London
-
My sister and I are on our way to London
It’s my Christmas gift to her
A ticket to see *Romeo & Juliet *at the *Royal Opera House *and lunch
before hand ...
Friday prayers
-
Look at sales figures, origins, annual reports, statements from company
chairmen; become armchair investors and see what you would do yourself,
annual ...
Biblical
-
Yesterday I got a second load of timber and frames for my cabin.
The metal frames are actually a false deck for the trailer - supposedly to
make it easi...
Dealing with jet lag.
-
It's light at four am. This is as good a reason as any to get up. It seems
we're both still firmly hooked on Tokyo time. Last year we went to Japan
for...
Plants inherited, gifted, rescued, and pinched
-
I've come by many interesting plants over the decades. Here are some of
them.
The peonies above are some we inherited when we came to live here in
Saint-Ai...
Oh to be in England now that Asparagus is here!
-
The season is so short that one has to take advantage when one can.
Traditionally Asparagus should only be eaten between St George's Day on
April 23rd a...
TWO WEEKS TO GO!
-
*Slowly getting there!*
*Three months ... I never want to have a sale/move take that long to
finalise again.*
*I have NOTHING to do until we are down ...
Muzzmuss Presents Us With One Little Kitten.
-
Remember when I showed you how our dogeens ate the couch?
You do. Good. This morning J woke up and I went out doing my plant and
vegetables watering d...
WHAT A WEEK
-
Monday was a lovely fine day for our weekly walk. We met at the
Information Centre at the south of town where a new cafe, The Cabbage Tree
Cafe, has just ...
More Autumn scenery
-
We visited a friend so that Bug would have a playdate with her dog and this
is the scenery we saw along the way through Sillwater, Ngahere and Nelson
Cre...
Purple Delight
-
Despite late frosts earllier in the month, the ever faithful Clematis has
once again returned.
And Spring arose on the garden fair,
Like the Spirit o...
Anne
-
It’s been about six months now since we said goodbye to our dear friend
Anne
We decided to have a little get together and have coffee and cookies with
An...
Quiet life
-
As if there were no shortage of dramas in our lives, yesterday there was
extreme weather, extreme heat and very strong winds and with them came a
huge f...
Blessed Pascha ~ Happy Easter!
-
Our kouvouklion this year. We had to do it after one service and hurry up
to finish before the next one began. We were vacuuming and sweeping as
peop...
Easter weather
-
As we all know, Easter comes in the spring in the northern hemisphere and
autumn in the southern.
Of course, autumn is a time of cooling down toward win...
The Saga Continues
-
Keeping in mind the 'event' happened on January 11th.
My first appointment was on January 27th. This was what I thought was
going to be the stress test...
Aoteaora's first Maori police woman
-
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...
Sunday, February 23,2025
-
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...
Farewell My Friends
-
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
-
*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!
-
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 !
-
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
-
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
-
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.
ReplyDelete