COUNTDOWN
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*Six weeks down, six to go.*
*A 'normal' settlement time span, once you go unconditional, is six weeks.
This time ours was 3 months. While it's been g...
The Power Of The Written Word
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As a blogger, I must like writing.
This statement is incorrect
I *love *writing.
It’s cathartic, it’s positive,
It’s a panacea to loneliness
It’s a hab...
The Life List........
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Lol, this seems to be ingrained in my genetics. My younger son is the
same, poor thing.
Saying no should take less effort than saying yes, and yet.......
Bedford
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I wonder if Universal Studios are being a bit over optimistic in thinking
that the Bedford Theme park is going to be successful. Thorpe Park, Alton
Tow...
Sun and drought.
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A late night chat with the Manhattanites. The chief honcho, who rarely
appears on these calls, has the final pithy word - 'Relative to this
morning thin...
What things look like these days
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Above right, a springtime sunrisek. Above left: If anybody has a
suggestion about how I get the ivy off the exterior walls of our garden
shed, I'd love to...
Noah's Ark.
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I think our scientists, and even our archeologists, are becoming sillier
and sillier by the day.
Their latest nonsense is that they think they've found...
A fine Autumn day
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We've had 2 days of hardout rain with the rest of the country and turbulant
wind to the point where the chicken run was partially lifted off the ground...
"Am I Turning Into Eric Olthwaite?"
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I bought this spade at the carboot sale on Sunday;
A really "interesting" new spade
In Ingerland or Blighty they call this spade/shovel a " Grafter" i...
Archaeology
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Uncovered while shifting the slash heaps - we believe this to be the
fossilized thigh bone of the rare *fidofoodus masticus.*
For publicity purposes and ...
WHAT A DAY
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Very dark this morning at 6 a.m. and we both turned over and didn't wake
again till 7 a.m. so a bit later than usual at the Growers' Market. First
stop ...
End of the week
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Today Ana was telling me all about her daddy and how he was sick at home.
she did seem concerned about her dad. I told her he will get better with
rest a...
New morning
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I really love the writer Natalia Ginzburg, born in Palermo in 1916, died
in 1991. I have read every book of hers that has been translated into
Hebrew.
...
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...
Books 1-3
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Captured Lies by Maggie Thom
She was kidnapped not once but twice and now someone wants her dead because
of it....
Her life was a lie!
Bailey knew her ...
Charlotte Alexander
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Charlotte Harata Hone Rameka Alexander was born in 1887 at Waimate North
and passed away at Rawene on 14th October 1933, now resting at St
Catherine's Ce...
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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ReplyDelete😀😀
DeleteHe looks happy :)
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