Possum
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Nocturnal pestilence, thy name is possum.
NO - DO NOT think Awww Cute😤 (*borrowed image)*
Most New Zealanders have probably never seen a live possum de...
MID WEEK HUMP
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*It rained a lot yesterday... and it's not looking that promising today.*
*I am not sure a walk is on the cards this morning, unless Lacy doesn't
mind...
Zombie face
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The injection into my eye went slightly wrong
Bless her, the nurse knew I was phobic and jumped when I felt some pain
Fucking hell
What else can go wr...
GOTCHA!
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The Far Right football fans of No 10 Downing Street, have being showing
their true colours, and have placed their enigmatic flags over the windows
to we...
Winter days
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Slow cooker going
Some yummies in the oven
And washing. Finishing the drying process inside
And of course the fire.
I’m not sure if this ...
Retained warmth.
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The village is home to a number of 30 something academics who make the
daily five minute commute into town. Holiday house swapping is a big thing
with ...
Fruits de la saison
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Little plums, dark red on the outside and yellow inside
Green grapes — Sauvignon Blanc I think
Blackberries, called *mûres* in French; I wish they were pl...
Rowi
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At Franz Josef along the main street is this sculpture with a kiwi sitting
at the top on an egg. The plaque says:
This Rowi sculpture commemorates the...
It's Buddleia And Butterflies Time.
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When I moved to Ireland twenty four years this week. I brought a wheelie
bin full of perennials and shrubs that I had propagated myself by division
and...
PHOTO SHOOT
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It is three weeks since we had the photo shoot. Have just got the photos.
We got 27 after they had been checked first by granddaughter. I must say
the...
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...
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 ...
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...
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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