Reveal
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I can finally share the crafts I’ve been making
You have already seen these ones
Then there are these ones
And three picture frames
I had f...
Ngāti Kohua marae
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Ngāti Kohua marae - we drove past this one on the way to Auckland Airport
in Mataitai which is between Orere Point and Clevedone so more South
Auckland....
VIEWING THIS MORNING
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*No lounging in bed for me this morning.*
*We have a private viewing scheduled for this morning, so I need to get up
and get the house sorted.*
*Stew di...
Four Legged Friends In Their Christmas Finery.
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Debby ("Life's Funny Like That") asked me the other day to show some
pictures of Diesel and her canine kin dressed up for Christmas.
Your wish is my co...
More Stumbling from Starmer & Co
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Spot the anomaly from 2019 (above) to now! I don't think any of those women
would be posing in front of the red banners after today's announcements!
O...
Scene Of A Crime
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At first thought I wondered if *Mary *had lost patience with one of the
kittens.
Black fur covered the living room floor.
The place looked trashed.
Minut...
Christmas music #16
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The electrician and his lad show up in the courtyard at six thirty. It's
dark and the wind is howling. The plan is for them to repair the recently
instal...
Decembers past
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December views from and of our kitchen window
2019 (five years ago — that's the neighbors' house across the road)
2014 (ten years ago — this year, the weat...
Wake Up
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The grants to encourage sustainable farming schemes, green schemes, slurry
schemes, silage clamps, clean schemes, were suspended in the Autumn
Budget. ...
Christmas Memories
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Each year as I'm busying myself with the Christmas decorating, my thoughts
turn to home.
The traditions at Christmas that have stood the test of time thr...
A Lovely Morning
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We had a beautiful morning, with blue skies and only a slight breeze. It
was perfect for drying the washing.
For the first time in months, I noticed a h...
READING LIST.
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This morning the blogs in my Reading List are many years old (eight or nine
in some cases, possibly more). I haven't been able to get back far enough
to c...
Books 39-44
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The Bone Hacker by Kathy Reichs
Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan who, following a series of
bizarre disappearances on the islands of Turks an...
Back
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We went away for a week to a sunnier climate. It was nice, a place we had
been to in 2008, and not a whole lot has changed. Our time there was fine,
and...
41
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After Noah built the ark, it rained for 40 days and 40 nights. Day 41
came, and the rain stopped.
After Moses committed murder, he hid in the desert fo...
Mangawhai Wharf
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Mangawhai Wharf about 1927 showing the shed where incoming and outgoing
goods were checked - Mangawhai Museum.
In 1880 finance was made available for a w...
Where despair is more comfortable
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There is an Israeli song whose lyrics are like this - Hello, I'm leaving
for London, where despair is more comfortable.
It was written many years ago, i...
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...