Catching up
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I’ve spent the last week catching up with everybody and everything I had
neglected while I had my mum here
Art class Saturday
Coffee catch up and nail...
The first geese heading south.
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August almost upon us. Here, after the period of endless nights, it's now
getting dark by ten and there's a decided nip in the evening air after
eight. Y...
Horses, actors, and buildings at Valençay
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We were at Valençay in July 2011 with friends from California. We watched a
historical skit being performed in the main courtyard of the château. We
admire...
Baking Repost - Belgian Biscuits
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Another recipe and some nostalgia from my 2012 Baking Blog in which I set
out to post 50 family recipes and stories that went with them.
No. 40 - Belgian ...
Veggie Mercredi.
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I am continuing to stick to my veggie-ness on Wednesdays. Like eating fish
on Fridays, it's a ritual that is worth the upkeep.
This last Wednesday I c...
Colours
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I haven't been to this place in about 7 years or so. Warkworth is just
north of Auckland and on this particular day there was a festival there but
I c...
Flower Show Prep
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9 am and I counted just three entries total for the flower show.
*Mrs Trellis *called from the kitchen wall at 10 am with her entry, neatly
written in h...
MOSAICS, AND IT'S NOT US!
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*First up, I'm off to Mosaics in Cambridge today. I will be bringing home
me ROCK today. And grouting a pot that was gifted to me by SD. *
*I'm try...
SWEETCORN
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When it is available at the Growers' Market I buy 6 - 10 corn on the cob at
a time and process them freezing the kernels in large ice cube trays. I
then f...
Normal life
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Everything is so relative. Missiles from Yemen are already less scary,
after the missiles from Iran that killed and destroyed thousands of homes
just by...
I'm already tired of summer......
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Lots of Datura plants in the Sandia foothills. Pretty but very poisonous.
As you can see there are a lot of blooms, so there's always a show when we
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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 ...
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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