Busy bees
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You know you're in the Highlands when the big story in the local newspaper
is the winner of the local agricultural show. This year 'Girl Power'
dominated...
I’m back
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We dropped my mother off back home this morning
My sister is back, so, if there is a problem she can get there in five
minutes
It’s been hard having som...
Unpacking and setting up
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I processed all these photos yesterday, so I might as well post them. I
took them 22 years ago this month when we quit camping in our new house and
started...
Life of Riley.
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This very exclusive 4 Star hotel in London's fashionable Canary Wharf, is
to become the next home to illegal immigrants.
We are all aware that by far th...
Baking Repost
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No 43 - Cherry Almond Biscuits
Mothering Sunday - while my other half was entertaining 'sa mere et sa
soeur' following his magnificent roast pork 'lunch...
Tokoroa
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When we lived in Tauranga back in 2017 we use to travel to Tokoroa to see
an old school friend of mine who lives there. Its a very small town and we
d...
NAME IT
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*Right, first up for today is a question for YOU.*
*I want to 'name' my sewing space.*
*It is not going to be the sewing room, cos it's not a freakin' room...
Roast Japanese Onion And Beetroot For Our Tea.
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A picture of one of newly peeled my Japanese onions 🌰. They have been
mighty this year.
A beetroot and the same onion.
We wrapped them in silver 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...
A Slice Of Sunshine
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If you're looking for a quick, unassuming dessert one of my favorites is
Frozen Lemonade Pie...
Refreshingly cool, and what could be more simple to make !...
QUARRY GARDENS (warning lots of photos)
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The forecast looked good so we headed to the Gardens. Once again we had a
lot of rain at the weekend but it cleared for our walk. There was a lot of
colou...
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 ...
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...
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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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