A Quiet Walk With The Dog I enjoy a walk with the dog and since we no longer do mid-week walking group walks (which is making the week seem much longer), I've been taking the dog out more on his own. Just me, the dog and the camera. This week we've had a couple of nice walks on Kalamaki beach, ... [ Read More ]
The Temperature Is Rising – Or Is It?
The Temperature Is Rising As some of you may know, over here in Greece we've barely had a winter. We've had very little rain, which isn't a good thing and the temperature has been well above average. In fact, it's safe to say that we can probably count the amount of bad days (weather wise or that ... [ Read More ]
Malteser Ice Cream recipe
Malteser Ice Cream Recipe I've been holding off sharing this Malteser ice cream recipe since last summer, but now the weather is positively summer like, I think it's time to share, don't you? Making ice cream at home isn't the chore it used to be before the introduction of domestic ice cream ... [ Read More ]
Walk, Walk, Walk, Walk, Walk
Walk This post was going to be simply titled 'walk', but then that irritating ear worm of a song called 'Work' - by Rhianna (not forgetting Drake - that for anyone who doesn't realize, is not a male duck!) popped into my head, and I found myself exchanging the only audible word in the song, for ... [ Read More ]
5 Reasons Why You Should Holiday In Zakynthos
5 Good Reasons Why You Should Holiday In Zakynthos For anyone who doesn't know, Zakynthos is one of the largest of the Greek Islands situated in the Ionian sea. It really is a beautiful Island boasting several holiday resorts, and plenty of out of resort accommodation in the form of private villas ... [ Read More ]
The Secret Of A Happy Family Is…
Compromise... Yeah, right! In an ideal world maybe, but in the real world it takes a bit more than compromise to make everyone happy. This Week... Has seen Neal finish his summer work at the hotel. Which has him going from working long hours, seven days a week (since the beginning of May), to ... [ Read More ]
Sensible Summer Running
Summer Running Runners love the warmer months. The lighter mornings and evenings make it easier to find the motivation to get out for a run; the sunny days seem to give us a little extra energy and as we all know, it's much more enjoyable being out in the great outdoors when it's warm. But there ... [ Read More ]
Oh Me, Oh My! I’m Back From My Unscheduled Break…
As Silly As It May Seem... I am a touch nervous. It's been a while since I wrote a blog post. I've got butterflies in my stomach and feel a tad silly. My Absence... Was unscheduled. Summer is always a busy time for us. The change of routine in May throws me off kilter and I struggle to find a ... [ Read More ]
Lovin’ Summer…
Summer... Oh, I do like summer. I tolerate the heat much better than the cold. In fact I find it hard to believe I grew up in England and survived.... I was constantly being told off for sneaking the thermostat up on the central heating. I just couldn't help myself, if I'm cold I'm miserable (who ... [ Read More ]
Aspergers Syndrome: Making People A Little Quirky
People With Aspergers Syndrome Certainly have their quirks! And my son (who has Aspergers) has plenty. They are what make him, him. Some of them I can understand and others I really can't get my head around. Like now, it is summer and it is unarguably hot. At the moment the outside ... [ Read More ]
Scrubbed…
Scrubbed... Just had to be my Word of the Week (although hurting came a close second!). This week I started my job managing a holiday villa for the summer. The word 'managing' is just a posh word for looking after the villa and guests who will be staying there. After the villa owner left, it ... [ Read More ]
Dog Grooming For Summer…
Dog Grooming For Summer We have five dogs in all and each one has it's own grooming needs. The three bigger dogs just need a good brushing, especially during the major moulting season, which happens as the weather starts to warm up in the spring. On the other hand, our two little Yorkshire ... [ Read More ]
Swallows…
Swallows... My Word Of The Week just had to be swallows as anyone who follows my blog may have read about my excitement and joy at having our swallows return for another summer. Although I refer to them as ours, the reality is that these wonderful little birds are indeed very free to choose ... [ Read More ]
The Swallows Are Back…
The Swallows Are Back... Marking The Official Start Of Spring! Since moving into this house twelve years ago, every year without fail, we have been lucky enough to have swallows nest on our balcony. Some years we have two lots of swallows trusting us enough to rear their young literally meters ... [ Read More ]
My Summer Look Back…
Summers End... October 31st is what we think of as the last day of summer, it's the last day of our six month tourist season. In the next day or two the airport will close for all international flights and will only open for the island hopper, which comes over from Athens daily. The shops and ... [ Read More ]
Change
Change... This weeks has been all about change. On Wednesday, after a long summer, my husband finally finished his summer job of working in a hotel beach bar. Living on a Greek island means that summer working hours can be long and most summer jobs don't come with a day off; unless you work for ... [ Read More ]
My #WotW Is…Together
I know I am linking up rather late with my Word Of The Week, but better late than never and as I missed last weeks link up I didn't want to miss this weeks! I missed last weeks link with good reason...My sister and her family surprised us with a two week holiday! We had not been all together for ... [ Read More ]
St. Dennis Day Celebrations, Zakynthos
St. Dennis Day Celebrations, Zakynthos The Greeks are very proud people and each of the Greek islands have their very own patron saint. Someone, who, in the past has done something so remarkable and totally selfless, that the church felt the need to recognise it and make them a saint. On Zakynthos ... [ Read More ]
August Madness In Zakynthos…
Zakynthos Is A Beautiful Greek Island Zakynthos is one of the largest of the Greek islands and has stunning scenery. Driving around the island you will see stunning beaches, cliff top views, olive groves, fields full of grape vines and quaint little villages nestled on what I like to call ... [ Read More ]
Heatwave…
This week there were a number of words I was toying with to use as my Word Of The Week, and in the end I thought the word heatwave was the best choice of word to relate to the past week. I Couldn't Resist It... A couple of weeks back my Word Of The Week was Peculiar - which I also chose to ... [ Read More ]