Busy Bees So I've made a new deal with the dogs. I'd originally promised them that their weekend walks in the hills would be a camera-free affair, no stopping and waiting whilst I fiddle and fart arse around with settings. It seems it was a promise I couldn't keep. Not when there is so much to ... [ Read More ]
Early Morning Light
Early Morning Light I love everything about mornings. The peace and quiet, broken only by the sound of the birds greeting a new day. There's also a feeling that I get that I don't get at any other time of day. It's very similar to the feeling I used to get when doing night feeds when the children ... [ Read More ]
Night Happening
Night Happening Okay, this Sunday photo may not be to everyone's liking, but I wouldn't be me if I didn't grab my camera on spying this in the garden this morning. Yesterday evening when I was watering the garden this shed skin wasn't there. I'm sure I would have noticed if it had been. This ... [ Read More ]
Leaf Eating Wasp
Leaf Eating Wasp Last Sunday I had these Sunday photos all ready to use. And then life got in the way (in a good way) of me writing the post. What it has meant though is that this week I've not had to think too much about My Sunday Photo! Yay! It's been too hot and to busy to think too hard, so ... [ Read More ]
Compost Heap Wall Through A Lens Ball
Compost Heap Wall Through A Lens Ball My mind has been wondering just how creative I can get using a lens ball as a prop. I've seen some really amazing photos on Instagram using them. The photos using lines and patterns to make the photo interesting are the ones that really catch my eye. I don't ... [ Read More ]
Pear Blossom
Pear Blossom When I don't have time to look through photos I've taken I transfer them to a folder on my desktop to go through later. Having been a bit short of time recently I seem to have accumulated several folders all saying 'to be sorted'. I do like to go through photos to see what has worked ... [ Read More ]
The Journey Of A Drip
The Journey Of A Drip Once again I was a bit stumped for a post title. Just 'Drip' seemed a little bland and I thought the little bead of water deserved more. I know The Journey Of A Drip sounds like a chapter from an Adrian Mole book, but I like it. Maybe it is a chapter out of one of his books? ... [ Read More ]
True Blue
True Blue I've been sat here for I don't know how long trying to come up with a suitable title for this photo. Sometimes titles just come to mind in a flash and at others they just elude. Or is that just me? Last Sunday the Zakynthos Walking Group met up for the last walk of the 'winter'. It was ... [ Read More ]
Colour Popping Flowers & A Photo Bombing Dog
Colour Popping Flowers & A Photo Bombing Dog This is the time of year when flowers are at their best over here, everything is in the manic growing phase that happens just before the heat of summer really kicks in and everything stops or dies. Not having green fingers our garden is rather ... [ Read More ]
At Last, I Have My Crystal Ball
At Last, I Have My Crystal Ball As a child, I was fascinated with crystal balls. Smooth and magical, I wondered if it was really possible to see what the future held by just looking into one. I'm now really quite grateful that isn't the case, I'm not sure I really want to know what life is going to ... [ Read More ]
Our Hiking Weekend In The Peloponnese Part 2
Hiking Weekend In The Peloponnese Last week I shared a post covering the first two days of our hiking weekend in the Peloponnese with Greece On Foot. This week I'm sharing part two. Yay! Last year I never got around to writing any subsequent posts to the first, so this year I'm determined to share ... [ 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 ]
A Weekend Of Hiking In The Peloponnese
A Weekend Of Hiking In The Peloponnese Last year a few of us from the Zakynthos Walking Group spent a weekend of hiking in the Peloponnese with Greece On Foot, staying in the quaint coastal village of Tyros. It was such a good weekend we decided it would be criminal not to do it again, so last ... [ Read More ]
Common Blue Butterfly Tickles Me Pink
Common Blue Butterfly Tickles Me Pink Last weekend a group of us from the Zakynthos Walking Group were on the mainland for a few days of hiking in the Peloponnese. It was a wonderful weekend with, as you can imagine, plenty of photo opportunities. As a challenge and a way of learning, I decided ... [ Read More ]
Mirrored
Mirrored It's that time of year when everywhere we look there seems to be new life. It's something I'm sure none of us gets sick of seeing. Back along I shared a photo of a newborn goat still attached to it's Mum, I'm sure that goat is twice the size by now. These baby goats are a bit older and ... [ 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 ]
Path Clearing Mission At Elies, Zakynthos
Path Clearing Mission At Elies Oh my! I never thought I'd get this post started let alone finished! Last Thursday a small group of us went on a path clearing mission at Elies, which is at the top end of Zakynthos. Despite my initial concern that I really didn't have the time to spare, it was just ... [ Read More ]
Really, Alphie? Really?
Really, Alphie? Really? We have five dogs. Yep, I know. Totally bonkers right? But I wouldn't have it any other way. Five is the limit though. Over the years, when an old dog passes on we do say, "right no more" and then along comes another dog in need of a home. What can I say? Now meet ... [ Read More ]
Signs Of Spring
Signs Of Spring This week I had a couple of photos ready to use as My Sunday Photo, but I went with this photo even though I used it in my walking the Skinari coastal trail post... Why?... Because I liked it and it reminds me that spring is slowly happening. The Halcyon days that we usually get ... [ Read More ]
Top Of The Island
Top Of The Island A couple of weeks ago the Zakynthos Walking Group did the 13km Cape Skinari coastal trail walk at the top of the island. Luckily it was one of the better weather days in January. It's been a funny old week in general, one where behind the scene website issues seem to have taken ... [ Read More ]