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bye bye beach
Leaving the beach is hard on a beach girl. Leaving all these NZ kids even harder. But this time I am not going far. I will be only across ‘the ditch’. But there are no other beaches on my travel horizons. Unless we drive out to a Melbourne beach. But driving to the beach is
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the beach some more – love local
Friday is our archive day but how about we go to the beach instead!! We have plenty of time ahead for the archives. Yes? Ok! First get out of bed!! MoMo the cat. Kapiti Island. The weather has been stunning. I said to the boys that we were going to the beach to do beach
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gardens, farms, beaches, kitchens
What more could we want. Beach Garden Fourth Son has a really big vegetable garden. Very close to the beach. He is able to work remotely three days a week which means on his lunch break he can hurry out to munch his way through the garden as he does garden things. Prices for veg
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on the hill
The city garden is on the steep side of a small valley, like a chip out of a big hill. There is a rugged micro climate up here, the Southerlies are mitigated by the hill but it is still a bit windy when a Nor’West blows in. And today the Nor’Wester is blowing. In New
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zooming into the truth
Looking at the world closely is something we often avoid. But putting our hands over our eyes and over our ears is not evolved. It is not helpful. The only thing to avoid is avoidance itself. Avoiding close observation and subsequent action is historically proven to be downright destructive. We are no longer in the
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A little home, a little here, a little there.
This Wednesday post is the one that portrays how I am living more than any other. In pieces. Different hemispheres and different roles. Typical for a mother of far flung children. Juggling many balls above my head. First: The Farm in Illinois A couple of inches of snow and cold temps. Everything is handling the
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