Let the wayward bloom.
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The morning radio broadcast leading with the fact that the UK has an
important visitor arriving tonight. Neither Gaza nor Ukraine make it into
the news s...
Product review
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scrolling through Facebook, you get bombarded with lots of advertising
occasionally I fall for it.
mostly the things I buy I was thinking about anyway....
Left to Rot.
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Once upon a time there was a nasty landlord who reigned over a huge
portfolio of local properties, many of which were taken in exchange for
unpaid inter...
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars (Glastonbury 2025)
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One of my patients played this song today as I was completing a nursing
task at work
Like all songs that evoke memories,
I was suddenly transported to 20...
Grace Brothers
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We have 2 new chickens, both black ladies. If any of you are familiar with
British comedy tv shows you will recognize the names we have given them.
Th...
WALK, THEN SEWING
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*First up for today is a walk for me. Probably just around the village, as
my fitness is shot right now. *
*When I get home it will be time to actua...
Purple
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Even though the daybreak temperatures here at present engender purple
knees, I have made the seasonal switch to wearing shorts. It saves
changing clothe...
CELEBRATIONS
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On Doug's actual birthday we planned to stay home but our neighbour across
the road didn't feel able to come over due to mobility problems so we took
th...
Better... much better
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I am so much better this morning than I was just yesterday morning. *Les
jours se suivent et s'améliorent*. I'm tempted to try to process and post
some pho...
Books 13-19
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Tribute by Nora Roberts
Cilla McGowan, a former child star, has found a more satisfying life
restoring homes. So she comes to Virginia’s Shenandoah Val...
The Dog Days Of Summer
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*Dog Days* defines a time period or event that is very hot or stagnant, or
marked by dull lack of progress.
The name comes from the ancient belief that ...
How long will it take?
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We had some awful winds howling outside last night.
At one point, I heard our internet dish hit the roof and fall to the ground.
Amazingly enough, Hubby and...
Aug. 10, 2025
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In all this heat, I’m still working on perennial/ shrub beds. This will be
a quick post, but for those of you who do your own gardening and end up ...
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...
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...
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ReplyDeleteIt is the perfect combo. Kali oraxie
ReplyDeleteThat's what he says !
DeleteI was watching a Rick Stein programme where they boiled Octopus for just 3 minutes. He said it was very tender. I always thought it took hours!
ReplyDeleteNo way it would be tender after 3 minutes!!
DeleteIt was on his programme about Palermo. One of the Weekend Breaks series.
DeleteI will look for it on youtube. Maybe it was boiled first for an hour or so and just presented as 3 minutes. It would have been very chewy I'm sure
DeleteI haven't had ouzo in years, it was nice.
ReplyDeleteBetter if you drink it on a Greek island!!
DeleteSeems perfect to me.
ReplyDeleteHe sure thinks it's perfect
DeleteLooks like a happy man there
ReplyDeleteVery happy. As Angela said, it's the perfect combo...for him
DeleteHe's a sucker for octopus then?
ReplyDeleteGood one JC 😅😅
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DeleteHe looks happy :)
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