Stuart Little Not very original I know, but what else do you call a mouse? This little cutey somehow managed to wriggle its way into a tin of dry dog food. How I don't know as I thought the metal lid fits quite snuggly. I did get a proper fright when I prized the lid off, as Stuart Little ... [ Read More ]
Slow Cooker Dog Food
Slow Cooker Dog Food Cook this slow cooker dog food for your dogs and I promise you they will love you forever! It was last winter when a friend told me that since feeding their older dog chicken bones she seemed to be less stiff and recovered faster after a long walk. Needless to say, I was ... [ Read More ]
Shelf Fungi Growing On A Tree
Shelf Fungi Growing On A Tree Our very old looking apricot tree has started sprouting fungi and very decorative looking fungi it is too. The tree is old and was probably planted when the house was built after the earthquake in 1953, making it over 64 years old. Is that old for a fruit ... [ Read More ]
Our Walk From Argassi To Vrontonero, Zakynthos
Our Walk From Argassi To Vrontonero Last Sunday the Zakynthos Walking Group headed to Argassi, to walk from Argassi to Vrontonero. It's a walk that Derek, our walk leader described as a relatively easy walk of around 8km with a few steep inclines *hysterical laughter*, but well worth it for the ... [ Read More ]
50mm Or 35mm?
50mm or 35mm? 50mm or 35mm? That's been the big question of the week. With my birthday and Christmas just around the corner, my family have been asking what I would like. I decided a while back that for my next camera lens I would like a prime lens, but deciding between the 50mm or 35mm has not ... [ Read More ]
Relaxed Mum
Relaxed Mum It's not often I get a nice relaxed photo of my Mum. When she sees a camera pointed in her direction she can't seem to help posing. If I want to get a natural looking photo of her I have to be quick and get it before she notices. Last week, on our Sunday walk I managed to get a photo ... [ Read More ]
Our Walk From Porto Roxa To Kampi And Back
Our Walk From Porto Roxa To Kampi And Back In the space of a few days, the weather has gone from being gloriously summerlike to positively wintery. Don't you hate it when it does that? Last Sunday the Zakynthos Walking Group headed to Porto Roxa for the start of a 9km Sunday walk from Porto Roxa to ... [ Read More ]
Autumnal Colours Of A Pomegranate
Autumnal Colours Of A Pomegranate One thing I do miss, living on Zakynthos, is seeing the real colours of autumn. We get an autumn, but it's more like a second spring, with greenery appearing again after the long hot summer. We also see flowers like crocus and cyclamens popping their pretty little ... [ 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 ]
Life’s Just Not Fair
Life's Just Not Fair Life's just not fair when you're a dog. Having five dogs in the house means we have our hands full, so it makes sense to have a few ground rules. One of those rules is no big dogs on the furniture. Not unless we let them up. It may seem a little unfair, but the bigger dogs ... [ Read More ]
A Walk From Ano Volimes To Micro Nisi, Zakynthos
A Walk From Ano Volimes To Micro Nisi Last Sunday's walk with the Zakynthos Walking Group was a 9km hike from Ano Volimes to Micro Nisi. It wasn't a particularly difficult walk, but the rough terrain made it a bit hard underfoot. Sometimes I think that walking uphill is actually easier than ... [ Read More ]
A Ginormous Spiders’ Web!
A Ginormous Spiders' Web! This week there was no competition in my mind for what was going to be My Sunday photo. Last Sunday the Zakynthos Walking Group headed out for the first walk of the winter and of course, I took my camera, not forgetting my SD card this time. Let's face it though it wasn't ... [ Read More ]
Kiliomenos-The First Walk Of The Winter
Kiliomenos-The First Walk Of The Winter A sure sign that the summer has drawn to an end is when the Zakynthos Walking Group starts to hit the trails again. For the last couple of weeks, Sunday was the only day of the week when I didn't have to work or do any running around, and I was sort of ... [ Read More ]
Sea Daffodils
Sea Daffodils Saturdays are not my favourite day of the week. They by far the busiest day of the week for me, but yesterday I thought I would try and make the most of it. Not having a Sunday Photo in mind, I thought I would take the opportunity to take Buddy and my camera with me, to kill some time ... [ Read More ]
How Did That Get Up There?
How Did That Get Up There? Buddy loves to play fetch. Not only will he fetch, but he actually brings the toy back and will try to place it back in my hand. Unfortunately, because his hips aren't good we don't play for too long, which is a shame as he is a joy to play with. Out of all our dogs, ... [ 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 ]
Zakynthos Town At Night
Zakynthos Town At Night It's been a rather photoless week for me, not for any particular reason apart from not having had the time. It's at times like this I realise that there is no such thing as having too many photos backed up as there is always a photo or two to fall back on! This photo of ... [ 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 ]
St. Dennis Firework Display, Zakynthos, 2017
St. Dennis Firework Display 2017 It's been an age since I've published a mid-week post, I have the ideas, just not the time. This post has been on the almost ready list for the past three weeks now and I am so chuffed to have finally put it together. August 24th is the day when Zakynthos ... [ Read More ]
Where Horses Trot
Where Horses Trot Back in August, I had an unexpected day off, so what did I do? With camera in hand, I headed down to Lagana/Kalamaki beach to see what I could photograph. I wandered around the sand dunes, snapping random things that caught my eye trying to practice using different focal points ... [ Read More ]