Happy New Year

Today Victoria, Chris & the boys are on the move

From Derbyshire to Devon

Lachlan & Austin look excited

Today our thoughts have been with the Norman Atlantic

It stopped off in Igoumenitsa
This could have been any of us
Hope for all those still on board

28th December 2014

Martin is 60 !
Thanks for a great party

Book Club

Reading thick and fast again, thank goodness
A nice little easy read for cat lovers.
Made me smile
Order it from the library Ingrid ?

And so this is Christmas, and what did we do ?

R.I.P Hairdryer
What a time to pack up ....
Ten minutes before we were due to leave for lunch

Kato Raxoula
A nice "family" table
Wonderful food & company

Happy Christmas Everyone

Lachlan & Austin at Disney Paris for Christmas

Christmas Eve at Katohori

Thank you Andy & Jenny for a great party

And thank you to the weather for making the day perfect

More reading

Much talked about thriller - now a film
I was glued to this book
But would advise you to read it for the journey, not the ending.
I would actually like to see the film to see how they deal with it.
Have book if anyone wants it.

This book has been compared with Gone Girl
A psychological analysis of a failed relationship.
Actually enjoyed this one more
Sorry on Kindle, so cannot lend

Sunday 21st December

And Happy Birthday Gloria

A couple of books I read on Kindle recently

WWII novel about a Muslim/Jewish couple
escaping from Paris
In translation so not the easiest of reads
But well worth it

 A fascinating book also suitable for younger readers
It describes the world from the perspective of a high functioning autistic boy
Interesting and sensitively written

Janet's Party - Last month !

Sorry, forgot to post pics of party !
Great music

Jim tried to take Mike's crown for sleeping through anything
Sorry Mike that were not able to join us

And so much work went into the wonderful food
Indian & Chinese !
Thanks Janet x

One of the benefits of rain

A beautiful rainbow

St Nicholas Eve

Yesterday we had a lovely evening celebrating the arrival of St Nicholas on his Steam Boat
Food, drink, poems and presents for all
Thank you Miriam and Leonard for your hard organising work.

Back home

Lovely to come back to our new bathroom

Frost !

This was the morning we left
I think that we got out just in time !

Very pleased with my new table mats

Before leaving UK I treated myself
I think the ones that we were using belonged to Ann's Grandmother
(Always known in the family as Granny Fanny!)
I bought some for Greece as well, but too heavy to pack.

24th November

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was born on this day 1864

He painted "Woman before a mirror" in 1897

Described as a woman who frankly confronts her image

How many of us want to do that  ?

Well done Lewis !

P G Tips

I ordered tea bags in todays grocery delivery
And this little fellow arrived as well
Good old Ocado

Aga Sagas

So, these are a couple of books I read while I had stopped blogging

It was nice coming back to Joanna Trollope after all this time

Paul attacks the lawn

Almost a field really
Some artistic wavy lines there !

Wednesday 19th November

How pleased am I that I have been given a clean bill of health
My eye has healed well and I have been discharged

Summer to Autumn

I took this pic of our English garden in July

Now in November the Autumn colours are coming in

Book Club

Many thanks Jane for lending me this great book
I have not been reading for a while so hope that this has got me back into it
Highly recommended 

What a lovely evening

Lachlan, Austin & Pluto cuddle up on the sofa

While Victoria and Paul make pom poms ?????

Back in Blighty

Not a bad flight with Easyjet ....
If you discount the one hour delayed departure
(The plane arrived half an hour late and we sat on board for half an hour waiting for one of the passengers to decide if they wanted to fly!)
And the half hour we waited in Manchester for the steps to arrive
And the 15 mins we had to wait on the tarmac as the two buses were full.

Austin's 8th Birthday

10th November at Frankie & Benny's

1st Rolleston Beaver Scouts

A proud moment as Austin carries the flag on Remembrance Sunday

Sorry to have been absent for a while ...

Have a spooky one !

Thought for the day

That wash basin looks smart !

Fred gets back from the vet

He walked out of his box and straight to his food
He seems none the worse for his ordeal

Fall back

What a great party. Thank you Tree & Mike

Music from Steamboat Rooster

And also White Beach
What a treat

The tiling progresses

Time for a celebratory beer