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Saturday, 31 December 2022

Christmas Day Dinner

A few photos of our Christmas Day Table and Dinner




 

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Books Read 2025

  • Fledgling by Hannah Bourne-Taylor
  • Overcoming Autoimmunity: Real Recoveries and What You Can Learn from Them
  • Barking Mad by Leigh Russell
  • Biblical Theology by Nick Roark & Robert Cline
  • Two for Joy by Adam Henson
  • The Story Collector by Evie Woods
  • The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods
  • The Excursion Train by Edward Marston
  • Wycliffe and the Redhead by W.J. Burley
  • Secrets in the Hills - A Josefina Mystery by Kathleen Ernst
  • Brave Emily 1944 by Valerie Tripp

Books Read 2024

  • Diddly Squat Farm by Jeremy Clarkson
  • Diddly Squat Pigs Might Fly by Jeremy Clarkson
  • Diddly Squat ‘Til the Cows Come Home by Jeremy Clarkson
  • Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
  • Shadow the Sheepdog by Enid Blyton
  • Meadowland by John Lewis-Stempel
  • 1984 by George Orwell
  • Mere Christianity by CS Lewis
  • The Penguin Lessons by Tom Mitchell
  • The Bullet that Missed by Richard Osman
  • Date with Death (Dales Detective Series) by Julia Chapman
  • A Grief Observed by CS Lewis
  • Wycliffe and the Last Rites by W.J. Burley
  • The Final Pandemic - An Antidote to Medical Tyranny by Drs Mark & Sam Bailey
  • Great Meadow by Dirk Bogarde
  • A Winter Grave by Peter May - Annoying Politcal & Climate Change Propaganda
  • The Cellist by Daniel Silva - Couldn't finish, won't read him again, disappointingly full of Anti Trump Propaganda - KEEP BIASED POLITICAL VIEWS OUT OF FICTION!
  • If you want God's Best by Derek Prince
  • The Island by Mary Grand
  • The House Party by Mary Grand
  • Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
  • Screwtape Proposes a Toast by C.S. Lewis
  • Death at St Judes by Mary Grand
  • Good Neighbours by Mary Grand
  • Death at Castle Cove by Mary Grand
  • Death on the Isle by MH Eccleston
  • Escaping from Eden by Paul Wallis
  • The Bible Jesus Read by Philip Yancey
  • What's So Amazing About Grace? by Philip Yancey

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Serenata
Balancing being a wife to a long suffering, patient wonderful husband, being a mum to two boys,or is it men?! One who is 28, (the Sailor) and now married, the other now 23 (the Politician) - how did that happen?! The years go by far too quickly! Both have now left home. Balancing being myself, being a Kiwi, being a Brit, being a self-employed, (currently non-playing and non-working) musician, being a housewife who loves nature, music, collecting, crafts, cavies, and dolls.
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Birds Seen in the Garden 2021

  • 27th Jan: Green Woodpecker front lawn!
  • Heron
  • Sparrows
  • Blackbirds
  • Wood Pigeons
  • Robins

100 Miles in July

  • 1st: 5.4 miles
  • 2nd: 3.5 miles
  • 3rd: 4.8 miles
  • 4th: 2.8 miles
  • 5th: 5.1 miles
  • 6th: 2.4 miles
  • 7th: 6.5 miles
  • 8th: 2.2. miles
  • 9th: 3.5 miles
  • 10th: 4 miles
  • 11th: 8.2 miles
  • 12th: 2.6 miles
  • 13th: 3 miles
  • 14th: 4.2 miles
  • 15th: 4.4 miles
  • 16th: 3.2 miles
  • 17th: 5.6 miles
  • 18th: 3.3 miles
  • 19th: 2.6 miles
  • 20th: 5.3 miles
  • 21st: 4.5 miles
  • 22nd: 2.4 miles
  • 23rd: 0.6 miles
  • 24th: 4 miles
  • 25th: 1.9 miles
  • 26th: 3.5 miles
  • 27th: 2.3 miles
  • 28th: 1.2 miles
  • 29th: 4.1 miles
  • 30th: 3.1 miles
  • 31st: 4.5 miles

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Currently Reading

Currently Reading
The Golden Waterwheel

Books Read 2023

  • Listen to Me by Tess Gerritsen
  • Murder at the Summer Fete by Victoria Waters
  • The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia Cornwell

January

January
A bird a month seen in our garden

February

February
A bird a month seen in our garden

March

March
A bird a month seen in the garden - this time in my Mum & Dad's in NZ

April

April
A bird a month seen in our garden

May

May
A bird a month seen in our garden

June

June
A bird a month seen in our garden

July

July
A bird a month seen in our garden

August

August
A bird a month seen in our garden. Seen in our Holiday Cottage Garden

September

September
A bird a month seen in our garden.

December

December
A bird a month seen in our garden.

Percy Power!

Percy Power!
Our fun loving Chihuahua. Born 10th March 2013 Died Tragically 17th June 2022

Stanley

Stanley
Our Newest Addition, born 6th June 2016 Taken from us too early by a rare and aggressive cancer 24th September 2024

Our Sweet Sheltie - Pirate

Our Sweet Sheltie - Pirate
17th February 1998 - 7th March 2014

Our handsome Rough Collie - Shadow

Our handsome Rough Collie - Shadow
17th March 1998 - 21st August 2013

Mum & Dad's Dog

Mum & Dad's Dog
Sophie - sadly departed November 2017

Dad's Dog Rebel

Dad's Dog Rebel

A Pause in Advent 2013

A Pause in Advent 2013
This is the Fifth Year I have taken part in this!

MY RENTRÉE RESOLUTIONS 2015/16

  • 1: Continue to Declutter House
  • 2: Finish Online Photography Course
  • 3: Make a Musical Decision
  • 4: Work on my Art
  • 5: Enjoy Life, Smile & Laugh

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