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  • Rainbow socks and an author recommendation
  • Ten things
  • Weekend wanderings
  • Bran Muffins 3 ways
  • Zucchini Tomato Sauce
  • Bacon, Chorizo and Vege stew
  • Blueberry, Ginger and Walnut bread
  • Cheese roll filling – aka Cheese “Crack”
  • Chilli Cornbread

Category: Local

Frankentrolly gets retired
Local / Love food hate waste / recycling / Sustainability
  • March 23, 2025
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  • 2 mins
  • 2 months
  • 191 words
  • 6

Frankentrolly gets retired

Every Saturday morning I get up early and head down to our local vegetable market.  My trusty trolley makes the journey with me each week but sadly it recently had to be retired.  I brought […]

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Wellington Weekend Wanderings
Local / Photography
  • June 25, 2024
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  • 1 min
  • 11 months
  • 102 words
  • 8

Wellington Weekend Wanderings

We went out for a wander on the weekend to visit the New Zealand Portrait Gallery to view the Adam Portraiture Award exhibition for 2024.  Lots of very talented artists and worth a visit if […]

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Weekend Walk
Local / Photography
  • November 1, 2023
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  • 1 min
  • 2 years
  • 38 words
  • 11

Weekend Walk

The weather was stunning here in Wellington yesterday and we took advantage of the nice warm day to go for a walk.  I snapped a few pics to share with you while we were out […]

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Ten things
Gardening / homegrown / Local / Sewing
  • May 16, 2023
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  • 2 mins
  • 2 years
  • 253 words
  • 12

Ten things

I thought I would share ten things that made me happy this weekend Figs from my tree which I ate on toast with honey, soooo good.  The variety is Fig Candy, check out the colour! […]

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Weekend wanderings
Homemade / Local
  • May 2, 2023
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  • 2 mins
  • 2 years
  • 196 words
  • 10

Weekend wanderings

We had beautiful weather on the weekend, more like Summer than Autumn, so I thought I would share a bit of what we got up to. I grabbed some ripe figs at the vege market […]

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Homegrown Potatoes
Gardening / homegrown / Local / Love food hate waste / menu planning / No Waste
  • January 23, 2023
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  • 1 min
  • 2 years
  • 113 words
  • 2

Homegrown Potatoes

Yesterday we harvested our first attempt at growing potatoes.  We didn’t get as many as we were hoping for but we were pleased with the result.  We grew them in a coffee sack and they […]

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Vintage and Thrift
Local / recycling / Sustainability / thrifting
  • September 29, 2021
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  • 3 mins
  • 4 years
  • 380 words
  • 11

Vintage and Thrift

Here in Wellington we have a number of great thrift shops to choose from and I visit quite regularly.  Recently we made a trek out to Upper Hutt as we hadn’t visited the shops out […]

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A Year of Thrift
Local / road trip / Sustainability / thrifting
  • January 3, 2021
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  • 3 mins
  • 4 years
  • 377 words
  • 8

A Year of Thrift

Happy New Year!  I thought I would give an update on my slow fashion journey throughout 2020.  As mentioned in this post, I pledged not to buy any new clothes for another year after a […]

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Backyard visitors
Creatures / Local / Lockdown Covid 19
  • May 19, 2020
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  • 3 mins
  • 5 years
  • 325 words
  • 10

Backyard visitors

Since we have been in lockdown we have noticed more birds around.  I don’t know whether it is because we are at home all day so we are noticing them more or if there has […]

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Microgreens experiment
Gardening / homegrown / Local / Love food hate waste / menu planning / Sustainability
  • April 17, 2020
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  • 2 mins
  • 5 years
  • 212 words
  • 3

Microgreens experiment

While in lockdown, we are trying to make sure that we maintain eating our 5 plus a day.  So far, so good but to make sure that we are getting some variety, I thought I […]

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