Migratory routines.
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A beautiful Friday night. The pavement cafes busy with youngsters enjoying
a drink or two in the late evening sunshine. Star crossed lovers sit
staring i...
Bring us sunshine
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A couple of days ago it would have been Eric Morecambe's 100th birthday.
I can't give you any details about these children, other than they
obviously lo...
K9
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Trelawnyd, for a such a small village of some 300 people, never ceases to
surprise me. Now I see that the village will host its own *Dog Show *next
mon...
Autoire, a village in the old Quercy province
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The village in these photos, called Autoire, is not actually in the
modern-day Dordogne, though it is in the Dordogne river valley. It is
located only a...
NO WALK TODAY
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*Today I don't think I will be going for a walk.*
*I am quite tired, it's been a busy week. And we have two markets this
weekend, so I think a day of '...
Sewing
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iPad finished loading and all is well
I will go over the weekend and organise the eSIM
Meanwhile I wanted to sew something a little taxing to see
Ho...
SOLAR POWER
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Four weeks ago we got a quote for the installation of solar panels and
decided to go ahead with it. For the first three weeks there seemed to be
a lot of ...
Ponds
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"It rained and it rained and it rained. Piglet told himself that never in
all his life, and *he* was goodness knows *how* old—three, was it, or
four?—nev...
Happy Mother's Day
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I couldn't imagine my life without these two. This picture is from a
family holiday we took last January.
When life gets stressful, or down, or I just...
Garden adventures.......
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As you can see from this photo, my hollyhocks are blooming already. This
must be the earliest I've ever seen. I attribute it to our very warm
March. I...
In the meantime
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After the adrenaline of the survival instinct in wartime, the adrenaline
of fear and distress subsides, there is a phenomenon that I hear about from
man...
The Merry Month Of May
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"It was the month of May, the month when the foliage of herbs and trees is
most freshly green, when buds ripened and blossoms appear in their
fragrance ...
this life and the next
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I grew up watching TV. Even if there were only 3 stations to watch and
they all went off the air at midnight, right after playing the national
anthem.
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Books 31-36
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Tango one by Stephen Leather
In different parts of London, three recruits prepare for their first day at
the Metropolitan Police's training centre at H...
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...
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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