Saturday
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I'll try and write more normally this mornng. I have gone back to the old
laptop with the keys that stick because I trust it more for saving my files
a...
PRE CHRISTMAS MARKET
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Woke about 5 a.m. as usual for this time of year and got straight up and
out to the Growers' Market to beat the crowds.
It was pleasant. We bought everyth...
Red color
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A screenshot of my iPhone. It's three forty-four. At night. All the places
where the alarm sounded are colored red.
The Houthis in Yemen are still very...
Invisible routines and Christmas music #20
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This morning there's a warship moored in the bay. We're never sure why the
Navy uses this quiet spot as an anchorage apart from the fact the offshore
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West Chiltington.
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This quintessentially English thatched house was my parents' last Sussex
home before moving up to Shropshire in the mid to late 1970's (I think).
I love...
The 2024 Christmas tree
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Here's a photo of this year's sapin de Noël. Many of the ornaments are 40
or even 50 years old. A lot of them were gifts from friends who have now
passed a...
tradition
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For quite a few years I had seen on
http://local-kiwi-alien.blogspot.com/
A sailing boat all lit up for Christmas.
Apparently it’s tradition amongst the...
This is Havelock.
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Population about 600 (people)
A town where someone puts fresh flowers in the public toilets
A town where you can stand in the middle of the main street ...
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...
Keeping Warm Christmas Presents.
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We went for a saunter around Aldi the other day. This is what J bought me
for Christmas:
A one size Ladies/Men Hooded Blanket. Twelve Euros in a cheap ...
Yuletide
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I've been seeing alot of Christmas trees lately. These ones above and below
were seen at Christchurch airport when we were there 2 weeks ago.
And t...
LAST MARKET FOR 2024
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*But do things I must. Like get ready for market at Tamahere.*
*Our last market for the year, thank god. It's been a lot, what with
trying to sell ou...
Dog & Cat Snot Removal
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I’m tired this morning
Very……
But it’s a nice feeling to know I’m not back until well after Christmas.
Today is the only day I’m nothing planned except sl...
Christmas Memories
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Each year as I'm busying myself with the Christmas decorating, my thoughts
turn to home.
The traditions at Christmas that have stood the test of time thr...
Books 39-44
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The Bone Hacker by Kathy Reichs
Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan who, following a series of
bizarre disappearances on the islands of Turks an...
Back
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We went away for a week to a sunnier climate. It was nice, a place we had
been to in 2008, and not a whole lot has changed. Our time there was fine,
and...
41
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After Noah built the ark, it rained for 40 days and 40 nights. Day 41
came, and the rain stopped.
After Moses committed murder, he hid in the desert fo...
Mangawhai Wharf
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Mangawhai Wharf about 1927 showing the shed where incoming and outgoing
goods were checked - Mangawhai Museum.
In 1880 finance was made available for a w...
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...
We get amazing sunsets looking at our bay like your photo. Wish I could paint them.
ReplyDeleteMy granddaughter caught the sun just in the right position
DeleteLove spectacular sunsets. Sunrises too.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty
We don't see these sunsets up in the hills. It's lovely that she took a photo and sent it
DeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteIt's stunning
DeleteYou live in a beautiful part of the world.
ReplyDeleteYes, you're right. But you live in a beautiful part of the world too
DeleteWe look out over rain clouds, accompanied by the sound of a raging sea.
ReplyDeleteThese last few days have been cold but sunny. Rain today then 18o and sunny till after Xmas.
ReplyDeleteSome people have all the luck. Right place Right time!
ReplyDeleteAnd with phone charged and in hand!
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