My Multitasking Mum I know I used this photograph in a recent post about how we celebrated Clean Monday, but it really is one of my recent favourites. My Mum is a bit of a character, is happiest when she is busy and seems to spend most of her time doing more than one thing at a time (like most ... [ Read More ]
Archives for March 2016
Clean Monday At Spiliotissa Monastery, Zakynthos
Clean Monday This year we celebrated Clean Monday at Spiliotissa Monastery with family and friends, which sounds much more religious than it was. There was a short church service at the old Spiliotissa church, where a religious icon was found in the sixteenth century, which we chose to sit out as ... [ Read More ]
Spring Flowers On Zakynthos #2
Spring Flowers On Zakynthos It feels like weeks ago since I wrote my first post of this year about the spring flowers on Zakynthos, but there are so many pretty spring flowers growing wild up the hills, in the fields and even along the sides of the roads that I wanted to share some more ... [ Read More ]
Niceness
Niceness This week has undoubtedly been a week full of niceness. Last Saturday we enjoyed a nice walk, when we thought that all hope of getting out to enjoy a walk had gone (black clouds, hailstones and thunder rumbling in the distance can make a person think like that). Clean Monday Last ... [ Read More ]
Shiza Cross, Kampi
Shiza Cross The Shiza Cross is undoubtedly one of the most famous landmarks on Zakynthos. It is situated high on the cliffs at Kampi and is said to have been erected in memory of those who died during the the Greek Civil war. Although these days most people associate it with stunning views and ... [ Read More ]
Dithering
Dithering I'm not sure if it was the weather or the fact that I felt a bit washed out at the start of the week, but I've feel as if I've been dithering all week (don't you just love the sound of that word?). I've been wanting to change my profile picture for some time now, the picture I use ... [ Read More ]
Greg’s Birthday: It Can’t Be Said, We Didn’t Try
Greg's Birthday Last Friday was Greg's nineteenth Birthday and a day of Birthday celebrations were planned. A couple of weeks ago I wrote about how we were planning on surprising him with a surprise Zakynthos 'Intrepid Explorers' group walk (the fun name that we use to call a small group of us that ... [ Read More ]
Two Years And Still Blogging
Two Years And Still Blogging Two years ago last week I first started blogging properly; I purchased my blogs' URL, theme and signed up with a self hosting company. I had dabbled with Blogger for a short time before that, but wanted more control and liked the thought of self hosting my blog. The ... [ Read More ]