More arrivals.
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Yesterday the cloud was piled up, layer on sun blocking layer, to 30,000
feet. Real 'darkness at noon' weather. Throughout the day a small ,
intrepid, gr...
Snow today?
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There's been talk of snow, or at least sleet, on different weather reports
this week. Some have said the temperature would be down near freezing again
t...
It’s only just begun
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This project is going to challenge me in a big way
I purchased this book online. Y’all know I’m a Potter Head from way back.
This is the jumper I’m a...
FOUR DOWN, FOUR TO GO
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*Well luckily I don't feel like the photo above. I'm feeling so much
happier now that things are finally settled. Well I think they are. Our
house ...
The Cooker Hood Parsnip Project.
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No not the name for an English Prog Rock band but the title for my post
today.
I have been germinating parsnips seeds on damp paper towels in a plastic
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Nu
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I met Nu at the National Portrait Gallery and we went to Dishoom for a
late lunch. *My Neighbour Toroto *was an oddity. An occassionally whimsical
tale...
Break Free/Pause
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With Christians being wiped out in Syria and the country now an ISIS state
let us hope that you pause for thought.
Today I will go to see a cartoon ...
Bags of Rubbish
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Every Friday during school terms the conference room in the old office here
is used for a social and sewing gathering of refugee women. Everything has
been...
Veges, eggs and crochet
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Mornings are slowly starting to get darker here and nights are getting a
bit nippy. I was asked by a friend if I could make a crochet knee blanket
for...
Spring Forward
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This coming Sunday at 2 am our annual clock fiddling takes place once again.
An hour forward to Daylight Savings Time, payback for ...
It's never ever going to end.......
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Zoe-Zoe (which is what I call her most of the time), disgusted with the
orange buffoon, decides to take a nap. And hopefully dream of chasing
bunnies.
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FRONT GARDEN.
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It must be a couple of years since Doug cleared out the invasive
Alstroemeria from the back of the front garden. Since then we have been
moving plants aro...
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...
Bluebridge Cook Strait Ferries
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We just got back from 5 days in the South Island. We decided to take the
ferry across this time, as opposed as flying (as we have a few times).
We chos...
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...
Our nights
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These are the chocolate eggs I bought today at the little store here that
has everything. I'll put every two eggs in a bag, and I hope I don't forget
the...
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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