tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64446865877670850272024-03-13T06:29:12.251-07:00Of Coddled Eggs and KingsThe most delicious way to eat eggs and feel Royal............Coddled Eggs and Kings Smiling.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07049448029200305406noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444686587767085027.post-89050308951231767122020-09-01T13:59:00.001-07:002020-09-01T13:59:14.272-07:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;">What I did last Winter</span></h1><div><h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">The Cotswolds</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">I can't believe it was last year that I went to England for a month. I stayed with a lovely friend , a pen friend of sorts but on meeting we made a firm friendship. June looked after me and was I treated to some lovely days and amazing places. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">My friend June is a member of the National Trust and with that comes viewing to some of the most amazing castles,stately homes and parks. I was able to come along as she visited some amazing heritage places. I feel so grateful that I managed to travel before covid 19struck at the end of the year. Luck...pure luck that I managed to visit so many countries ....I will start in England ..</span></div><div><br />
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Broadway Tower in The Cotswolds...<br />
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padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="960" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_CRYUvw4Nxw/Xy5kS-GLzyI/AAAAAAAAHsY/RtDJqUG7NQw_D-VdP5t4sH51itRCooqkgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/g.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_CRYUvw4Nxw/Xy5kS-GLzyI/AAAAAAAAHsY/RtDJqUG7NQw_D-VdP5t4sH51itRCooqkgCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/g.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Just too many places to put on this one post so I will have to put up a few more as I did see a bit of English countryside.</span></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_F9qGe9s-pU/X061B02XCbI/AAAAAAAAHts/J72SGjqsMRsNk9yLyh6uEsn5AviJu_IzACLcBGAsYHQ/s600/d939ccacb6913fcfcad4192b5bea38a6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: 32px; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_F9qGe9s-pU/X061B02XCbI/AAAAAAAAHts/J72SGjqsMRsNk9yLyh6uEsn5AviJu_IzACLcBGAsYHQ/s0/d939ccacb6913fcfcad4192b5bea38a6.jpg" /></a></div></div></div>Coddled Eggs and Kings Smiling.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07049448029200305406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444686587767085027.post-13239951578375281522020-08-03T03:02:00.001-07:002020-08-03T03:03:39.566-07:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"> A Caravan and a couple of chairs</h1><h2 style="text-align: left;"> A delay with the little caravan.....Oh Dear</h2><div><font face="inherit">Well the caravan is down from the hill but in the bringing it down the arm of the digger went right through the front smashing it in and breaking the window...Oh dear oh dear..I will take </font>photos<font face="inherit"> but </font>it's<font face="inherit"> been a bit devastating to say the least..I sometimes think all my projects are sabotaged in some way...Now I am attempting to panel beat a little before I carry on...oh dear oh dear.</font></div><div><font face="inherit"><br /></font></div><div><font face="inherit">A simple and delightful distraction has been to go to the local recycle centre, buy a couple of chairs and also to buy some fabric from our local buy sell and swap page and get to and recover the chairs.</font></div><div><font face="inherit"><br /></font></div><div><font face="inherit">It took hours to remove what seemed like several hundred staples but finally I had the fabric off to make a template ....</font></div><div><font face="inherit"><br /></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Pulling the fabric off was not as bad as I thought it would be .</div><div><font face="inherit"><br /></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_J7kCXiLLUQ/XyfSabEQxHI/AAAAAAAAHok/u4a8Wxz_4tw88vhXWNRii8Oglp6SJ1dAwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1936/107490281_3207634939283958_4226499637040500636_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_J7kCXiLLUQ/XyfSabEQxHI/AAAAAAAAHok/u4a8Wxz_4tw88vhXWNRii8Oglp6SJ1dAwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/107490281_3207634939283958_4226499637040500636_n.jpg" /></a></div><div>The piping was the hardest .I had to borrow my daughter in law and upholsterer extraordinaire Kellys' sewing machine as I didn't have the right machine for piping.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JuCBPfmax8s/XyfSapHx4-I/AAAAAAAAHoo/IqRx3ZE6sPM58g1AgD5Lepm1-wu5E1j5gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1936/107702809_3142427729179914_9223005693338865898_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FxWsl2_p2ao/XyfSeEHYw5I/AAAAAAAAHow/uNBFMvGSTuYBWjJm4pgHOk27QlxmiB3zQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/108108023_329060058102229_4017373421427845463_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1530" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FxWsl2_p2ao/XyfSeEHYw5I/AAAAAAAAHow/uNBFMvGSTuYBWjJm4pgHOk27QlxmiB3zQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/108108023_329060058102229_4017373421427845463_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I got quite excited as the chair began to take on a new look.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o299S-b1p_U/XyfSeuOJqxI/AAAAAAAAHo0/CkAot4TmkEUcpYxqejgzwphnG64flw43QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1936/108257245_2637830623098309_641645020915124738_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o299S-b1p_U/XyfSeuOJqxI/AAAAAAAAHo0/CkAot4TmkEUcpYxqejgzwphnG64flw43QCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/108257245_2637830623098309_641645020915124738_n.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uQZl9hSFPfw/XyfSencfMQI/AAAAAAAAHo4/ak5RhUeP4UADhA6mbC1LJXzxzkciJZpbgCLcBGAsYHQ/s768/108518098_3149040531830243_4475420293218840571_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uQZl9hSFPfw/XyfSencfMQI/AAAAAAAAHo4/ak5RhUeP4UADhA6mbC1LJXzxzkciJZpbgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/108518098_3149040531830243_4475420293218840571_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And was even more excited when I had it nearly complete.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QktkDWzEwZY/XyfSfZqwNMI/AAAAAAAAHo8/9fPnNGdmPpsVDi0urwdQWNwljB_r-gHTgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1024/109308748_1421867184672456_3596839689167534890_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="764" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QktkDWzEwZY/XyfSfZqwNMI/AAAAAAAAHo8/9fPnNGdmPpsVDi0urwdQWNwljB_r-gHTgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/109308748_1421867184672456_3596839689167534890_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The deep buttoning was no easy task..I recycled the buttons ,had to pull them apart and recover..The appliance that is used for this is very expensive so I asked the man of the inventions to think of something.. He did and came up with a simple effective free and easy technique using a block of wood a core drill and a rubber mallet...It worked a treat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AO0eK2ccsxI/XyfShki3ZwI/AAAAAAAAHpE/WHJyKHGO2w0C46rK6yaKLmGIs8wlab9zwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1936/109382231_1628250694007932_1035686964136913538_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AO0eK2ccsxI/XyfShki3ZwI/AAAAAAAAHpE/WHJyKHGO2w0C46rK6yaKLmGIs8wlab9zwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/109382231_1628250694007932_1035686964136913538_n.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><font face="inherit"><br /></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">I have tried to add photos and videos of the button covering invention but this blog site Blogger has a new format and its not very user friendly...I can't even rearrange my photos.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have one more chair ,exactly the same to do ..I hope to take more photos and some of the button covering apparatus ..it's so simple and works a treat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would love to have a programme that can show the before after photos in a split photo .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I guess the closest I can do is this </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zMDcIzWT5Tc/XyfdkqVivxI/AAAAAAAAHrM/BjcWaQQ5c8gDeMp4toUTVxrE56FmxwdCACLcBGAsYHQ/s375/116155600_666072994263859_8648975152033596957_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="375" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zMDcIzWT5Tc/XyfdkqVivxI/AAAAAAAAHrM/BjcWaQQ5c8gDeMp4toUTVxrE56FmxwdCACLcBGAsYHQ/s0/116155600_666072994263859_8648975152033596957_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All that remains now is that I start the entire process again of course that means start removing several hundred staples.....Oh dear ...Maybe I should go out and look at the caravan again ...maybe it's still salvageable ...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fU1EZXGqfts/XyfeTOmHSdI/AAAAAAAAHrU/2jdIt3mgsy0YXBhlR7MoKKuHtEu-G6R4ACLcBGAsYHQ/s530/tears.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>Coddled Eggs and Kings Smiling.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07049448029200305406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444686587767085027.post-41396602504958175272020-07-06T03:02:00.002-07:002020-07-06T07:51:42.264-07:00The little caravan do up......<h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The caravan Do Up...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I decided, after years of not doing anything about my caravan that it was time to do it up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have perceived many ideas for her, one being she was going to be my art studio. I guess I have no excuse for neglecting her or my ambition to make something of her... with her imminent collapse my arm is forced... I have bitten the bullet and taken on this restoration project.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">First thing I did was wash her all over...you can see where I have started and and yet to finish ..When washed she started to impress me. Years of grime, mould and lichen was washed and scrubbed away to reveal a very pleasant looking girl.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When doubt creeps in I start to imagine the lovely little kitchen with the island bar and two stools and the lovely oil cloth seats that fold out to make to most comfy bed because I will buy a really good topper,maybe even a wool one so I can cuddle up in the Winter with soup made with foraged herbs and vegetables...and I picture my wee house in the hills and what I will plant around it , like a little vege garden and some little pots with herbs ....I try to be positive because it is a big job ahead of me and today on Trade me I saw one that was complete for only $10.000.00...The ever so patient man of the house is </span>grumbling<span style="font-family: inherit;"> saying it will cost more than that to do this up...Yikes...Still I am going to be positive.</span></div>
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WOw she's come up so well...and only the one original coat of paint so it will be easy to prep ...getting more ideas...like maybe getting a huge decal made ...I need to start a budget ..</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have to admit that her coming up so clean gives me the motivation to continue. I started looking at other caravan do up video's and realise there were not that many out there. I can see I have some serious work and research to do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The first thing I want to do is to formulate a plan of how I want her to look. </span></div>
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I need an empty shell to begin with to help with that planning ...so ...</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I immediately begin ripping out the old interior. I have kept the seats to upholster and think I will use an oil cloth for wear and tear. I am quite excited about the prospect of using the skills I learned a few years back ..Upholstering the squabs should be </span>relatively<span style="font-family: inherit;"> easy..I think I will also use piping ...Flash as </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">ah.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm loving searching for fabrics..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Look at this one ...</span></div>
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Love this It's from France and way out of my budget ..Maybe I can do some folk art ..</div>
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This is a bit quirky ..Only want one square to frame but again out of my budget so might do a painting in a similar style instead.</div>
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Looking in through the window with the tree's reflected ..The sky blue on the walls is cool ..yeap I have my wall colour ..Not into the earthy colours.</div>
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The first thing I need to do is completely gut the little caravan.Then I will be able to plan better and make sure what I want to do will work. I have a rather intense smile here..obviously a bit out of my comfort zone but trying hard to stay up beat..</div>
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As always with "do up's" its the discovering of more work than anticipated and presumably more cost that can be a deterrent. So far Im not put off but I can foresee some serious body work...Well I'm not afraid of doing a bit of body work myself. A good riveter , panel beating hammer and new seals around windows after a bit of structural reinforcing is done and the trepidation may leave me..</div>
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Finding holes in corners and pretty much leaky building syndrome has its drawbacks but on the positive side it's all fixable .</div>
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This old Kitchen will have to go as the kitchen I have in mind is more practical for a lover of cooking and besides I dream of going to foodie places and markets and trying recipes based on the environment..Bluff oysters ,clam chowder and blue cod now make Bluff seem a very appealing place to have a weekend break. Foraging at Omaui and Bluff right at the bottom of the south island of new Zealand where the equins get blown back to Antartica. ....but not my wee caravan she's gonna be wind proof....</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tossing it all out the door is very satisfying ...I can burn some of the untreated stuff on the wood heap and some of the materials as there is no plastic...just wood and paint albeit that horrid particle board and enamel paint will have to be dumped . Bye Bye ...</span></div>
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In my next installment there is a disaster..I got the man of the digger to move her for me ..The arm of the digger gave her a nasty shove.....smash ...I will give you all the next update ..after I have finished crying..I will get onto another project whilst I await the man of the rubber hammer to fix the front and replace the smashed window..</div>
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<br />Coddled Eggs and Kings Smiling.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07049448029200305406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444686587767085027.post-66462420947999545812019-04-09T03:38:00.001-07:002020-08-17T15:49:37.748-07:00<h1 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A Wedding , a cake and an auspicious occasion...</span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">On the last Saturday of March 2019 our gorgeous daughter was married to the love of her life...It was an auspicious occasion, that is how the man of the "lets keep the peace and just do as I am told"always calls an occasion of celebration. I used about 60 pure white sheets to create a billowing tent behind the house it was attached to a </span>marquee<span style="font-family: inherit;"> for extra space...the atmosphere it gave off was so peaceful. </span><i>Photo Chong Wei Wei</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It was amazing to finally use serviettes I got many years ago from my Mum. They weren't ones made by Mum even though she did the most beautiful handwork...hardanger,embroidery, tatting, </span>crochet<span style="font-family: inherit;">, knitting, sewing she did it all....but these she bought at H and J Smiths for my 40th birthday. It would have been so nice for her to see Nicole getting married but Mum is no longer with us. Mum also made bridal gowns .....she would have been honoured to make Nics dress but alas it </span>wasn't<span style="font-family: inherit;"> to be.</span><i>Photo Chong Wei Wei</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Making the icing roses was so much fun. One of Nics bridesmaids and her Mum came a week early and spent an afternoon showing all the ladies how to make icing roses..It really was so much fun. I ordered a seal with the initial of Nic and Darren, I made icing seals and hid them on the cake </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The roses were such a hit...and on the evening ,well the kids were super ready to gobble them down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The cake was 5 tiers, the first a heavy fruit cake, the second a </span>crab apple<span style="font-family: inherit;"> jelly mousse cake, the third a baked New york cheesecake and the </span>fourth<span style="font-family: inherit;"> and fifth were stuck together with ganache to make a double layer baked lemon </span>cheesecake<span style="font-family: inherit;"> ...so many people told me it was the best cake they ever tasted.. It was very rich so that was pudding after a brilliant feast of a meal. Thanks to" Fully Pitted". </span><i style="text-align: start;">Photo Chong Wei Wei</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There was a stressful moment when at 5 am on the morning of the wedding it was discovered someone had eaten some of the chocolate needed for the mirror glaze. Facebook request for chocolate was followed immediately by an offer from a neighbour ..she even delivered the chocolate to our home THANK YOU KAY SEAWARD....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">How very special it was to let Nicole pour the mirror glaze on her own wedding cake...nerves gave way to a a just pour it attitude and away she went drizzling thick, shiny, velvety chocolate all over her cake...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It was fun sticking the roses in place ,easier than I imagined it would be...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">and didn't it come up Ok... I was thrilled...I do love baking when I get the chance...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It almost seemed a shame to cut it ...but cut it they did ....<i>Photo Chong Wei Wei</i></span><br />
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Mr Oscar certainly has a face that says one thousand words...</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Little miss Betty in the background obviously enjoying her rose... </span><i style="text-align: center;">Photo Chong Wei Wei</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Just an </span>addendum<span style="font-family: inherit;"> ...Nic is a kindy teacher and before the wedding there was a mock wedding at her place of work..It was the cutest thing ..the children all dressed up and Nic wore a makeshift wedding dress...the children were so excited..It was so so cute...and you know what they even made a cake .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This Summer must have been the </span>hottest<span style="font-family: inherit;"> we have experienced to date.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">It ended abruptly at the end of </span>February<span style="font-family: inherit;"> with a cyclone, the first of two . It was a relief to be out of the heat but alas it didn't take too long before we were all longing for the heat to return to spend the last of the Summer days luxuriating at the lakes edge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The garden has been extremely </span>generous<span style="font-family: inherit;"> this year even without the much needed water.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So much work to still be done but wood is cut and stacked for Winter, harvest fruits are bottled or packed and frozen.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Days are drawing in and evenings are cool with red sky warnings of rain that doesn't quite make it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The garden is in dire need of a good cut back and weed . I can't believe I only attacked all the hedges 2 months ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The annual A and P show has come and gone and very soon the little people will be here to search for treasured eggs left by the Easter bunny.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am currently sporting a doozy of a black eye after a not too ripe peach fell from the top of the tree right into my eye.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I was home alone at the time and I can tell you it is a spooky feeling when you have had a good peaching and you feel fuzzy and all alone.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I drove myself to the local GP only to stop and vomit on the way ..I forgot what I was doing and started to drive to the recycle centre to see if there were any </span>interesting<span style="font-family: inherit;"> finds but the pain in my head and eye reminded me "Oh Yes I am off to the GP" for a check of the peached eye.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Spooky.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am pleased to report I am back to normal albeit sporting the best bruised face and a few niggles and headaches but nothing to complain about . How thankful and grateful am I for the brilliant care of the local medical centre. The lovely nurse Polly and the Dr on duty. and the fantastic staff at the </span>optometrist<span style="font-family: inherit;"> .</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am so grateful to youngest daughter Nic and her partner for taking me the 230km trip to the bigger hospital just to rule out any permanent damage.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am left rather afraid of the peach tree and will give it a good prune back in Winter.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I will leave you with the photo's of the last few weeks ...Most of them will speak for themselves.</span><br />
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During the hottest Summer the biggest fire over Wanaka seeing the smoke from the yard.<br />
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Like an Easter hunt I love finding the shells of eggs or ones that have long since blown from trees.</div>
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Apricots a plenty this year.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A few posts ago I showed off a bedside lamp I had made for the children following the step by step instructions on You tube.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have managed to get the clip and post it on the blog, (see above). I love to promote this wonderful craftsperson, I mean you really would love seeing the other creations if you like this one.</span><br />
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I get so many comments about the lamp.<br />
It was fun to make ,Maia our 7 year old granddaughter painted the lamp she just loved it.<br />
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I guess I have had a love of little huts since I was a child. I had a playhouse for a time when I was about 6 years old. I loved playing in it. I had an old wooden apple box that served as a cupboard and an old tree stump outside the playhouse as a table. I scrubbed that stump till it was smooth on top.</div>
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The playhouse was a lean to attached to the shed . It eventually became Dad's darkroom where, hours were spent developing black and white photos with Dad.</div>
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I have also loved the idea of gingerbread houses and try ,every christmas to make one .</div>
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Boxed houses are so simple and make a great project for children.</div>
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This winter past saw me stand in for the local craft teacher as she went on holiday.</div>
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I had been set some projects to do with the children but also had the freedom to do whatever project I wanted.</div>
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I purchased a gingerbread house kit ,some royal icing and the children set to and made their creations.</div>
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"How inviting ", said the children and they began to nibble.</div>
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Children love to create and craft , it is made all the more exciting if they get a sweet treat to eat at the end of it.</div>
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Over the years our grandchildren have made sugared flower petals, dried apples ,preserved fruits, jams from berries (the kiddies tend to eat the berries as soon as they pick them so often there is only one jar of berry jam and of course we love to bake pancakes are an all time favourite and cookies of all shapes and sizes.</div>
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It is so important to involve children in creative projects.</div>
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I recently visited my friend who was busy with her grandchildren helping them make a scarecrow for the little gardens they had already created.</div>
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The joy in those little faces and of course their granny taking just as much pleasure.</div>
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The other little huts I love are nests.<br />
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I am increasingly saddened by the amount of plastic I find in these carefully designed little homes...Little birds ..tiny little birds and eggs....Oh the grief of what we add to nature.<br />
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I wanted to finish on this note ( the plastic rubbish found in nests)vin the hope to leave this thought lingering in your minds....</div>
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PLASTIC IS BECOMING THE NEXT "SMOG"...</div>
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I do hope some of you get the chance to make one of the creations from you tube.It is loads of fun.</div>
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Me ..I am waiting for the rain.. Water is so scarce .....It has been so long since we have had rain.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This year was our "off" christmas .That means our children all go to their respective in laws and we are left at home to relax and take a breather.Every second year we put on a huge Christmas Eve celebration.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This year c</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">hristmas eve was a lovely evening spent relaxing at our daughters family orchard/gardens Always a pleasure to be at 'The Nook".</span></div>
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The time at home has been spent getting the garden tidy and putting out a few reminders indoors that it is actually Christmas.</div>
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The garden is looking very good this year ,it is so rewarding being able to cut huge bunches to bring inside.</div>
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I also had great success with "Three ingredient christmas cake". It was so rich so black and so moist ...It is so black with fruit it looks burnt. The smell of it cooking drove me crazy with lust for food... </div>
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Painting little Santa's to give away was also a bit of Christmas fun.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The man of the land was working very hard clearing old briar, </span>blackcurrant<span style="font-family: inherit;">, wild cherry plums and wild roses </span>presumably<span style="font-family: inherit;"> grown once upon a </span>century<span style="font-family: inherit;"> ago for </span>their<span style="font-family: inherit;"> hips.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">His little digger (Gloria the second) chugs away without complaint.His first little digger ,Gloria the first was the love of his life..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">With that first digger he loved getting out and clearing scrub and rubbish,widening paths and hauling rocks and beams back and forward.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Giving a man a digger is a wonderful thing.......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Today Gloria II worked extremely hard ,whilst I, in 30 degree temperatures cut, pulled and stacked even more wood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">What a day of work. It is so </span>gratifying<span style="font-family: inherit;"> salvaging all the sticks and great hunks of wood..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In Winter I will be ever so grateful for having worked through a hot Summers </span>day<span style="font-family: inherit;"> to stay warm and have hot water for Winter.</span></div>
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The Cherry plum tree's i had to beg for ...DO NOT CHOP THESE DOWN PLEEEEEAAAAASE.<br />
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A recent trip to the lavender farm down our road saw me arrive home ready to plant a new lavender border. I have always loved Lavender borders . I love how the bee's are attracted to the lavender plant. I love the antiseptic smell of lavender and I love how a gift of sprigs, tied with a simple piece of ribbon can cheer someones day. There is so much about lavender to love.<br />
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How appropriate that these old disused bee hives are now planter boxes ..I am going to take this idea home with me. I have a few old hives that are begging to be planted out.</div>
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The lavender farm serve lovely lavender and herbal teas . It is such a lovely place to visit.<br />
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I chose to plant Lavandula Stoechas "'Regal Splendour" , Spanish lavender or sometimes referred to as topped lavender probably because of the mop top which I think is called inflorescence.<br />
My car was full to the roof. I must have looked a sight to anyone driving toward me as I drove home .<br />
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The man of the YARD cleared a new space for another acre of garden so come on bee's I am hoping this new garden will attract you.</div>
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I hope we will have enough water just to get these wee girls started ,lavender are pretty forgiving in dry conditions so I am hoping after a good start they will be as generous as my other older plants.</div>
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Evening seems to be the best time for me to harvest the lavender...The fading light and cool temperature make it so much easier to gather these fragrant stems.</div>
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Today i managed to buy a very large basket from our local recycle centre.The perfect size for lavender.</div>
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I enjoy this job, it is relaxing snipping away,getting wafts of soft sweet tangy spicy lulling scents<br />
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The rugosa rose ( Japanese Rose) is very fragrant standing behind me as I snip away. It has almost finished it's first flowering. I love this rose because it is so hardy and very resistant to disease. Even the most neglectful gardener would have success with a rugosa rose.<br />
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The house sure will smell of lavender a sharp camphor smell that is suppose to be soporific.<br />
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Culpeper believed that, “Mercury owns the herb, and it carries its effects very potently.” A mere two or three drops of lavender oil could cure “either inward or outward griefs.” Culpeper recommended lavender oil, as a drink or applied to the temples or nostrils, against “the griefs and pains of the head and brains that proceed of a cold cause, as the Apoplexy, Falling-sickness, the drowsie or sluggish malady, Cramps, Convulsions, Palsies, and often faintings.”</div>
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My friend Mary has family down the road ,three houses away once you pass our new acres . </div>
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Mary and I caught up when I was down in my old hometown. We will probably catch up again whilst she visits her family here, just down our road.</div>
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Mary gave me a beautiful book called "Lavender and Old Lace" by Myrtle Reed.</div>
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It's a gorgeous old book with a real sheen to the cover.</div>
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Another lovely old book to add to my collection. I am looking forward to finding some of Myrtles other books ...... Thank you Mary.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">“The heart's seasons seldom coincide with the calendar. Who among us has not been made desolate beyond all words upon some golden day when the little creatures of the air and meadow were life incarnate, from sheer joy of living? Who among us has not come home, singing, when the streets were almost impassable with snow, or met a friend with a happy, smiling face, in the midst of a pouring rain?” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Being landlocked can at times leave me craving the sea. I miss the sound of sea birds ,the salt on my skin, the sound of waves, the wind and rain the vast expanse of water.....There are so many aspects of the sea that I find healing, calming and exciting .....</span><br />
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The man of the house was working in Southland, our old home province. It was fitting that I could go and stay with him as I was missing the sea and saw the trip as an opportunity for us to have time together in the outdoors. His sister provides cosy and gezellig accommodation that gives him a sense of peace whilst working, she has a magnificent garden and is great company I always have a good giggle when I stay.<br />
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I chose to take "Dr Handyman", digger driver ,creator of gardens to a garden I have long admired. It is called Maple Glen and is in Glenham a tiny township close to Wyndham .<br />
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https://www.google.com/maps/@-46.415446,168.834736,2497m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en-GB<br />
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https://lensaddiction.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/maple-glen-gardens-is-a-must-see-hidden-treasure/<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When we caught up with Muriel she was busy digging out heaps of Gigantium Lily's Cardiocrinum cordatum ,she remembered me and gave me a bag full and refused to let me pay .<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span></span></div>
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I hadn't caught up with Muriel for over 10 years so it was great to stop and chat and also a chance buy some plants. It was also depressing to hear that all of her birds of which she has many have to be caged all the time ...no more flying free...or she may incur a $40.000.00 fine. I could feel the great burden and sadness this ruling carries ...for over 40 years the Davidsons have saved birds bred them and had them flying around the garden,the odd peacock , quail or guinea fowl still wander the grounds but all the flying birds, now in the cages flit about and hide under the rafters trying to cool down....Large parts of their garden have had to be sprayed and killed off due to environment Southland finding "noxious weeds".<br />
As we left with a boot full of plants I hugged Muriel but felt the joy was robbed from her....Her life was about her garden and her birds.....How these laws have come along and wrecked lives....it was very sad.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 16px;">The small, windswept settlement of Fortrose sits near a lagoon at the mouth of the Mataura River on Toetoes Bay, in Southland's south-east. The site of an early Māori settlement and a whaling station for a couple of years in the 1830s</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> Bring me little water Sylvie....</span></h2>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">As luck would have it our water supply dried up yet again...just on spring when the garden needs it most....so the man of the house ordered a new pump and after fluffing around cutting a "</span>shortcut<span style="font-family: inherit;"> " sent me up the hill to check that water , was indeed going into the tank.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Well the short cut ended up being a long cut...Straight up, more vertical than a ladder...The views were spectacular and there were wee caches of wildflowers everywhere hidden under wilding broom ...I was puffed when I reached the top ...elated to hear the sound of water going into the tank albeit very slowly and grateful to have a wonderful view and a bunch of wild flowers...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And ever so grateful to have a proper track to take me home.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> It was a wonderful Winter...</span></span></b></h3>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As always the months and days get away on me leaving little time to spend updating my blog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So many posts stay lodged in my head and I do have full intentions of writing them then, as time would have it, the opportunity to write passes by.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This Winter I continued my dream list of "Singing" "Skiing " "Scrapbooking".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have hundreds of letters that I can't bare to part with and store them all lovingly in boxes. Cards scraps and magazine clippings make up the rest of the collection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I picked out some of my fav's and also some of my favourite stamps and recycled an old book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Next winter I plan to finish it.</span></div>
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The envelope is part of some music calligraphy my friend Heather does. It was amongst some of her "failed" attempts.</div>
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I found the scraps of page far too beautiful to throw away , a little fruit sticker over top an ink splot makes it all the more interesting and colourful and a great way to store some of the lovely wee tags. </div>
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The snowdrops I painted on a bleak winters day in an attempt to make a bookmark </div>
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Initially it was tossed in the bin then retrieved and stuck in the book.</div>
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We are starting to have one or two little huts on the property ...I wish they looked like these </div>
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It sure is a cute hut ..it deserves it's own blog post..It was made by the men of the house ...some male bonding time...I will make a post about it ....just so you can see how much of adventure the kiddies will have when it is finished.</div>
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I made a little hut with the kiddies out of old bottles ,tin foil and paper mache .I popped some fairy lights in it and now it is a night light...I think soon we will make a little hut just like it for the girls to play in..</div>
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Its apt I should open this page just as I look out of the window at all the spring flowers ,the green lawns,birds building nests....I really do celebrate the the Winter is over..<br />
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Even though Winter brought with it some fun in the snow and more family bonding as we all ventured up the ski field it was still cold and without an overseas adventure this year saw me succumb to the old Winter blues.</div>
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It seemed like a string of funerals, friends being diagnosed with cancer, too many sad news items about homelessness and child poverty in New Zealand ,no sun and a sleeping garden made winter harder than most years. It was hard to sing and stay cheerful . </div>
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I am so thankful that that dark cloud has lifted...Everyday I'm gifted little treasures from my garden.</div>
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I have shed what no longer serves me and had an added surprise when an old school friend contacted me through facebook. I love Spring with it's new beginnings.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So what's that all about you may ask.?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our poor walnut tree began to bleed when a branch was lopped off (at the wrong time of the season).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Whilst I googled a remedy to stem the bleed I discovered walnut tree's are great to tap (albeit at the correct time of year) when they are dormant and not like now (Spring) when the sap is rising.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> What was so interesting to read and of great value to me ...you can make walnut syrup just as you do maple syrup.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I popped a pot under the tree and collected just over 1 litre of walnut tree blood (sap).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I found instructions and a recipe on this blog </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #006621; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: nowrap;">www.ourtinyhomestead.com/walnut-syrup.html</span><br />
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Just over a litre in one day. I transferred the liquid from this big stock pot to a smaller pot.</div>
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Several years ago and late at night the man of the house walked me round it . He held my hand and asked me if I felt the warmth coming from the tree. I did feel it. A real warmth that came in waves that I can only liken to walking in a cold corridor as someone opens a door from a warm room and closes it . The feeling of warmth is fleeting but it is there.</div>
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When I feel sad I go walk under the tree . I tell it I am grateful for it's fruit and it's shade in the summer . I am grateful for it's warm energy when the sun sets and am so thankful the old tree survives.</div>
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I admire the old tree, she's 80 years old or there abouts.</div>
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Our postman (whom once lived on the land we have our home on ) said it was planted the day he started school. It was probably about 5 years old too when planted.</div>
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Poor old Mrs Walnut she nearly died a couple of years ago, the arborist held little hope. Dry rot had set in but the ever handy man of the house gouged out the rot and filled the great holes with cement.</div>
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To this day she lives.</div>
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Hippocrates said "Healing is a matter of time, but it's sometimes a matter of opportunity."</div>
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Well I certainly took the opportunity before our tree healed to make something good of her blood.</div>
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Yet again that old man time creeps up ...yes.... time to have my lovely friends visit.<br />
Some of the delightful residents from Elmslie House come by the garden and this time I decided to pick up some cups and saucers from the local recycle center to make cup and saucer posy's with them.<br />
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I selected the flowers and cut them ready ,cut up the oasis and popped a piece in each cup then filled each cup with water.The ladies got to, quick smart with big smiles lots of laughter and nimble florist fingers.<br />
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What a delightful way to spend a Summer day.<br />
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Thank goodness the Spring was late this year ...so many blooms ready.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I just love ladies mantle .My first plant was given to me by Olive Dunn a dear dear wee friend ....Look at this wonderful blog page .I love the herbalist blogspot</span></div>
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No babies hatched yet but will keep you posted. It is so late in the season in 5 days it will be Summer.The Amorphohallus konjac or Pooh flower as we call it has still not flowered 5 weeks late in fact and we are still getting the wonderful Spring rains. </div>
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It is time to get out of the Winter mode....roll up the thick mats take the feather covers off the beds...turn off the heatpump and get down and dirty in the soil....</div>
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To dear ( Late) Jean Young for those first Winter aconites so long ago ,now nurtured and returning every year..</div>
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To my darling friend (Late) Karonious ...always think of you when this little clump appears.xxx</div>
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My Lovely friend Heather for one of several Winter roses...</div>
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It is so nice to visit my friends in the garden......They nod in the wind they survive the deepest snow and chilliest frosts they give so much to me in the way of seeds and colour and they always look their best....Just like the friends that gave them to me they have proven robust and long lasting and are a kind way to remember friends and of love shared....How happy I am to be a gardener.</div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">There is something very fulfilling about recycling and reusing .We humans create so much waste and pollution and do it relatively guilt free.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Our daughters are great recyclers as are our daughter in laws...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Pip has made the most amazing clothes for her children out of all sorts including her Mum's merino singlets and tops ..they became dresses and singlets for her children Patches and embellishments and leggings .Even now as i type the girls are at a clothes swap where lots of ladies gather for a night of friendship and from all the cast off good clothing that gets thrown in a heap in the middle of the floor they will each go home with something or things very special for them.Kids clothes work clothes boots shoes you name it....REUSE.....SO so creative and thrifty ...I love it and this concept is not lost on me...I so much want this skill of reuse and recycle to become an everyday thing not a passing trend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I am currently upholstering our dining room chairs in fabric that was once the curtains of a function room.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Even the chairs themselves come from our local Waste-Busters recycle centre.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">As I collect the chairs I cover them ...soon I will have eight chairs around the table all recycled and as for the cane chairs they will go to the picnic table outside.</span><br />
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Two weeks ago Kelly my gorgeous wee daughter in law and I attended another Upholstery workshop...<br />
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I now have , two completed chairs and as happy goes it's a happy time for me.</div>
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In fact when I visited on the weekend I saw that Kelly is now onto large furniture ie a huge chesterfield couch...GO KEL.</div>
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I was not so adventurous as to try something new albeit I dismantled my chair at home this time so managed to finish my job within the weekend.</div>
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carrying the heavy chair inside was the hardest part and keeping my flocking intact another challenge..nearly lost my flocking in the carpark.</div>
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Kelly took to the challenge with gusto deciding this time she would do piping which of course means lots more sewing...</div>
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So pleased I finished my chair with time to spare.</div>
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Kelly too, finished her chair, exquisite . To be honest the picture does not do the chair justice...and oo la la what a gorgeous soft chair ...this would be a great breast feeding chair. Lovely piping and smooth flocking Kel !!!!!</div>
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Someone related to me (cough cough) was misquoted and it appears on print that I am a keen seamstress...</div>
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Again recycle and reuse is a strong theme running through our days.</div>
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Daughter Anna having formed a Plastic bag free Wanaka group that is gaining much momentum.</div>
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A sewing drive will see many enthusiastic thrifters recyclers and seamstress' sewing up a storm.</div>
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I am looking forward to making bags with my daughter although I have a singing workshop the same weekend ..I can try very hard to do both as both are near to my heart.</div>
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I can never say enough how proud we feel of our daughters...their tenacity at getting things done..they all 4 of them are real movers and shakers and work tirelessly whilst being amazing and dedicated Mums.</div>
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maybe we can use our sewing skills to recycle more than just furniture and bags...more than just save the world from plastic .????</div>
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I once heard a comedienne on national radio (quote) "T<i>he woman's division of federated farmers will be making Quilts out of old skirts in the Scottish Hall today and tomorrow at the racecourse conference room the sewing guild will be making skirts out of old quilts"</i></div>
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Well if I can't make it to the sewing drive there is my kitchen table ready and waiting And with new(ish) chairs. My overlocker and my machine fit on the table nicely....</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Whilst we were in Vietnam our Daughter Anna messaged to say that "Granny" or rather Great Grandmama as she liked to be called had passed away.We were alerted that this may happen as her health had deteriorated.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It was her wish, as she would often say "to just die" and would sometimes say sadly "Oh I am still alive" ...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This made it not as hard to finally farewell Great...... Grand...... Mama ..for me and it seems for the family...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Nobody wants their loved ones to suffer ...ever...so Grannies passing was not a sad and mournful occasion but rather a time for people to speak of Granny and share memories.</span><br />
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I loved listening to Mary- Eds stories which were many varied and never without humour ...often informative ..occasionally risque...always long and always delivered in such a way I felt there was going to be a moral to be gleaned . </div>
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Mary-Ed told me her name came about because her parents couldn't settle on a name. It was either Mary or Edwina...Mary-Ed was a nice compromise.</div>
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I have shared one of Great Grandmama's stories on this blog already it is the one about her feeding wild mushrooms to her dinner guests, and to her cat , only to discover the cat convulsing in pain under the table...she whisked her guests off to have their stomachs pumped and on return from the Doctors found the cat still under the table with a litter of kittens.</div>
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Mary Ed created an oasis that luckily was kept and nurtured by one of her son's and his amazing wife. Jamie and Vicki.</div>
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Together and along with their equally amazing and strong children they grew Mary -Eds nook Road nursery which was once Mary Ed's garden into a business but more importantly a type of sanctuary...A distinctly "WHANAU" or family focussed environment.</div>
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The summer fruit is always plentiful and given away freely to all and sundry ..The gardens are always a dream and inside there is always something on the oven.</div>
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Uncle Harry's freshly caught trout, Jamie's amazing marketable Nook Road bread or even just a coffee smell wafting from the concertina window on a chilly Winter day.</div>
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I am so lucky that my eldest daughter is married to a "NOOKIE" a wonderful gentle strong (a paradox or oxymoron) guy that can create as well as his predecessor and who understands the working of the human spirit. He is a quiet observer and with that a perfect father for our grandchildren .Together they have bought into this world robust family members, a blend of genes nurtured at the NOOK .</div>
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Jamie and Vic have always been generous ,always giving and always hospitable. They have expanded the boundaries so to speak to be far more inclusive . </div>
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When Matilda returned from months in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) it was without question that the venue for a fundraising event for Ronald Mcdonald be held at the Nook. This is but one small example of how the land and its people have shared "a common ground".</div>
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This is only part of a legacy left by Mary Ed and nurtured by an equally, possibly more.. strong second generation and third and now there is a forth ...a fabulous forth ...T. I .S.M.B.O</div>
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Look what you started Mary Ed..</div>
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Grannie loved birds and when she was restricted in all she could do would delight in seeing the birds from her bedroom window. A special bird was shown to me ..A wind up bird in a cage that in Grannies words"cost oh so much and I felt rather guilty buying it but the delight it gave the children ...I would wind it up for the children"she would say with a hoity chuckle.</div>
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A quick wind and the most exquisite bit of mechanical engineering would make the bird move up down and around with its beak fluttering whilst a melodic tweet filled the room.Grannies eyes would gleam as she watched my sheer delight."Now you see, when I see your pleasure just like the children's I don't feel a bit ashamed that I spent all that money'' smiling a naughty smile.</div>
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The smells remain the same and the music ..well its varied and constant and always sets a wonderful bohemian or ethnic for want of a better word or maybe even Jazzy tone.... any way it sets an atmosphere that is both inviting and relaxing and now my daughter has added to that blend....</div>
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Granny Urquhart you were ready to leave us ...thank you for being my friend and for being a friend to my Dad...I will never forget your words to him after mum died "OH HELLO YOU LOVELY MAN COME IN YOU WHO HAS LOST YOUR BEST BELOVED"...</div>
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Well Great GRAND Mamma...........</div>
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One New years as we sat together in the car whist everyone was picking blackberries you said' Did I tell you Willie that New year is very hard for me...You see I have buried three of my own children ...and at New Year ...well it was just that I want to tell you .....Did you know I only had one daughter...Its your daughters birthday today and I lost mine....love your children Willie...make the most of each day ...I want to leave this world ...I don't like New year.. Did I tell you about the time...I am a cantankerous old woman ... .I am not up to talking today Willie ... and so it went rather sadly a conversation that I didnt quite grasp in its entirety because it was delivered in little segments that didnt add up except all pointed at a poignant sadness within Granny for "What could have been"</div>
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Well granny This ones for you sweet lady ...sorry I was on holiday when you passed It seems to be a theme with me.</div>
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I will make the most of each day and I will try as hard as I can to catch up with new friends ...That's you Glenys by the way ...and Aly if you are up there listening too Sorry I never got around to that coffee...have one with granny for me will you SHE IS A GREAT AND GRAND MAMMA with a hell of a legacy.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">TRACY MORROW..she just takes the best photo's of around here ..</span></div>
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Just wanted to brag really and say I can start ticking things on my list and expanding them ..<br />
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It is wonderful to be home with all the little snowdrops in bloom the wintersweet bursting with flowers and all the magic that the snow covered mountains around our home brings.<br />
So very wonderful to cuddle the little people in our lives...man how I missed them.<br />
So wonderful to be catching up with friends too, even a simple phone call.... Kathyrn, Mary ,Heather,Sue, I still want to get around to seeing you and I will its on my list....<br />
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I hope to post exciting stories of our amazing holiday and also photo's of the garden.<br />
I have never felt so overwhelmed trying to get things done...overwhelmed because I am actually doing the things I have wanted to do and finish...and overwhelmed because there is just so much to do still...<br />
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It has been a lovely birthday complete with flowers gifts acts of kindness a lovely lunch with daughter Anna and just hanging out having a lovely day ...even though I have a beauty cold.......<br />
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No cake because I have decided to change my lifestyle and hope by the time christmas comes round to be able to show you a slimmer version of me and a healthier fitter version to boot..<br />
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In the meantime i have popped some photo's on of today's gifts that truly overwhelmed me.<br />
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<br />Coddled Eggs and Kings Smiling.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07049448029200305406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444686587767085027.post-27461009877735286792016-06-15T23:16:00.000-07:002016-06-15T23:16:19.129-07:00<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"> Couldn't resist..............</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">As a kid did you ever make a restaurant for your parents or friends...I know I did ...I used my pocket money and bought a tin of pineapple or sometimes passion fruit or </span>tamarillos<span style="font-family: inherit;">. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">My friend Sigrid and I would eat them served all sorts of ways.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I remember my own children setting the table and having menus and interesting dishes....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now another generation on and it's all happening again.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Pure delight.</span><br />
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It was far too cold to work outside and too wet to rake leaves ...so I sat and made lavender bags.</div>
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How lucky I had harvested a good lot of my lavender this Summer.</div>
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I had noticed a post on Facebook asking if anyone had the little pillow slip bags of lavender and I thought UMMM Yes I can whip some up. After all there is nothing nicer than after a hot bath snuggling into soft warm sheets and the smell of Lavender.....It makes winter that bit more bearable ..</div>
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The request came from a lovely lady in the village so I thought a little kindness goes a long way on dreary days..I also have a friend who has recently lost her brother so again I got to thinking just share the kindness...</div>
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Several years ago my dear friend that I lost to cancer and I stamped up ribbon. I have been reluctant to use it because ,for sentimental reasons I have not wanted to cut into it...... but use it I have and it has given me as much joy and it gave me when I first stamped it up for use.</div>
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and so tomorrow I'm off to deliver some winter "soul nourisher"......</div>
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Lavender sachets .....mmmmmm the scent of a summer day on a Winter night..</div>
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<span style="font-family: , , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">As Rosemary is to the Spirit, so Lavender is to the Soul,’ </span></h1>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> LAST DAY OF AUTUMN</span></b></h2>
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T<span style="font-family: inherit;">oday is the last day of Autumn and I am painfully aware that I have hardly included any Autumnal posts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Usually I would have collected amazing leaves by now and mushrooms and made some interesting recipes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Instead I have been to Melbourne to my daughters inner city apartment and have had the time of my life in the big smoke.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I went to the Anzac parade, the </span>opera,<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Lucia </span>di<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Lammermoor and to the art galleries including an amazing </span>fashion<span style="font-family: inherit;"> exhibition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> I love Melbourne and long to </span>return just to wander the city and take in all the innovative and creative idea's <span style="font-family: inherit;"> of its people.</span></div>
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I just love shopping with Nicole .That girl just loves my taste especially in afternoon tea's.</div>
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Coddled Eggs and Kings Smiling.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07049448029200305406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444686587767085027.post-78576390519722267652016-05-05T16:12:00.000-07:002016-05-05T16:12:15.332-07:00<span style="font-size: x-large;"> It's been an age...</span><br />
It seems like forever since I have sat down and written something on my blog.<br />
Life sometimes has a way of convincing me there are never enough hours in a day. There are so many things that need doing this time of year.<br />
I am trying to finish knitting a jersey for our youngest daughter ..home for 3 weeks from Australia.<br />
The leaves are falling thick and fast and although mostly all of the walnuts, pears, plums and apples are picked there are still a few harvesting jobs that need finishing and the ever present leaves to be raked and cleared.<br />
Aside from my accounts work there are still household chores and projects on the go each day as well.<br />
This is the reason I often feel as if there are just not enough hours.<br />
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Time does not stand still .<br />
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Our eldest son turned 38 and again it was a reminder to me I am not getting any younger.<br />
This is no excuse though for slowing down.<br />
I remind myself that keeping fit and active and staying on top of jobs is the secret to a healthier happier longer life. This is reinforced when I get a visit from the lovely wee residents of Elmsley house.<br />
These wonderful young at hearts come to visit the garden twice a year. In spring and in Autumn they come with their carers to Picnic, collect walnuts and in the spring to make posies. It is always a pleasure as well as a reminder to me that age is just a state of mind.<br />
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<br />Coddled Eggs and Kings Smiling.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07049448029200305406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444686587767085027.post-37015858395574513522016-04-06T03:15:00.002-07:002016-04-06T13:28:05.843-07:00<span style="font-size: x-large;"> Happy School days to you....</span><br />
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Sitting at your incubator Matilda Betty talking about " one day this little fighter will be going to school"<br />
and here you are.......<br />
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and what did you choose as your leaving song? THAT RUGBY SONG known by your cousin Maia as The Natural Panther. Yes you too chose the national Anthem and Anike said What is it with the van riel Whanau and the NZ Anthem....Hmmm I ponder and can only come up with the fact that all the children were unified in singing it...Good choice MB.</div>
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The story you chose was a singing story called Up Up Up.</div>
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Wonderful.</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"> Look at you in your crown.</span></div>
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So here, on your first school day, along with your little brother Oscar you were transported to the bus where your little friends were waiting.</div>
Cousin Isabelle said you were so good on the bus. Like a little ant you were, walking down the narrow aisle to your seat.<br />
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and look its Mr Holland who is the driver of the bus .Yeah<br />
Happy school days Matilda Betty big girl.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">The greatest legacy one can pass on to one's children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one's life, but rather a legacy of character and faith. B Graham</span></span>Coddled Eggs and Kings Smiling.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07049448029200305406noreply@blogger.com0