A Quick Update It's been so long since I put together a blog post I feel like a newbie all over again! Since the last post, I've changed my hosting site and have been having a real think as to what direction I would like to take the blog. Not as easy as it sounds, I can tell you and I've never ... [ Read More ]
A Surprise For Mum
A Surprise For Mum Oh, what a day! A couple of weeks ago I decided to organise a small birthday tea party for Mum. To say it was bound to be a surprise was a surety as her birthday was back in June, but we'd not really done anything to mark it. Mum is a busy little bee and has a nice little ... [ Read More ]
Burned Out Old Car
Burned Out Old Car During the week I'd been messing around with the monochrome setting on the camera and thought it would be fun to see if I could get a half decent photograph using the setting. Black and white photographs do have their appeal and some are quite stunning. When the right subject is ... [ Read More ]
Buddy Love
Buddy Love For the past two months, we've been looking after my parents' dog whilst they've been galavanting. It's said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and that is certainly true for Buddy. And as skanky an old dog, that she is, Buddy loves her (and we do too). He loves her manky old ... [ Read More ]
Going, Going, Gone…
Going, Going, Gone... Could well be in reference to my sanity, but it's not. Childhood and all that in between stuff is one of those phases that it's not until you are older you realise just how quickly it passes by. I know that when you are in the midst of it it feels like it goes on forever ... [ Read More ]
Newly Born Goat
So New, So Vulnerable Last Sunday, on our Sunday walk we were lucky enough to see this precious moment. A newly born goat still attached by the umbilical cord to its mum. We didn't actually witness the birth, but the baby goat couldn't have been long in this world. Mum was on her own in the ... [ Read More ]
Feeling Old
Feeling Old Feeling old must be par for the course when your youngest turns eighteen. Last Friday my not so little anymore girl turned eighteen. I have to pinch myself for it to sink in. Where my little girl with the chubby thigh rolls has gone I'm not really sure. There are some traits she ... [ Read More ]
Autism: Living With A Literal Thinker
Autism: Living With A Literal Thinker It's a while since I've shared a post on autism. Not because I don't want to, but because sometimes I find it all too much and need to 'switch off' to it. That may sound selfish, but walk in my shoes for twenty years and I think you may understand where I'm ... [ Read More ]
4 Tips To Feeling Good
My 4 Top Tips To Feeling Good Feeling tired? Fed up? Or just know you can feel better, but can't quite seem to get there? We've all been there at some point or other. Sometimes life gets on top of us and we stop looking after ourselves so well. We put family, the house and even our pets needs ... [ Read More ]
My Nephew, Finners
My Nephew, Finners Looking back over photos of the summer I came across this one of my nephew, Finners. I love it. He really is a cheeky chappie and it shows. Our family has been 'blessed' with lugholes on a par with a baby elephant. Which can be a blessing as we never lose our glasses or have ... [ Read More ]
A Nice River To Boat On
A Nice River To Boat On This river is located on the outskirts of Zante town. It looks quite nice don't you think? Sort of serene and a place where you could imagine dropping a line to catch some tea? Or sitting and reading a book on a warm afternoon? Have a guess what it's called? I mean, the ... [ Read More ]
Keep Things Doable
Keep Things Doable I don't know about you, but when there is too much to do I often find myself feeling overwhelmed which in turn leads me under doing. No matter what we do, or where we live, if we have a family there is never enough time. That's a fact! Living on a Greek island ... [ Read More ]
Postcard Greece
Postcard Greece This week's choice of Sunday photo wasn't difficult. It was one I took a few weeks back whilst on a walking mini break in Tyros (I still intend to share photos from the walks in posts, I just haven't got there yet!). My main problem this week was the title of the post! Please tell ... [ Read More ]
Graceland?… I Think Not!
Graceland?... I Think Not! The funniest thing has started happening recently. Not only has a tourist 'train' started passing through our village, but it actually passes right outside our gate. The first time it happened we didn't think much of it, but once we realised that it was a daily happening ... [ Read More ]
The Day I Forgot My Phone… And Survived!
The Day I Forgot My Phone... And Survived... The day started off like any other Saturday, a crazy rush to somehow get two 'children' to two different locations in a short space of time. As the crow flies it's doable, but the roads around here are winding country roads that add kilometres to 'as ... [ Read More ]
The Only Way Was Up
The Only Way Was Up Last week's mid-week walk found us clambering up the side of a very steep hill. In fact, I think it was one of our steepest hikes yet, if not the steepest in sections. It was a springlike day and much warmer than we anticipated, but that could well have been the climb making us ... [ Read More ]
How To Run A Marathon And Enjoy It
How To Run A Marathon And Enjoy It Or to be more precise how I managed to complete a Marathon and enjoy it. Five years ago I did the Athens Classic Marathon and it was everything a nightmare is made of. I trained hard for it, but when the day came I was sick with a bladder infection, had a ... [ Read More ]
Before And After The Storm
Before And After The Storm At the beginning of the week, big storms were forecast for Friday. And how right they were! The storms were terrific. The thunder was so loud we could feel it vibrating up through the floor. The lightning sounded like a whip cracking and the wind was so strong trees in ... [ Read More ]
Feeling Thankful
It's Been A Funny Old Week And I am feeling thankful that it's coming to an end! A couple of weeks ago my Dad was diagnosed with cancer. So life has been a bit of a roller coaster recently. One minute he was being diagnosed and the next minute he was scheduled for surgery. The speed at which ... [ Read More ]
Cancer Diagnosis, Overwhelming Support And Kindness
A Cancer Diagnosis, Overwhelming Support And Kindness Oh, what an emotional roller coaster of a summer it's been! We seem to have had more downs than ups, but I'm not complaining, not really, as it could have been so much worse. We started the summer with my sister giving her husband a kidney ... [ Read More ]
Butter Wouldn’t Melt
Butter Wouldn't Melt Some of you may remember when Zola first joined our family, back at the beginning of July. It may have only been a couple of months ago, but now, it's hard to remember a time without her. She is full on, an adorable pest with a butter wouldn't melt in her mouth ... [ Read More ]