tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143735922024-03-14T12:37:58.124+13:00inkyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger394125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14373592.post-32995992839032971982014-05-27T13:33:00.000+12:002014-05-27T13:33:05.560+12:00Steampunk Festival, Oamaru coming up - we are ready.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Queen's Birthday Weekend next weekend, and Helen and I have been busy making our costumes and preparing for the long voyage to the South Island and the festivities.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14373592.post-5809164638514144122014-03-03T13:28:00.002+13:002014-03-03T13:28:28.144+13:00Waihi beach weekend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Once again, I find myself down at Waihi Beach, and this time with sister. We had a wonderful time, enjoying the last weekend the Bali Secret Garden was open before closing for the season. A delicious space.<br />
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And we discovered the new restaurant attached to the Waihi Beach South hotel, which I've never been to. The food was delightful, economic and the whole experience one to be repeated.<br />
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Waihi beach - always different but so familiar.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14373592.post-13276662758565122262014-02-25T10:55:00.000+13:002014-02-25T10:55:06.563+13:00A new top hat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's not every day you get a top hat. I'm making a steam punk costume, so this is a good start. Watch this space.<br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14373592.post-86332497675488625152014-02-18T09:22:00.002+13:002014-02-18T09:22:38.076+13:00Jemma's 26th birthday in our front yard<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I started the chiminea at 3pm and then popped the lamb roast in half an hour later. Then I set up the garden to celebrate.<br />
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The roast was cooked to perfection, and a good time had by all.<br />
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Mum sat in the Moon chair the whole time thoroughly enjoying the show of her family.<br />
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Helen's cheesecake birthday cake went down well.<br />
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Ash brought his sister some roses.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14373592.post-89731156587559319732014-02-09T23:05:00.005+13:002014-02-09T23:05:59.495+13:00Stephen's 40th birthday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We dressed up as men to add some brothers to the mix, at our celebration of Stephen's 40th. A progressive dinner starting at the Boyds, and moving (by bike) to Helen's for main course, and then cycling to our place for cheesecake dessert, and a meeting.<br />
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Here's 'Allen'<br />
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and here's 'Jimmy'<br />
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Here we all are.<br />
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Golf and a gun range part of the fun.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14373592.post-56566622769054032432014-02-03T15:11:00.003+13:002014-02-03T15:11:48.418+13:00Chim, chiminea, chim, chiminea, chim chim anea.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My most recent acquisition, that is taking up far too much of my time and money. . .<br />
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but it IS great fun. So far we've enjoyed an open fire and company, then a chicken dinner that with a bit of juggling was delicious, and last night - pizzas. <br />
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Bring on the good times!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14373592.post-26478151104748708762014-01-28T16:15:00.003+13:002014-01-28T16:15:51.538+13:00Raspberry and Banana Muffins for morning tea<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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HAD to make these this morning. I'm on the 5:2 eating regime, and on the NON fasting days, something is called for with coffee! At least these had dextrose instead of sugar.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14373592.post-60067690691069764962014-01-27T12:06:00.003+13:002014-01-27T12:06:46.911+13:00Mum is 85, Liam is 17<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Two very different birthday cakes requested: the 85 yr old wanted a coffee cake, the 17 yr old wanted a trifle. <br />
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I made Mum's mocha cake, with three varieties of coffee, chocolate and vanilla filling.<br />
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Both nephews here for lunch.<br />
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Mum blowing out candles.<br />
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Liam about to trifle. . .<br />
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Just returned today from a splendid eight days at Kai Iwi Lakes in the Northland. I was there three days before being joined by Helen. We spent a lot of time reading, or swimming in the crystal clear fresh waters of the largest lake.<br />
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It was a mecca for families with water toys and boats, but the swimming was well worth it, and I only endured a couple of difficult nights of talk and music in which I needed to squash in earplugs.<br />
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The three lakes are like inverted sandhills, and have a definite edge where they get deep very quickly. But the waters are turquoise and delicious.<br />
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Loved the whole experience of camping again, and this last shot of me after seven days of no showers or hair washing, pretty much captures it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14373592.post-29684705786210796172014-01-01T08:45:00.000+13:002014-01-01T08:45:07.133+13:00NEW YEAR'S DAY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I went for an early morning (7am) walk this morning, almost alone on the path and the roads, around the waterfront and back. Instead of the predicted rain, it was glaringly sunny, and I take heart that perhaps the year ahead shares the same prognosis. Just before reaching my house, a flock of pigeons were resting on the overhead wires, and I couldn't resist playing with the picture they made. A tune to start a new year.<br />
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The Time for parties and festivities and fairy lights and food is upon us. And in two days will be all over for a year. I'm making the most of it this year, with two friend's parties in a row - one at the Middletons (above) and one at our place (for the first friends party EVER around here). <br />
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A splendid time was had by all, and the party pom-poms were great. Nice to have slightly smaller groups in each one, so that I got to actually spend a bit of time chatting and enjoying the company.<br />
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The local Baptist church put on a Christmas Extravaganza, which incorporated many trees decorated in different colours. And all this BEFORE Christmas Day itself. Hopefully, that will be worthy of its own post.<br />
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I had not realised my weight had been gradually going up until a visit to the doctor's recently confirmed what my clothes had been trying to tell me for a while. I must admit, I shed a few tears in frustration whilst talking with my medic, because of the hopelessness of it all. Then I was encouraged (once more) by friend Jan to try to 5:2 diet she and Mark have been on for a year which I have scorned. The word 'fasting' sets off something deep inside me. When my sister also suggested it at lunch the same day, I finally folded.<br />
I must say, it is not anywhere near as bad as I had feared. After three weeks I have lost 3 kgs, which is much too fast, but I expect it will go up slightly at the next weigh in. I have chosen Monday and Thursday as the day to have less than 500 calories, and in two meals. Surprisingly NOT like the fasts of old. I have a boiled egg usually, for breakfast, along with a cup of blueberries or strawberries. Then a couple of black coffees keep the pangs at bay along with some herb teas such as the one above. I think the ritual of the coffee/tea break can be enhanced by the clever use of keeping a nice receptacle for sipping, and enjoying it all slowly.<br />
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Since I work from home, it helps that when the hunger pangs set in around mid afternoon, I can either take a walk, or take a nap, and then it's not long before dinnertime, and a very light meal of salad and salmon or something. Watch this (increasing) space.<br /><br />
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Four of us went down to Christchurch last weekend to see the three saints who had come up to our conference, and with whom we've been sharing the Lord. David and Nicole, are on the left of this pic, along with Yusty, whom we just met in person, and whose house we are in for lunch. (I stayed with her)<br />
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Saturday night was spent at this home for dinner and a meeting to follow - this is Sharon and Eddie's house.<br />
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In the morning on Sunday we went to Mark and Karen's place and met up with a different group, and I shared my story with them.<br />
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Lunch and lots of chatting, before being whisked off to the airport by 1pm.<br />
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Below: lovely faces of those we went to see.<br />
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This past weekend I went down to Waihi Beach to check on the state of the family bach, which I haven't visited in over a year. It looked like the pic above. Surrounding it on all sides, carefully mowed plots with people living on them, and then this neglected bach. What a lot of memories it stirred up. Mostly ones to do with Dad, for whom the bach was his hobby. I thought of him many times, aware that he had gone only a year ago. We children spent many summers playing sneaks in the long lupins on the left of the section, before it was developed, and wandering down to the inlet behind to get muddy and scratched in the marsh grass.<br />
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Nothing much has changed in all those years on the inside either. Each one of the cupboards and appliances was brought down separately on the trailer, to our great delight, and installed. Uncle Murray lay the coloured lino blocks.<br />
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Going for my regular long wistful walk along the beach toward Bowentown, I came across (or rather, they came across me) these horses enjoying the surf. <br />
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And a trip to the beach would not be complete without some fish and chips eaten within metres of the sea, with the obligatory seagulls waiting for their handout.<br />
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Helen and I headed south to Wellington last weekend to see the WOW show. It was 25yr anniversary of the show, and it was such a fantastic night. No cameras allowed, but the memories are still with me. All my childish fantasies explored in costume, dance and audio visual extravaganza.<br />
THEN we explored Wellington, enjoying on Sunday, a High Tea at the James Cook Hotel.<br />
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I think this photo of the two of us flying down, perfectly expresses our excitement and joy.<br />
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Okay, so this is how silly we have gotten. . . We decided to start playing board games on the first Friday of every month, and I brought home the game The Settlers of Catan, just because it had been such fun in Bournemouth. Well, one game behind us and we all had such a good time, we had another go last night. Prior to that we'd all decided on some rather silly names for ourselves. See below. The Slater of Catan won last night's game.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14373592.post-30119436693091739552013-08-30T14:04:00.003+12:002013-08-30T14:04:49.197+12:00Let's have a savoury scone with that. . .<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Cold wet Friday, and I'm tapping away on transcriptions here in the tiny office at home. Come 10am what is better to do that to roll out the basin, turn on the oven, and make some of those savoury scones Cathy and I enjoy on our morning teas up at Riverhead.<br />
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This recipe I made up with the base from the Edmonds book. Three cups of flour (one of mine was wholemeal), 3 heaped tsps baking powder, half cup cream, salt, sprinkle of dill/rosemary, pepper, cup of grated cheese, some parmesan, chopped up gerkins/dried tomatoes/leek. Came out really well.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14373592.post-83928824456070827092013-08-22T21:42:00.001+12:002013-08-22T21:42:32.132+12:00Getting the background and characters right<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Spent a wee bit of time this arvo perfecting the art of making a bonnet - in readiness for the Writer's Weekend starting tomorrow, and Sat night when I have to BE one of the characters from my own novel. In this case, I'm writing about 1860 New Zealand during the gold rush. Sheesh, talk about making it hard for myself.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14373592.post-73752024539734971252013-07-05T15:48:00.002+12:002013-07-05T15:48:09.753+12:00I am wheelie happy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's silly how thrilled I am with this little beauty. After years of
hand-me-down cars, kindly given by Dad, or cars that I could afford, but
didn't really love, I have now got a car that ticks all the boxes. If
you could see how many times my eyes glide to the right, out the studio
window, and look fondly on the glistening navy panels and shape just
outside. . .<br />
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Anyway, I must swivvel my head back to work, and remember the all too pleasant country drive I took earlier, followed by a drive down city streets and parking, which was all a DREAM.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14373592.post-68456401208717582052013-06-02T17:47:00.002+12:002013-08-22T21:45:01.118+12:00Mum in dire straits.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mum has had a series of minor strokes, which have affected her speech and vocabulary, and spatial comprehension. <br />
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Although physically she looks pretty good, she's got some work to do to return to living independently. Watch this space. <br />
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Bless her!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14373592.post-11163931321259078092013-03-26T17:38:00.001+13:002013-03-26T17:38:24.696+13:00Scotland, the Highlands and back<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Very happy memories of a great trip in snow and ice around the Highlands in the first week of December 2012. <br />
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Enjoying a cider at The World's End tavern in Edinburgh.<br />
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Wonderfully citrus smelling garlands on sale in Edinburgh at the European Fair.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14373592.post-55254777450160042092012-11-29T15:59:00.001+13:002012-11-29T15:59:14.275+13:00Farewell after five years at AUT Library<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love the look on my manager - Eamon's - face in this shot. Says it all. This was the farewell afternoon tea held last Friday in my honour, and he was sweating it about the speech he was going to have to give. Some very nice words said, and then I had to follow up with my own.<br />
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I chose the theme of the coming new release cinematically: The Hobbit, and Bilbo's 111th speech, where he says the memorable words: "I know half of you half as well as I would like and less than half of you half as well as you deserve." It's that, in a nutshell, for me and the staff here, hee hee. As you would get with over 60 staff in the three campuses. Anyway, another era is over for me and as Tolkien so wisely said: The road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began. . .<br />
<dl><dd><i>Now far ahead the Road has gone,</i></dd><dd><i>And I must follow, if I can,</i></dd><dd><i>Pursuing it with eager feet,</i></dd><dd><i>Until it joins some larger way</i></dd><dd><i>Where many paths and errands meet.</i></dd><dd><i>And whither then? I cannot say.</i></dd></dl>
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This was almost too good to be true - how to be able to keep cycling, uphill, any distance, sciatica or no, against a headwind. . . all for half the normal price, on a GrabOne sale. So I spent my big bucks and waited. . .<br />
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. . . and waited. . . five days beyond the delivery date. . . this carton was waiting for me behind the carport. Yes, it WAS a kitset after all, despite no comment to that effect on the product description.<br />
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And when finally it was all taken out and roughly put together. . .we find it is only ALMOST a bike.<br />
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MISSING: pedals, lights, charging cord. . . and most of all, the original enthusiasm of the biker buyer.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14373592.post-77175979316844186092012-11-18T09:26:00.003+13:002012-11-18T09:30:06.883+13:00Cathy's 60th birthday on board Dave's boat Kosmic 5<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Very pleasant evening spent on board the boat enjoying a catch up with good friends and celebrating Cathy's 60th birthday.<br />
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Little brother arrived at the crack of dawn on Thursday morning to stay for two weeks and help out at Woodglen Rd, clearing it of all its stuff. This first evening though, was spent with Mum, Steve and I, enjoying a meal together down at the restaurant and catching up. Mum and I watched Coro St while the boys chatted and then Phil drove Steve back in the green machine, and came back to spend the night at Mum's apartment.<br />
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Dinner at the restaurant.<br />
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