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Sadly mum passed away over a month ago on 20 October, 95 years young. Fortunately she did not have COVID. Due to Auckland’s Lockdown level and border restrictions around Auckland, we could not have a service. Yesterday,…
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1 May is May Day. New Sites COMING SOON. MAYDAY MAYDAY The Pirates are going down!
MAYDAY! MAYDAY! The Pirates are going down! No more plundering from the Pirates! No wonder the tall ship went under Struck by thunder and full of plunder TJ Hatton Is “plunder” or “ripoff” too strong a word? I believe it may not be! Image source: https://theescaperoomer.com/escape-live-pirate-plunder/ COMING SOON: COMING SOON: PIRATES 2023: Personal Insurance Ripoffs…
Our street blocked for 5th day in Titirangi
After heavy rains in Auckland on Friday, our street was blocked about 50m from our house. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-flooding-ranui-streets-homes-swamped-motorways-blocked-fenz-nzdf-called-in/3YQ54VEQTJE2HJDRYHLYAYHOTQ/ ====================================== Update ====================================== When we were walking home yesterday (Wednesday) work was finally being undertaken on the slip. Hopefully we can drive out of our street today. Yay. We managed to get our car out of the street…
T-Rex: Peter & Barbara meet at Auckland Museum
We went to see Peter and Barbara at Auckland Museum yesterday (free to visit). For the first time ever, Auckland Museum is the only place in the world to exhibit an adult male and female T. rex together. Don’t miss two of the rarest, real T. rex skeletons ever discovered. On display until late 2023….
Jenny and I have just recuperated from COVID-19. PAXLOVID is great!
PAXLOVID is Great! We have just had COVID Thank God for PAXLOVID Near Xmas so sad Good we had no bad Symptoms heaven forbid Alan Grace 18 December 2023 Jenny and I have just recuperated from COVID-19. Just before Christmas! The first time for both of us. I had a sore throat for a couple…
Merry Catmas
Merry Catmas to you all. All the best for 2023. Friends of mine have found a new home and have now sold their old home. I wonder how their planning is going for their move? The twelve weeks of moving(Maybe sing your own version everyday until you move?) On the first week of moving my…
Jenny is Goneburgers tomorrow! #Transition
After resigning (and unresigning) twice from SIKA in NZ, Jenny is finally retiring tomorrow! Maybe the third E should be Entertain and cuddle Alan! ____________________ Jenny is Goneburgers Tomorrow! Retirement Welcome to the world Of waking up late Being disoriented And forgetting the date Get into the habit Of having lots of fun Not being…
Happy Birthday Mum. It is sad you are not here #Transition
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Stairway To Heaven Poem If tears could build a stairwell And memories were a lane, I would walk right up to Heaven And bring you home again. No farewell words were spoken, No time to say good-bye……
Xero’s Birthday #Transition
Nekro’s henchman Xero, Nekro’s henchman, now old and grey Even on his birthday I hear him come and go, With stealthy swift unmeaning to and fro, Muttering low, Perchance Time drives the merry-go-round whose track Is the zodiac; His name is No-man’s-friend; And his gabbling parrot-talk has neither trend, Beginning, nor end. Senseless and daft…
I DO NOT LIKE SAP; TIME TO SCRAM. PROMPT: GREEN
It was supposed to be Jenny’s last day at work today. Despite almost three month’s notice, a replacement for Jenny has not been found. Jenny has agreed to stay on (temporarily). Jenny’s work is in the final stage of migrating to SAP. Here’s the poem I wrote, based on Green Eggs and Ham by Dr…
Bonus Green Bottle 2. First NZ Matariki public holiday on 24 June! Perhaps visit Peter the Dinosaur? Today’s prompts: GREEN & STRONG & OPEN
On 24 June is New Zealand’s First Matariki public holiday. Perhaps you may like to visit Peter the dinosaur at the Auckland Museum? Viewing open for free! Matariki signals the Māori New Year. Traditionally, Matariki was a time to acknowledge the dead and to release their spirits to become stars. It was also a time…
Bonus Green Bottle, it is. May the Fourth be with you! Today’s prompts for 4 May 2022: GREEN & HOPE
My hope (and Yoda’s hope) for all of you today: For all my Green Bottle posts see: https://aaamazingphoenix.wordpress.com/ The prompt for 4 May 2016 was HOPE: https://wordpress.com/dailypost/prompts/Hope The prompt for 9 April 2016 was GREEN: https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/Green Also see: 3 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 28 April 2022: GREEN & SOLITUDE Solitude: To Yoda, An Ode…
Post #1,000. Farewell. No Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 1 May 2022: GREEN & SCARS
Green, green grass or battlefield? Peaceful sight or blind mind feel? Standing still or running away? Time for your dreams or no time left today? . . . Real love or real fake? Real life or living hate? Do we see each other or do we dance in the rain? Do we see the scars…
2 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 29 April 2022: GREEN & CURVE
Somewhere over the rainbow Green birds fly Birds fly over the rainbow Why then, oh, why can’t I? https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/judygarland/overtherainbow.html The endangered Kakapo, a flightless New Zealand parrot. Below is one of my favourite prints I have: kakapo and chick by Merrilyn Jaquiery https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/merrilyn-jaquiery-art-print-840891866 go grow a rainbow learning curves rainbow red, orange, yellow green, blue,…
3 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 28 April 2022: GREEN & SOLITUDE
Solitude: To Yoda, An Ode Green bark a prism creates, Feel the pull of earth, you must. Rotates, a slime of endless hates, Can hold me not, this world’s crust. Friendship’s ties, isolation Deflates, Succumbs, my spaceship, to bitter rust. Mist, my soul forever permeates, Lift-off, booms the rocket’s thrust. My spirit when light returns,…
4 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 27 April 2022: GREEN & MASK
I Do Not Like Wearing A Mask … A poem (loosely) based on Green Eggs and Ham. See: https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2020/09/25/dr-seuss-mask-poem/ This month’s WordPress prompt is GREEN (for April 2022). Combine GREEN and today’s daily prompt (recycled from 2016) if you wish. I suggest that the WordPress monthly prompt initiative is likely to be more successful if…
5 Green Bottles. Today’s [advance] prompts for 26 April 2022: GREEN & CROSSROADS
Anzac commemorations Poppies standing tall in each row On Crosses dignity bestow Cherish the memory So our military Never off to world war will go Alan Grace 25 April 2018 (Revised 25 April 2022) 25 April is ANZAC Day in New Zealand. Hence this post one day early. For my other ANZAC Day posts see:…
6 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 25 April 2022: GREEN & WHISPER
The Call of the Forest What does the forest whisper With every wind-stirred leaf, From many-centuried oak tree To hour-old blossom-sheaf? What does the forest whisper When nightingales are dumb And cícadas fall silent? The forest whispers, ‘Come’. Urgyen Sangharakshita For the rest of this poem see below or at the end of this post….
10 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 21 April 2022: GREEN & LOCKED
Lockdown (an acrostic) Locked down nation Open vaccination Cancel vacation Keep limitation Domestic education Odd organisation Work domestication New normalisation Locked down nation Open vaccination Cancel vacation Keep limitation End congregation Doomed sales generation Unsure duration Political obfuscation Alan Grace 20 April 2022 For my other acrostics see: https://aaamazingphoenix.wordpress.com/?s=acrostic My poem was inspired by the…
Black is the new Easter Green; 16 Green Bottles #Green#Bottle
New Easter Green Dark blacks are the new Easter Green New Pingbacks are no longer seen On the daily prompt site They don’t appear alright Bring back prompt pingbacks to the screen Alan Grace 13 April 2022 Green paua shell cross I’m a mere mathematician Not even a statistician Embossed paua shell Silvered cross well…
Random Recycled Prompts & 17 Green Bottles #Green
Random prompts are green! Please pretty [green] please WordPress Prompts need to seem a success I hope you have seen Random prompts are green We thank you WordPress God Bless Alan Grace 10 April 2022 Click below to see: Posts for two random recycled prompts starting with Y & Z from 2016 – 2018 [Link…
Pingbacks for GREEN #Green#Screen
Pingbacks A pingback for GREEN May always be seen You will get the gist Your post on my list Up upon your screen Alan Grace 13 April 2022 In your post, when you link to some else’s post, WordPress will automatically create a link “pinging” back to your post (at the bottom of the post…
COVID-19: When will NZ go Orange or Green? #Green#Newspaper
Traffic light green I’m not a mighty magician Or even a statistician When will NZ be seen With a traffic light green I’m a mere mathematician Alan Grace 11 April 2022 Update: NZ went to Orange at 11.59pm on Wednesday 13 April. New Zealand has now had 500 deaths with COVID-19. See: 7,592 community cases;…
Bloganuary 27 Jan #Green#Solitude
My answer: Into the bush Bloganuary We’ve now Bloganuary seen Many bloggers seemed very keen For best solitude Could you go bush nude Would background seem better dressed green Alan Grace 10 April 2022 Green Solitude Share your best posts (with a prompt) Share your best posts Click above to see the posts. Copy and…
MetaPromptZ is Green! Add more prompts! I’m feeling green! #Green#Screen
Add more prompts! WordPress may seem very green We heard a prompt may be seen For over a week We do want to seek More new prompts up on the screen Alan Grace 8 April 2022 GREEN is this month’s WordPress WordPrompt. See: https://wordpress.com/tag/wordprompt We look at recycling old prompts from 2016 – 2018 starting…
Will we get Daily prompts soon?#Green#Inchoate
Progress? Once ’twas really obscene Worse than we’ve ever seen Daily prompts were all gone With monthly prompts turned on The traffic light’s now green Alan Grace 6 April 2022 WordPress has started a new monthly WordPrompt. To join in on the fun, add “WordPrompt” as a tag to your post, allowing your content to…
Greenpeace: Rainbow Warrior III visited Auckland in 2018 #Green
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Rainbow Warrior Rainbow Warrior’s wonder won’t cease Blown up down under by French caprice Despised disguised spies Unwise sky high lies Lo please help save the world with Greenpeace Alan Grace 13 September 2018 I share my…
Help me get out of this COVID Rabbit hole! #Green#Clarity#Swallow
COVID Rabbit Hole I was caught down a rabbit hole It sought to take my mind and soul My sanity depended on Ending my fight with OMICRON I thought it might swallow me whole Alan Grace 2 April 2022 Warning: Don’t get caught down a Rabbit hole! A flash of clarity! See: https://wordpress.com/dailypost/prompts/Clarity/ https://wordpress.com/dailypost/prompts/Swallow/ #Warning…
Tentative decisions; More T.S. Eliot
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Tentatively, you may like to try to solve some puzzles … see my competitions. NZ has a general election in progress. The Leader of the Labour Party, Jacinda Ardern, initially wanted to leave the decision about introducing…
COVID Odyssey: Autumn Addendum Post #971~ COVID Odyssey Time Capsule Addendum
COVID Odyssey Addendum Summer has ceased Autumn’s awesome My thoughts come least my mind’s caught numb I feel like an April fool I have sealed my time capsule Before adding my addendum Alan Grace 26 March 2022 The Time Capsule embargo was lifted briefly on 30 March to include this addendum. Future posts can be…
COVID Odyssey: NZ New Year Fear 40 Post #967~ NZ COVID-19 PI Day 3/14: Ro Estimates for a theoretical future PI variant ~ Will PI be more infectious than the measles?
Today is Pi Day (14 March) in New Zealand, called Pi Day because in the US 14 March is written 3/14 and Pi ~ 3.14 (3.14159). We think that the next future COVID-19 variant may be called PI. On Pi Day (today) we think it may be appropriate to consider values for Ro for a…
COVID Odyssey: NZ New Year Fear 6 Post #933~ Omicron will be dominant variant in NZ community in 2 to 4 weeks
What community variant? What on earth letter are we onWhen will we next have OmicronDelta is now dominantOmicron soon prominentPerhaps rename it Omnicron? Alan Grace14 January 2022 We have only had one known case of community spread of Omicron in New Zealand. NZ Herald today (14 Jan) on P1: Should we rename Omicron, Omnicron? Below…
COVID Odyssey: New Year Fear 2 ~ Post #929: We got our booster shot today
Stop COVID There are those that would extinguish The light that God has made And interrupt our journey And all the plans we laid There are those that would take our spirit And make us feel such pain To wash away the progress And years of hopes and gain We must all stand united Against…
COVID Odyssey: New Year Fear ~ Post #928: How sky high are these PI hypotheses?
Hi PI How the New Year drew near We dread the clear new fear Now sky high rear these PI hypotheses How soon ere PI appear Alan Grace 2 January 2022 We assume that the next upcoming COVID-19 VOC (Variant of Concern) may be called PI when it is eventually comes/ is identified. We look…
COVID Odyssey: Summer Surprise 4 ~ Post #927: When this is over
Welcome to my COVID Odyssey: https://aaamazingphoenix.wordpress.com/ May our journey be over soon. When this is over: Welcome The Wanakers need to be more like this now. See: COVID Odyssey: Summer Surprise 3 ~ Post #926: Willis & Rawnsley Court Decision ~ A lump of coal for the Wanakers for Xmas Keep safe in 2022. Alan…
COVID Odyssey: Summer Surprise ~ Post#923: NZ Delta COVID-19~ Learning under COVID
I have just completed a free two-week online business course run using Zoom. This is the second time I have done this course. The online course was far better using Zoom than the face-to-face (f2f) course I did two years ago in 2019. See: https://noticeme2021.weebly.com/ These sites are my way of paying it forward The…
COVID Odyssey: Spring Spruce up 36 ~ Post#919: Mum: Yesterday, Today, Forever~ We will remember you
Sadly mum passed away over a month ago on 20 October 2021, 95 years young. Fortunately she did not have COVID. Due to Auckland’s Lockdown level and border restrictions around Auckland, we could not have a service. Yesterday, Today, Forever (Brunfelsia) was one of her favourite plants. We will always remember you mum. Mum had…
COVID Odyssey: Spring Spruce up 35 ~ Post#918: NZ Delta COVID-19~ Two COVID poems
COVID A COVID darkness swallows me whole squashing my air out taking its toll All that I want is my breath regained to run and to laugh no longer restrained The lost not forgotten never truly gone in some shape or form in spirit hang on But the COVID sleep has no warming charm for…
COVID Odyssey: Spring Spruce up 28 ~ Post#911: NZ COVID-19~ Anti-vaxxers
The anti-vaxxer There once was an anti-vaxxer “Silly Tim” Who thought that the virus ought not to kill him We pray the family Will still remain healthy A thousand cases in 8 days may chill him Alan Grace 11 November 2021 COVID Odyssey: Spring Spruce up 25 ~ Post#908: NZ COVID-19~ Over 1,000 confirmed cases in 8…
COVID Odyssey: Spring Spruce up 24 ~ Post#907: NZ COVID 2021 ~ How many Maori & Antivaxxers will change their minds?
Maori and Antivaxxers Maori mainly resistant Antivax nonexistent Others are hesitant Really target distant NZ must be persistent Alan Grace 5 November 2021 How many Maori & Antivaxxers will change their minds? Retrieved 6 November from: https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-data-and-statistics/covid-19-vaccine-data#total-vaccinations COVID Odyssey: Spring Spruce up 22 ~ Post#905: NZ COVID-19 Vaccinations ~ Will Maori vaccination levels mean Auckland…
COVID Odyssey: Spring Spruce up 18 ~ Post#901: Auckland NZ COVID-19 Delta~ Update to Poll 2
Halloween: Auckland boundaries are not a treat PM Big Sister Cindy In safe city so windy In Premier House grand Traps banned COVID Auckland Tracks us and throws a shindy Alan Grace 31 October 2021 The dramatic decrease expected in case numbers as more of New Zealand becomes double-jabbed has not occurred. On Saturday we…
COVID Odyssey: Spring Spruce up 17 ~ Auckland NZ COVID-19 Delta~ Halloween: Auckland boundaries are not a treat!
Halloween Poems Poem One & Poem Two: Delta Halloween: Auckland boundaries are not a treat In the city so windy PM Big Sister Cindy Stays in the house grand Strays COVID Auckland [Traps][Tracks]* us and throws a shindy Alan Grace 31 October 2021 * Choose one Poem Three: Delta Halloween: Auckland boundaries are not a…
Green Bottles, Alan's Ark & COVID Odyssey: Alan Grace's vir[tu]al journey 