Pictures and news
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Every time I go out walking with the dog I take my smartphone with me.
That's in case I fall down and need help getting up off the ground. I can
call Walt ...
Sport
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I would never have described myself as 'sporty', but I did once have
aspirations.
As a schoolboy I played Rugby, Cricket, Fives, and Golf. I also rowed ...
ARE YOU A FRIEND, OR A FOE?
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*So, I sit and ponder things... sometimes far too much.*
*And what I'm pondering right now, after a steady stream of quite nasty
comments (most unpubl...
Greymouth Street Races
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Greymouth Street Races is normally an annual event in town that happens
every October over Labour Weekend, which has just gone by. I watched the
road ...
Moving along
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I finally finished my jumper
it fits. It’s just a tad tight across the chest. I’m hoping it stretches a
little after wearing it a few times
for those ...
Halloween preparations.
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The news round-up this morning informs us that Elon Musk is negotiating a
$1 trillion pay package. He has told institutional shareholders ( or
'corporate...
Road trip!......
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Ha ha ~ Demitri was rubbing his face into the pillows, and now he looks
like a wookie. :-)
We first visited St Katherine's Greek Orthodox church in C...
Porcine
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These are, I believe, piggy footprints. Photographed in a muddy patch of
track just seaward of our tiny ranch.
At about the time I was photographing thes...
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...
Autumn Muskiness
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We had our first real taste of Autumn weather last night, tonight down in
the mid forties and snugly blankets will once again return to the beds.
The sou...
A Month's Recycling.
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A car full of dog food cans, packaging and glass bottles.
Number 2 son visited down here in his new to him 7 seater car and suggested
I might want to ...
Yom Kippur
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The coverage of the murder of Jews in the synagogue in Manchester today,
on Yom Kippur on Sky News is a bit surprising to me.
They've been talking about...
Time Flies!
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This is what was on our lawn yesterday morning when we got up!!
This was all arranged by our GD Kelsey and her mom, our DIL Rhonda. It was
all set up b...
Aug. 10, 2025
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In all this heat, I’m still working on perennial/ shrub beds. This will be
a quick post, but for those of you who do your own gardening and end up ...
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...
I wish you the same, Linda. Here, despite everything, the weather is wonderful and the sun is shining.
ReplyDeleteHave a great Christmas Linda.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful Greek Christmas.
ReplyDeleteWishing you all a very merry Christmas. Enjoy spending time with the ones you love
ReplyDeleteThank you. Being on a dream island, I'm sure your Christmas was perfect.
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