Handy Hints
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My French supermarket (Leclerc) could never be accused of not giving good
advice to its customers; including me.
You can imagine how pleased I was to se...
The criticised house.
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Sunrise. Two of the villages rather polite ( and usually apolitical )
seventy year olds are heading off in their little red Volvo. He a retired
professor...
TikTok is rubbish
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……but when you are lying on the couch with a poorly old dog , it sure
makes you smile
*Mary *slept with me again last night and remains a little shaky ...
AND NOW THERE'S THREE
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*Went to bed in a funk. Still in a funk.*
*Might have to go shopping to cheer myself up. *
*But first...*
*ABOVE: I took a door off it's hinges. ...
Aug 24, 2026 - Muffins
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For the love of God, no more zucchinis! I have 2 on my countertop, 3 in
the other fridge, and one and a half in the kitchen fridge. I just grated
one an...
Boxed
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Last week Linda at Lady Margaret's Curlers posted a distressing account of
a young raccoon missing it's front left paw - possibly from an encounter
wi...
Four girls and a birthday
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Friday passed as they all do with lots of love and laughter
Poor Annie was just laying there watching the television when her little
sister decided t...
Status
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It was three weeks ago when I fell as I was going upstairs to the loft and
injured myself. I'm healing but still sporting various types of bandages.
It's...
it's time to go
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I have had a lot of fun letting you know how I feel about my new home of
New Zealand. I hope you have enjoyed my journey, too.
My health is not the best...
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 Sir...
Cooler temp's at last......
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At last, my marigolds are blooming along with zinnias. I'm still waiting
on my 4 o'clocks, but I'm thinking perhaps in another week or two.
My garden ...
BRIGHTON
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In our local paper this morning was this photo of Falmer pond. It said it
was in Sussex so I did a google search to see where Falmer is as I was
brought u...
Multi Tasking
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There was a storm this afternoon - thunder, lightening, very, very
frightening. Unable to get outside to do any gardening I decided to use
the time to d...
Our simple life
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"I can't believe that just yesterday we were sitting in shelters again,
and here we are now as if nothing had happened, going on that shopping trip
you ...
Books 1-7
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Bloody River Blues by Jeffery Deaver
Well, that wasn't a good start to the year! I read 125 pages (which was
more than a third of the book) and I just c...
Xmas decorations
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Greymouth has 3 main streets in town. On the way home from work at night
I've been stopping to take photos of some of the shop window decorations.
It'...
A Birthday Present.
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I reached the grand old age of 62 last Friday. Like that great English
folk singer Sandy Denny once sang:
"Who knows where the time goes?"
I received ...
Quince, Life, and Puppy Dog Tales
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The season of mellow mists inevitably means that I suddenly have a deep
desire to store food in the form of jams, pickles and syrups. It also
means that...
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...
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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ReplyDelete😀😀
DeleteHe looks happy :)
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