SUNDAY - MORE PACKING
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*Right, today I'm going to finish emptying the kitchen cupboards. I'm
going to put up a trestle in the dining area, and put everything on it that
we ...
Hooray
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We have finally had some good rain.
The ground quickly soaked it all up because it was that dry
I hope we get even more rain. We really need it
After a...
Leo
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Leo will be arriving soon, I’m waiting for his train to arrive .
I wrote this about him six year ago it’s worth a revisit
“ it’s my nephew Leo's birthda...
Beat the Rain - just.
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Photos loaded in reverse order. We aren't dismantling it again.
Supervisor guarding the outdoor kitchen
Iron is a bit short over the verandah. I can ge...
Favorite walks
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Above are two photos of our neighbors' huge yard. They live in Blois (25
miles north) and only come down here a few times a year — less than once a
month....
Numbers.
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We have to look up '8647' to see what all the fuss is about. Do you know
what it means ?
'Ah ! The romance of Scotland ' says 'The Font' flinging wide...
Veggie Wednesday.
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We always eat 'veggie' at least once or twice a week, but I had abandoned
my strict adherence to 'Veggie Wednesday'. But like Fish on Fridays, it is
a r...
Sugar
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Photo taken at one of my favourite cafes in town. I meet up with friends
usually on Wednesdays every 2 to 3 weeks to catch up with them. This is a
pop...
Heavy Jazz.
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I found a new version of 'Paranoid' by a band called Jazz Sabbath.
The pianist is Adam Wakeman (son of Rick who I saw play keyboards with his
dad) and t...
Friday morning thoughts
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A while ago, one of my very good friends here in Blogland asked me how my
English, which was so bad at first, improved so much. I told him that I
learn ...
ONE WEEK ON
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Yes, it is a week since Doug had his accident. He had his third nurse
appointment today, a different nurse this time and she was very thorough.
He has ...
Time Marches On
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We've been blessed with glorious weather these past few days, sunshine and
low-humidity, the two together, are rare as hen's teeth in these southern
part...
jailhouse accommodations
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Our last night in Christchurch in 2016 was spent in the Jailhouse
Accommodations at the locally converted jail. Click here for their website.
Being a b...
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 ...
Blessed Pascha ~ Happy Easter!
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Our kouvouklion this year. We had to do it after one service and hurry up
to finish before the next one began. We were vacuuming and sweeping as
peop...
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...
Sunday, February 23,2025
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Here are some pictures taken today. I finally got out for a much needed
walk around the little village. There are now vertical snow walls sliced
o...
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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