Tuesday, September 30, 2014

A great week with Ingrid

An excellent evening with Gloria & Gren

Ingrid takes a great interest in the garden
Watering & weeding - put me to shame

Another evening at 'The Bridge'
This time with Maggie & Martin
We went all the way to Vassiliki first, to find that the Chinese was closed !

We also managed a few trips to Bill's
Did we do anything except eat and drink ?


Saturday, September 20, 2014

Friday, September 19, 2014

Sivota on regatta afternoon

Just as Patsy Jean reverses into the space reserved for the committee boat

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

The Aye Cloud

This pic was taken in Scotland
They are calling it the 'Aye Cloud'
Well, it does look like a map of UK with Scotland cut off the top !

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Poor Orange ...

I just could not resist sharing this
It took me a few minutes to get it !
POOR ORANGE

Monday, September 15, 2014

Weeding done

That looks better

Sunday, September 14, 2014

Saturday 13th September

The gas man cometh
2050 litres
But we have not had a delivery since March 2012...

Look at those weeds !
Serves us right for going away for so long
Better tackle them soon

Friday, September 12, 2014

Coffee with friends

A lovely morning coffee and chat with Liz & Linda (the photographer)
At JDs

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Tuesday

A lovely afternoon BBQ with Ken & Jude
Friends from UK on hols here

Paul rides his bike down to the marina

Paul put the bike in the garage for safe keeping while we were away
but he couldn't get it in the new car to take it back
I am sure that the ride did him good, although he said that the saddle felt a bit hard !

Monday, September 8, 2014

She is back !

We arrived back on Thursday night so by Monday morning we were fearing the worst
It was a long time to leave her, but she has survived a whole Winter before
She just wandered in, asking for lots of fuss and enjoying some food

Saturday, September 6, 2014

Home Sweet Home

All was fine when we got back - just a lot of work to be done in the garden
I started unpacking and discovered a packet of Bisto had come open in the case
All my freshly laundered clothes smelt good enough to eat.  Ugh ...
Paul found this fella in the garage

We spent a day in Florence

First   place we visited was the Cathedral
The fresco in the dome is just amazing

Disclaimer - Not all photos in this blog are taken by me.  I beg, borrow or steal some of them !  I won't apologise again ...

Florence

We are at  'La Grotta di Leon' both nights
I got my pasta fix for the year - it tastes better in Italy !
Spaghetti alla Vongole
Spaghetti alla Puntenesca
yum !

A random pic of the restaurant, nice and cheerfull

Ponte Vecchio

A statue of Poseidon at the Pitti Palace


Pitti Palace

And we hitched a lift from this happy young man in his solar (and pedal) powered taxi

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Second stop - Bourg en Bresse

The hotel overlooked this lovely square

We were a bit concerned that the church clock struck every quarter
But it stopped overnight till 7.00am
The fountain stopped until 7.15am

But this was Paul's favourite.....
A garage !!