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Author: Annette Taylor

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A bit of Victoriana in Gordonton

July 24, 2011August 23, 2011 Annette Taylor 2 Comments collectables, Gordonton, jim stuart, victoriana

A new shop has popped up quietly in the middle of Gordonton village.  In what used to be, many years

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Sardinian cooking in a kiwi kitchen

July 24, 2011January 3, 2020 Annette Taylor 6 Comments cooking, gluten free gnocchi, pasta, rice flour pasta

Mariano swept into our Gordonton kitchen like a force of nature.  A sharply dressed hurricane, with an Italian accent. “Tonight,”

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Garlic cureth many an ill

July 10, 2011May 3, 2014 Annette Taylor 0 Comments cloves, Culpeper, garlic, Wairere Nursery

Dodging rain showers and dressed up extra warm, we’ve just planted the garlic.

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Nourishing and tasty
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Old favourites still hit the spot

July 9, 2011September 20, 2014 Annette Taylor 0 Comments farming food, ginger, nanny's buns, nutmeg, recipe

These nourishing, tasty buns are a longstanding favourite in our household.

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Look at me!
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Rare feathered visitor shun Gordonton paddocks

June 26, 2011April 30, 2020 Annette Taylor 0 Comments emperor penguin, peka peka beach, shore plover

We stopped by to visit his majesty, the Emperor Penguin who came ashore at Peka Peka beach, north of Waikanae on the Kapiti Coast.

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Moon light over Gordonton

June 16, 2011August 3, 2011 Annette Taylor 1 Comment Gordonton, lunar eclipse, moon

The cat didn’t know what the fuss was about – but she came out over the dewy grass with us

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