Wednesday 29th December

Nice sunny morning so I thought that the succulents could do with a Christmas 'hair cut'

Hope to finish it off tomorrow - weather permitting

Monday 27th December

We are still in post Christmas recovery mode so not up to much!

These are pics from before Christmas when we decided to harvest our chillis

Not a bad crop at all!

What a nice Christmas Day !

Thanks to Vicky & Rauri for great food and atmosphere

and to Leslie, Tiff & Bell for looking after us so well

Christamas Day

Baby Jesus is safe in his manger

And Santa can relax and open his own presents
I wonder who delivered them.....
Merry Christmas
xx

Christmas Eve

The wreath is on the front door

Our Christmas trees are alight

And there are wild iris in bloom in the garden!

Thursday 23rd December

Not long now !

Wednesday 22nd December

Paul has now completed his wall building project

This was how it looked before

And now....

Pretty good job eh ?

Tuesday 21st December

Happy Birthday Gloria !

20th December 2010

Happy Anniversary to Victoria & Chris

Saturday 19th December

Rehearsals continue for the Panto.

However, we felt it was a bit too cold for Snow White to swoon onto the concrete floor

(Having eaten the poisoned apple)

So we found a seasonal volunteer

Kev the Jenga expert

Thursday 16th December

Our chilli plant has suffered a bit in all the wet & windy weather

But not a bad crop!

Wednesday 15th December

London - Athens

Protests all over Europe in the last week

One big difference in Athens is that the Police really DID use tear gas

and the BBC were happy to report no fatalities.....

Tuesday 14th December

We woke up to the first snow of the season on the mountain

It has certainly felt cold enough for snow

Monday 13th December

Another one for Paul & Cathy

Hello Stavros !

Thanks Thea for the pic

Book Club

I'm not usually a fan of short stories but I felt compelled to read each of these stories at a sitting.

Especially loved the first one that just made me want to rush off & book a ferry to Venice!

Sorry I forget who I need to thank for passing this on to me

For Paul, Cathy, Gloria & Gren

All A ok at home

And here

And thanks for the peppers Paul & Cathy!

They were nice in a tortilla this lunch time

Tuesday 7th December

I was browsing through old photos today & found this

Just thought it was great !!

Monday 6th December

We went up to Aktio to check the boat and pay our dues

And at last we met Yannis donkey
I am sure we could find room for one on our land ????

Sunday Lunch at Katoghi

Lovely lunch was had by all - recommend the pork with apricots etc..

Beautiful decorations - the pic does not do them credit

Saturday 4th December

Plenty of Snow in England

And the schools are closed again today !!

Book Club

I found this one at Aktio Marine

This novel (totally fictioanl) is written as the autobiography of conjoined twins

A strange subject but as one of the reviews inside says:-

"Profoundly funny and moving, poignant but not maudlin"

and I would agree with that

Anyone want it next?

Tuesday 30th November

Tiling all finished

& a beautiful job too !

Monday Monday

You have to ask yourself "Why?"
But maybe worth sticking with it until the end.....

Sunday 28th November

The digger arrives at 8.00 am

Hang on it's Sunday!

The tilers don't arrive

The digger is spending the night with us!
Stressfull day but saved by a great lunch with Janet & David

Real snow

Gloria & Gren sent us this view over the cricket field in Skegness

Taken today

Snow is on the Way!

At least it is in England!

(Archive photo)

Wednesday 24th November

Another day of work on the wall

and the plan is coming together

Monday

Sunday 21st November

Happy Birthday James !

The new wall is well under way

Saturday 20th November

Book Club

I spotted this book in the bestsellers section in Manchester Airport

It reminded me that a copy was on my shelf upstairs!

I think that this could be called "Women's fiction"

but well writtten and an interesting plot

I did not like it..

However I will search out a copy of her next novel

'House Rules'

This copy is on the way to the Community Room

Sand & cement arrived ok this morning

8.30 am!

Friday 19th November

Alex and the digger arrived around 8.00am thismorning

I wasn't dressed so I took this from the bedroom!

Paul watched enthralled with it all

This gives some idea of the finished plan
The ditch is for the foundations of the wall

And now the steel is in ready for the foundations

& a lorry load of stone has arrived so that we have enough to finish the wall
Onward & upward tommorrow?

Thursday 18th November

When I had the idea of the blog I always intended to include books that I am reading, but just never got round to it

This is the last book that I finished
The first Ian Rankin / Inspector Rebus novel that I have read
Really enjoyed it - and can recomend it
If you want to track it down I gave it to Linda...

Tuesday 16th November

The mystery of Alex and the JCB is solved!

He is due next Sunday - not last

Thank you so much Mr Savva..

Meanwhile Paul has taken down the rest of the wall

and I have finished the geraniums.
This bucket of twigs looks even more of a work of art than yesterday..
Or should I get out more?


This is how they look now..

Anyone need cuttings?