A Common Garden Snail Recently we have had some terrific storms and driving rain that I only ever thought happened in a tropical paradise. On Tuesday we even had a tornado/whirlwind, which a friend of mine managed to get a good photo of (I am so jealous!). I now know that I never got the chance ... [ Read More ]
How Do You Measure Success?
How Do You Measure Success? Now there' a question! So wow do you measure success? Ultimately it depends on what you want from life. Some people measure success in material objects like big houses, flash cars or maybe jetting off to exotic places five times a year. And others measure it by the ... [ Read More ]
Zola, One Determined Puppy
Zola, One Determined Puppy It's happened. We've acquired another dog. A puppy that we've named Zola, after the long distance runner Zola Bud because she came out of a bush (the dog, not Zola) and followed my husband the last four kilometers of an evening run. Which for such a young puppy took sheer ... [ Read More ]
What Leaving The EU Means For Some
What Leaving The EU Means For Some Last Tuesday I had to make a journey to the mainland, something I haven't done for a few years. It was for a half hour appointment, but it was a long day trip, so we had plenty of time to kill. I took my camera in the hope of taking some photos, but nothing did ... [ Read More ]
Facing My Fear
Facing My Fear I'm can't begin to tell you how excited and nervous I was taking these photos. When I spotted this spider stalking it's prey, I knew I had to grab my camera. My hands were clammy and my stomach was doing flips, but that was to be expected as I was facing my fear. Logic tells me ... [ Read More ]
I Am Trying So Hard To Follow A Schedule
I Am Trying So Hard To Follow A Schedule That may sound easy to some, or even most people, but for me following a schedule never seems easy. I think my problem is that I think life is too short to get stressed about things not done and if things don't get done today, there is always tomorrow (or ... [ Read More ]
People – It’s That Busy Time Of Year
People Now the word 'people' may sound like an odd word to describe my week, but it really has been a week of meeting people or making plans to meet people. Having lived on Zakynthos for a many years, and having bar for nine of those years, we have made a lot of friends who visit the island ... [ Read More ]
It’s A Cat’s Life
It's A Cat's Life It's a cat's life! How these cats lives have changed. They are now relaxed, feed, spayed and happy cats; a stark contrast to the scraggy, untrusting and hissy cats they were twelve months ago. Two days ago I had no idea what photos I was going to use for my Sunday's post and ... [ Read More ]
Feeling Relieved
Feeling Relieved There is no better word I can think of, than relieved, to describe the latter part of my week. I have been feeling relieved that the operation has finally happened and that my brother-in-law is now the proud owner of one of my sister's kidneys. It wasn't until after ... [ Read More ]
How To Colour Code Your Dog’s Poop And When You May Have To
Why Would You Ever Need To Colour Code Your Dog's Poop? Colour coding dog's poop may sound a little strange, but as I found out recently there may come a time when you need to colour code your dog's poop. Especially if you have more than one dog, as we do. Recently all four of our dogs were sick ... [ Read More ]
Official Poop Sleuth
Official Poop Sleuth I had intended to call this post 'It's Been A Crappy Week', but on second thoughts I decided that sounded rather negative, because it hasn't really been a crappy week in a negative sense, it's been a crappy week in a poop kind of way. Anyone who regularly reads my blog will ... [ Read More ]
Parenting An Older Child With Autism
Parenting An Older Child With Autism As many of you know I have a son who was diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome a couple of years ago and I have to admit that although we knew he was autistic, to finally have it in black and white as an official diagnosis was a huge relief. It's not that I ... [ Read More ]
We’ve Created A Monster!
We've Created A Monster! My daughter is a bookworm with a thirst for knowledge, so it's not unusual to find her browsing books online and requesting to buy particular books she wants to read. So recently when I found her browsing through books on Amazon, I thought nothing of it. She was browsing ... [ Read More ]
It’s Transition Time!
It's Transition Time! This week has been a funny old week. Not just because it's the the transition time, when Zakynthos goes from sleepy winter mode into crazy summer mode, but because it's also our Easter. This transition time is unsettling. Routines change and there is a feeling of ... [ Read More ]
A Quiet Walk With The Dog On The Beach
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 ]
Social Media Profiles: When Did You Last Update Yours?
My Social Media Profiles Were In Desperate Need Of An Update I've wanted to update my social media profiles for sometime now, but have been dragging my feet somewhat in the hope that a decent photo of myself may actually be taken. I've now resigned myself to the fact that I'm just not very ... [ 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 ]
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 ]
Maps And Apps
Maps And Apps This week I've been suffering with what I would call dog-with-a-bone-e-itus. I get like this every now and again (please tell me it's 'normal'), sometimes I want to find out or learn about something so badly it takes over, rather like an obsession. It starts without warning, ... [ Read More ]