Hori Ngatai
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Right next to a motorway in the central city is the Tauranga Mission
Cemetery aka Otamataha Pa which is known as the Military Cemetery. There
are monu...
FORTY YEARS TODAY
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*Today is the 40th Anniversary of Stew and I meeting.*
*For those who are new here, this is the story of our meeting:*
*I was living in my parent's be...
Early Autumn Days
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Summer Days have not yet took their leave.
The most perfect of Autumnal days today, blue skies and sunshine galore.
Our rainfall has been little to none f...
York a thought from 2009
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Written winter 2009
“I qualified as a RMN (Registered Psychiatric Nurse) in 1986. None of our
group of 8 students planned to staff in our training hospit...
Hadrians Wall
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The weather en route is forecast to be dire but isn't. Even more surprising
the traffic on the Edinburgh bypass is supposed to be heavy but proves to
be ...
Friday 7 am.
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Kimbo always joins me for breakfast early on Friday mornings. It is slowly
becoming a 'tradition'.
Usually it's Bacon, Haggis, Sausage of some sort, fri...
And then Tasha says...
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*I'm sure I heard somebody say "ride in the car" — Are you ready? Let's get
going!*
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P.S. Day four on steroids: I'm feeling pretty good this mor...
Friday holiday
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today was a public holiday. Ana told her parents she still wanted to go to
grandmas house
grandma Was happy to have her
earlier in the week I had gone ...
SPRING IS IN THE AIR
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A lovely sunny day today and I have been in the garden weeding and
generally getting ready to do some planting/sowing. We have both done some
weeding ea...
Nature Friday - Cousin Itt
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These little guys are growing in the peastraw I used the mulch the vege
patch. They look almost purple in early morning light.
On a safer note - ca...
Happy fall, y'all!......
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I love fall. Come on cooler weather, where we can walk the dogs anytime of
day! The sun comes up a bit later, allowing us to catch a few more
zzzz's. ...
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...
New Year
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In a strange twist of life, I received German citizenship this week, me
and my children, who are no longer children of course, but will always be
childr...
Dedication.
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I lost the love of my life and sweetheart and pal J last Tuesday. We
buried her on Saturday in a graveyard overlooking the bay.
The people of Bantry an...
How long will it take?
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We had some awful winds howling outside last night.
At one point, I heard our internet dish hit the roof and fall to the ground.
Amazingly enough, Hubby and...
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...
That is lovely. So much better than our thunderstorms here!
ReplyDeleteThe heat was revving up but we have a break this week. No storms here
DeleteLovely view at any time of day.
ReplyDeleteThe roof terrace is wonderful. Not so much the spiral staircase
DeleteWhat a wonderful way to spend your evening.
ReplyDeleteThe full moon looks stunning on the water
It used to be our home and we spent a lot of summer evenings up there. Wonderful
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ReplyDeleteA beautiful selection of photos. What a great spot to spend an evening.
ReplyDeleteFrom the roof you can see all the harbour and the hills opposite. It's magical
DeleteWonderful pictures.
ReplyDeleteEveryone knows they have to take photos for me.
DeleteWow! I love the wine glass photo. They are all wonderful photos.
ReplyDeleteThat was my daughter's artistic streak...after a glass of 2 of Sauv blanc
DeleteGlorious photographs of a beautiful evening.
ReplyDeleteThese cooler summer evenings are heaven. Pity we have to endure July and August
DeleteLoving those long Summer days.
ReplyDeleteI'm enjoying these days. Not looking forward to the heatwaves to come
DeleteYou must be so happy to live in such a beautiful place. As usual, I am envious.
ReplyDeleteIt's a great place to live.
DeleteBeautiful photos, sitting here on a cold windy rainy days makes them all the more attractive!
ReplyDeleteWhat a view you have!
ReplyDeleteIt's fantastic. The whole harbour and a lot of the town is strung out below
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