tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280657582024-03-11T08:13:32.896+13:00Glennis's Blog page ........................ Welcome.Our wonderful life of semi-retirement in Picton, New Zealand.Glennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04660567773516760768noreply@blogger.comBlogger419125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28065758.post-1205552242228645872020-06-20T14:01:00.004+12:002020-06-20T14:01:52.410+12:00The Krishna Rock<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><b>My dear Daughter lovingly made and sent me these gifts. a number of paint pens that will be very useful, a nice handful of her beautiful rocks, and a very special little box she had made and painted with iridescent green and gold paint, with a painting of my booful cat on the top. Inside the box was a wonderful rock she painted of my old Siamese cat Krishna. Quite took my breathe away it's so special and it looks just like she did.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">. Krishna died 30 years ago but she lives still in my heart</span></span>Glennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04660567773516760768noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28065758.post-22987876832979606772019-02-23T20:05:00.001+13:002019-05-05T18:11:46.877+12:00The Ring<br />
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The Ring.</div>
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On February 6<sup>th</sup>
2019 while on a picnic with the Senior Citizens Club I found a ring
on a picnic table. I imediately slipped I on my finger where it
fitted perfectly, and held my had up to the sun to examine what I had
found. The solitaire diamond sparkled ad shot blue and other
coloured lights everywhere it was obviously a very nice engagment
ring. We finished our picnic and I told them all I would take the
ring to the Police and hand it in as soeone would be missing such a
lovely ring. So I did just that and fully expected to never hear of
it again, though the Police told e if after 3 months it is not
claimed it would be mine.</div>
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I waited2 weeks then
visited the Police Station agai to see if there had been anyone ask
about the ring. Amazingly they said only that day someone had
contacted them about that very ring and if they could satisfy them
that ir belonged to her she would be able to claim it. I was not
dissopointed I was thrilled the owner was going to get back what was
given to her with love, her engagment ring. The Police asked if I
wished them to tell the person who had found it, I said yes as I
would rather like to hear thanks for handing it in. Then the Police
told me they had taken it to a local jeweler for a quick valuation
and that the ring was worth over $5000 as it was a very good diamond!</div>
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Todsay I received a
phoe call from the Lady called Brenda to say thankyou very much and
very gratefully, and she said she wanted to meet me and could she
come after lunch, I was happy to meet with her too.</div>
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In the afternoon this
very sweet lady arrived on my doorstep with the biggest bunch of
beautiful flowers in her arms plus other things like a lovely
heartfelt worded card and cake of choclate, a bottle of wine and
amazingly a $100 note, I was blown away by her generosity and thanks.
She stayed and chated with us for some time. I gave her a couple of
my painted rocks to take home and remember me. Such a great Blessing
all around for us both she has her very sentimental ring back andI
have been more than rewarded and surrounded with love.</div>
<br />Glennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04660567773516760768noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28065758.post-65579170098201176012018-08-31T13:03:00.000+12:002018-08-31T13:03:21.930+12:00Daffodil Day rocks.<b>It is Daffodil Day in New Zealand, to commemorate people fighting Cancer.</b><br />
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<b>I painted 7 special rocks with daffodils on and hid them in the streets of Picton this morning.</b><br />
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<b>While doing so I found 2 pretty rocks by other people and photographed them with my daffodils.</b><br />
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<b>there are a few other rocks that I had finished in the photo. I like the N for Nyle who is my dear Daughter, it had natural white streaks I just added the purple colour.</b>Glennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04660567773516760768noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28065758.post-76112597505343290972018-05-29T17:07:00.001+12:002018-05-29T17:07:04.205+12:00some of my painted rocks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I painted them for the children to go out searching for, they are so excited when they do find them and usually take them home and treasure them for a time. </div>
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But they are supposed to take a photo of the rock they find and post it on #marlboroughrocks. or #marlbrocks so I can see that they have found one of my little rocks, then, the idea is that they go out and hide the rock i a new place for other children to find.</div>
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I have been lucky enough to have had a number of rocks photographed and posted, it is so encouraging to get such a post, makes me so happy. </div>
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Because we are a small tourist town where huge cruise ships visit often I suspect that many of my rocks have left NZ for exotic destinations. I do know one now lives in Thailand.</div>
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I have hundreds of different little designs I paint, some are easy so I do them often. Like penguins, flowers, bugs and strawberries. I believe I have painted approx 450 </div>
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Glennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04660567773516760768noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28065758.post-44971633396998300752018-04-23T09:48:00.000+12:002018-08-31T13:04:19.147+12:00Lake Mattherson New ZealandOn a bus trip round the South Island we visited beautiful Lake Mattherson with its pretty reflections. There is a very peasant walk into this lake through old native bush full of bird song.<br />
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Past a big swing bridge and many small streams.out highest Mountain.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I decided I would buy a lovely sheep skin mat for my Daughter for Christmas, I found a really nice one with a little fleck at the tips of the wool and bought it. Brought it home and put it on the spare bed. Porsche our Burmese Cat found it and liked it, lay down on it and said thank you I like it its mine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I rather thought she would get tired of it and I would be able to give it to my Daughter, but she only became more attached to it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The shop had since sold out, so I rang them and asked if they could get another one from some other branch of their shop. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">About a week later a nice lady rang and said a whole bin of the sheep skins had arrived and asked me to send a photo of the colour I wanted, hence the photos. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next day she rang me and said yes there was just one of the skins same as I wanted, it had been right at the bottom of the bin which apparently was up on top of many other big bins of stuff. Then I asked her if she would please go back and get yet another one! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">With a sigh she said ok. hut it would be a different colour and it was. Turned out to be a lovely black tipped one. Just perfect as I wanted to give that one to my Grand son for Christmas as he has just purchased a new home. I bought the nice lady a tiny box of chocolates for all the trouble she went to on my behalf. She was amazed couldnt believe anyone would reward her like that.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I was just so happy we still have Porsche's sheep skin and My Daughter and my Grandson have theirs too. Win win all round.</span><br />
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Glennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04660567773516760768noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28065758.post-75396748167816898892017-12-24T09:18:00.002+13:002017-12-24T09:18:12.318+13:00I like this.<img alt="Image may contain: text" src="https://scontent.fakl2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/25299238_1732268503472496_7479731188590952406_n.jpg?oh=af9f956ebbdd63309c8b7e169c922ca4&oe=5ACCA29C" />Glennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04660567773516760768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28065758.post-17152677163993092562017-12-23T10:09:00.003+13:002017-12-23T10:09:45.840+13:00Swimming<span style="color: blue;">First swim of the season and it was before Christmas, amazing. The weather has been unseasonably hot this year so the ocean is warm. Was a lovely swim with friends and a booggy board.</span><br />
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Glennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04660567773516760768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28065758.post-76531423399950312252017-12-16T14:55:00.002+13:002017-12-16T14:55:53.670+13:00Reward from a bank.<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">While in town shopping in Picton I wanted some money from the ATM tried one and found a large sign saying it had been vandalized and was not to be used til repaired, so I went further down the street and tried the next ATM but try as I might I could not put my pin number into it. The key pad numbers were all pressed down into the back so it couldnt be used. Off I went to the next machine and got my money out no problem, however I know from experience that the bank will charge me for using an ATM that is not from my bank.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">When I got home I thought I had better ring the Bank and tell them their ATM had also been vandalized so it could be repaired The head office of the Bank of New Zealand was so pleased and grateful to me for telling them that they said I would get a .reward of $20 into my account! Wow who ever heard of a bank handing out rewards. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Thank you Bank of New Zealand I appreciate the reward. </span></b>Glennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04660567773516760768noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28065758.post-29072773884668703572017-07-26T18:08:00.003+12:002017-09-22T13:36:07.484+12:00my orchidMy lemon/lime yellow orchid is still looking quite good even though it has been hiding in the hedge to escape the winter chills. It has manged to flower happily there.<br />
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Glennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04660567773516760768noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28065758.post-66628775807683841142017-06-20T15:57:00.001+12:002017-06-20T16:09:19.387+12:00Mid Winter Solstice Picnic<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">Four of us went on a mid Winter solstice picnic. We were going to hold it whatever the weather and we did.</span></span><br />
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More than 30 of us attended and thoroughly enjoyed the feast. Erle had a small glass of warm Saki and I had a glass of wine, one of the men came past and took our photo, such a happy smiling photo, so unusual for us, I was over joyed when he gave the photo, I planned to take it home and show Erle but some how I managed to lose the photo. The man was happy to reprint another for us.<br />
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There were several raffles for us the prizes being the pretty flower plants on the tableGlennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04660567773516760768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28065758.post-87399445467788301792017-04-26T18:12:00.001+12:002017-04-26T18:38:39.611+12:00Mum's Remembrance family picnic 2017<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Once again we gathered as a family in celebration of Mums life and Dads too. This time the Picton Foreshore was chosen to hold a pot luck picnic. All of us made either a pizza or a bacon and egg pie there were many delicious versions of these yummy treats. Everyone tried valiantly to have a piece of each. There were other yummy goodies to sample too. Seems Mum taught us all to be good cooks. After lunch we had a merry game of mini golf not sure who won but it sure wasn't me. All the children had the time of their lives on the little train and the merry-go-round as well as playing golf. They made the most of all the Grand parents there with cash to spare. Nice to see them all so happy.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My Mother grew this Cyclamen from seed a few years ago, Never has it flowered like it has this year. So very profuse ad several different colours in there too.</span>Glennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04660567773516760768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28065758.post-88756351929600735682017-02-23T20:58:00.002+13:002017-02-23T20:58:24.270+13:00sunset<span style="font-size: large;">Beautiful sunset tonight</span><br />
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Glennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04660567773516760768noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28065758.post-65717421278298484492016-12-10T12:57:00.001+13:002016-12-11T21:01:05.291+13:00Some photos from Kaikoura EarthquakeSome photos from Kaikoura's devastating earthquake 7.8<br />
This is what some of the major main highway between Blenheim - Kaikoura looks like now, although they are hurrying to repair it as fast as possible.<br />
Amazingly only 2 people died in this massive quake.<br />
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Houses met the same fate</div>
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These cows were stranded as the hillside fell away, but they were soon rescued unharmed.</div>
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The Army came to the rescue of people stranded in the small town of Kaikoura, mainly tourists, they were helicoptered out after the Army and the local Maori Meari fed them</div>
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The sea bed was lifted by the power of the earthquake straight up about 6 - 8 feet high along with all the fish and shellfish. kelp and other marine life</div>
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and there were many huge slips of rock and mud that came down from the mountains one of which trapped a frieght train just as it came out of a tunnel, it is still there and will be for a long time..</div>
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<br />Glennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04660567773516760768noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28065758.post-60847215902811967862016-09-08T14:28:00.000+12:002016-09-10T11:55:30.993+12:00Koh Samui Elephant Trek<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJzTHBfSaWjvpuaDfJ0yUCqLpGIvLWQ858zvIq07PIJxXaOl2bdjhDlDyacZlwk6ywduGA0CnC7gmIEMCUhzQxrZVKrvkuNXEY6iWhMcUripnEBzh_YuHrhHkzfhZt5Pi1SDX/s1600/elephant.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJzTHBfSaWjvpuaDfJ0yUCqLpGIvLWQ858zvIq07PIJxXaOl2bdjhDlDyacZlwk6ywduGA0CnC7gmIEMCUhzQxrZVKrvkuNXEY6iWhMcUripnEBzh_YuHrhHkzfhZt5Pi1SDX/s320/elephant.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">While we were in Koh Samui we chose to go on an all day tour, we spoke with the tour director and I said I wanted to go Elephant trekking and Erle wanted to watch the Tigers and the monkeys show. She said it was all good for combining them all plus a few extra bonus things as well. Was quite expensive because it included a nice lunch.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We were picked up in a lovely new air conditioned luxury van then picked up a German family with a couple of small children and taken </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">to the Elephant trek place.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">There was a Mother and baby elephant there to pat and 2 other half grown elephants that we could buy food for too. Most people did just that specially for the mother elephant.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We were taken over to meet the elephant we were to ride, Erle immediately decided not to ride the elephant at all so I was taken by myself on a nice quiet elephant with a mahout. </span><br />
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<br />Glennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04660567773516760768noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28065758.post-78346761947411268752016-08-27T14:25:00.000+12:002016-09-02T15:28:36.375+12:00Beautiful Fir tree.......Destroyed!<span style="font-size: large;">Beautiful Fir Tree</span>.<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: large;">I go away for 3 days and someone came and sawed down the majestic Fir tree. I feel for the poor tree it had been there about 100 years or more and was huge and loved by the birds. Because it was the tallest tree around birds all wanted to sit at the top and sing their songs. It took so long to grow and was destroyed so quickly this is all that was left..... the truck and masses of messy branches lying everywhere</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Will miss this nice old tree, I used to sit under it in peace and quiet frequently, just listening to the birds.</span></span><br />
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Glennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04660567773516760768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28065758.post-2246529502791260742016-05-31T15:23:00.002+12:002016-05-31T22:51:21.825+12:00My Fitbit Charge HR<span style="font-size: large;">My daughter Nyle is an athlete and has had a Fitbit Charge HR for sometime to monitor her steps and her sleep and heart beat then my Pastor got herself one and I heard all about how great they were so I went and bought myself one! Had to keep up with the Daughter, the Pastor and the Jones etc, even though I am an oldish couch potato.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> They are not cheap but are a lot of fun and very interesting to have. You wear them all the time and it records your heart beat day and night. Ofcause it counts all my steps and active times, and it tells me how much sleep I actually get, this has been a Revelation, I seem to get get way more sleep than I had ever dreamed of which is good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I like the pretty purple colour on my wrist too, but I am wearing it way too high on my wrist, my Daughter showed me to move it further up my arm for a correct reading, that is her much younger hand below. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am never going to be an athlete but I am going to be a little more active which is healthy, if I can lose some weight at same time it will be nice but unlikely.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I could use some more friends that have one of these wrist bands to give me more encouragement should you have one send me a friend request we can help each other..</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">To get the readings from your days activities you need to download ww,Fitbit.com on to your iphone. I find I am constantly checking how I am going during the day and can hardly wait to see how many hours I have slept during the night.</span></div>
<br />Glennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04660567773516760768noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28065758.post-42921115307086164662016-05-28T18:10:00.002+12:002016-05-30T13:23:52.490+12:00Half Marathon walk<span style="font-size: large;">Today is the last big event for the Merry Missionary Month of May, a sponsored walk done by Judy and Kate both from our Church.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Most members of ca our Church came out and joined in at some stage to encourage and support them. I also did twice along the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I joined in at this point for a couple of km round the hilly scenic part, fortunately it was a fairly dry time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> John made several signs ti encourage them and walked a coupe of km</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> a quick drink along the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Finishing line is the arches at our Church. B</span>oth <span style="font-size: large;">ladies made it</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wayne was waiting to welcome everyone with a great sausage sizzle, with some yummy onion plus some ginger crunch cake made by yet another .</span></div>
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Glennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04660567773516760768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28065758.post-49524516668689903992016-05-15T14:58:00.001+12:002016-05-15T21:55:27.280+12:00My Unexpected Water Baptism!<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 19.32px;">Our Church held its Merry Missionaries Month of May swim this afternoon straight after church.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 19.32px;"> When I got out Pastor Judy and Pastor Julian said why didn't I get water baptized since I was already soaked I said Pastor Judy was not dressed for the water so it could wait til another time.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.32px;">When we came out of the water several people prayed for me in my soaking wet condition.</span></span><br />
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Glennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04660567773516760768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28065758.post-41858744289720535452016-05-08T20:40:00.001+12:002016-05-08T20:41:33.192+12:00Beautiful Porsche<span style="font-size: large;">Our beautiful Silver Blue Burmese Cat Porsche, she has been in a very playful mood all evening. Weather is so mild at the moment, although it is Winter time we still have Summer weather and it seems she thinks it is Spring.</span><br />
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Wonderful spread of the yummyist food followed by some very fun bowling games, I did not distinguish myself but several of the family proved to be really good at this game, so much laughter and noise it was a lovely time together made even better by my Grandson <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1193752454" href="https://www.facebook.com/candykayneman" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.32px; text-decoration: none;">Kayne Schwass</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.32px;">coming over from Nelson on his motor bike to join us, it made my day</span><br />
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We watched as they raced away past a group of small colourful yachts at full speed they raced of the the rescue, it was interesting to see the new boat which is much bigger was also much faster.<br />
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<br />Glennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04660567773516760768noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28065758.post-51561569128260627772016-04-07T19:18:00.001+12:002016-04-07T19:25:42.106+12:00Mystery Flowers<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 19.32px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Memorial to a lovely lady who lived in our complex. She has died and we all attended her huge funeral today. She was much loved.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Who knows who did this lovely gesture. God Bless.</span><br />
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