at the
end ...
Seen in Touraine
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Why did the caterpillar cross the (dirt) road? Was the
bat in our belfry? No, in our wood stove.
Works of art at the Logis Royal in Loc...
Hard boiled eggs
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I'm beginning to get really frustrated. I've been having a real problem
with hard boiled eggs for our lunch salads recently. I find that the shells
re...
St Lukes Anglican Church
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This church is a tiny little one down a quiet country road in Whataroa and
was dedicated on 10th July 1919.
These stained glass windows were apparen...
Work and fun work
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Remember when I said hubby went out to find something to do?
Well he did. I had asked about the tree in the foreground. It was being
attacked by something...
ANOTHER BUSY WEEKEND
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Saturday was much as usual. Didn't go to the market but did an early
Supermarket shop. I bought both lamb mince as well as a couple of pieces
of boned la...
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...
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...
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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