PostsCommentsfionasfavourites in #hive-106316 • 14 days agoPotential Consequence? Perhaps. Perhaps not.Every time I resolve to pay more attention to my virtual life, RL jumps up and smacks. Hard. It has been an inordinately difficult patch - a few weeks, no months. Not just…fionasfavourites in #hive-106316 • last monthNavigating people and new boundariesI have been – still am – dealing with a few things at the moment. Yes, some of this is associated with learning how to navigate my changed circumstances. However, it’s exactly…fionasfavourites in #hive-106316 • 2 months agoWhere has October gone?Today is Halloween. It's also a month ago, tomorrow, that I posted with the resolve - again - to post more regularly and rekindle many of my virtual friendships. Why have I…fionasfavourites in #hive-167922 • 3 months agoOctober Power Up Day with a lot of life (not on the side)I know that last month I said that I wanted to get back to regular blogging. A week later, I managed one post and then. Well. Life. Some happy, ffionasfavourites in #hive-120586 • 3 months agoRoasted butternut and beetroot salad with couscousLast weekend I was invited to supper with friends. That's not unusual what is, is Dr M. Having just ended a sabbatical, is back at work and commuting between the village and…fionasfavourites in #hive-167922 • 4 months agoHive Power Up Day - 1 September 2024It's spring day in the Southern Hemisphere. During the week, and when we were plunged back into mid-winter, it occurred to me that this would also be an opfionasfavourites in #hive-106316 • 4 months agoMid-winter thingsLast winter was cold. This winter was colder - in both the figurative sense of last year - but also in the literal sense. It took a while to arrive, but when shefionasfavourites in #hive-106316 • 5 months agoGetting the pip....Foreword I know I've been absent. Very absent. I know I keep on saying that'll change. That's the plan. However, every time I thifionasfavourites in #anniversary • 6 months agoNo taste, brain fog and just getting onThese photos - and this post - have been sitting in my drafts for a week. Let me explain: not only was June the first anniversary of The Husband's death, but I seem to have…fionasfavourites in #hive-106316 • 7 months agoAnother winterI loathe the cold and I hate getting up in the dark. No, I would not survive in the Northern Hemisphere where the cold and short days are much, much more intense than here.…fionasfavourites in #hive-167922 • 7 months agoPowering up on June 1, 2024The first of the month happens 12 times a year and here, on Hive, we power up. This is the sixth of the year and next month I cefionasfavourites in #hive-120586 • 7 months agoTomato [powder] Trials - IIt's been a while since I had a reason to experiment with a new ingredient. On Saturday, at the market, P of McGregor Herbes de Provence fame gave me a new…fionasfavourites in #hive-167922 • 7 months agoRedfish: win a delegation if you power up on June 1st! Four years in August 2020, in [celebration of a Hive milestone](fionasfavourites in #hive-106316 • 7 months agoSo, the seasons turnThis greeted me at 8am when I arrived to set up for last Saturday's market. The lifted, the sun came out and warmed us. I admit, I am not looking forward to the frosty mornings…fionasfavourites in #hive-106316 • 7 months agoResuming - and adapting - old traditions I cannot believe that it's a week ago that these two lovelies were working in the area in the village (the live in Cape Town). We resumed whatfionasfavourites in #hive-167922 • 8 months agoMay Hive Power Up Day Delegations - an update from the Fab FourPower Up Day - on the first day of each month - is a well established Hive tradition. It started in the first iteratifionasfavourites in #memoirmonday • 8 months agoMoon news memories[ Source ] It’s taken a while: I can’fionasfavourites in #hive-167922 • 8 months agoRedfish Powering Up on 1st May could win a 400HP delegationAnother Hive Power Up Day has arrived. I’ve lost count of how many I’ve done. Each month, on the first, I stop powering down (and I have powered down befionasfavourites in #hive-106316 • 8 months agoGetting through - with salad and sunsetsThis time, a year ago, The Husband was in hospital. He'd come through surgery with flying colours and we were planning his return home to refionasfavourites in #hive-106316 • 8 months agoWebsSpiders’ webs fascinate me. It’s rare one finds an almost perfect one. We – the gardener and I – did, on Thursday. 
