Fingers crossed. We haven't forgotten about the magazines BTW- your email I can't find (mine appears on the line at the top of the page) so I figured I might one day take a ferry to Poros, drop a bundle at the green chair cafe with 'local/kiwi/alien' written on the outside and tell them you will eventually pick them up. I'd warn you first of course and it won't be for a while as I have a couple of finish. Mr T won't be happy - he likes lying on the open one I leave lying on the other side of the bed each evening.
This day will come lol. Would love to see you and magazines at the green chairs. Our partial lockdown has been extended for one more week. I imagine it will go on for a while yet.
As from 4 am this morning, people returning to the UK from France have to spend 14 days indoors. Can you believe it; people were rushing back to Blighty to get back before 4 am, just to avoid the isolation, as if that would ensure they didn't have any virus. What idiots!
Idiots everywhere. There's a 15 km on our Albanian border for the same reason. Albanians rushing back to work. And bringing the virus with them. Our partial lockdown has been extended for another week
Although I find the fabric masks my daughter in law made me much more comfortable than the ones I get at work, it's a drag to have to wash them so often. Guess I'll have to cough up some more dough for some extras.
Wednesday
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Last Saturday my oldest grandchild was 16 years old. The request for a
Victoria Sponge Sandwich cake seemed a little modest for such an important
birthd...
It's about thyme....
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I have an herb garden, with parsley, lavender, dill, oregano, basil and
thyme. The thyme, oregano and thyme wintered pretty well and are doing
their s...
Llanasa
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A couple of miles northeast of *Trelawnyd *is located the pretty village
of *Llanasa. *Smaller and quieter than our village, it has grown from a
rural set...
Beware when driving in France.
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When I mentioned this about a year ago, people were saying that I must be
mistaken, and that I'd got the wrong end of the...
Wednesday
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I'm having a day off today from writing. I have been over doing it. It is
raining today which was needed and the sugar beet have had a good soaking.
I ...
HIOWAA
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Without an alarm clock my body clock responds to light - sunrise, sunset.
Thus was I awake at silly o'clock on Sunday morning and down in the kitchen
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Murk.
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We go for dinner to the modern restaurant with the glorious views across
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Above: Le Mange-Grenouille (*un restaurant*) — Au Bigouden (*une crêperie*)
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A Lazy Day
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I WOKE UP THIS MORNING TO STEADY RAIN.
MITTENS WAS NOT IMPRESSED.
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Don’t you just hate it when you have to untangle yarn because there are
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I knew I was in trouble when I saw three ends coming out the mid...
WILL THEY ARRIVE SOON?
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*I got a phone call from 'G' at Heathcoat's a couple of days ago. He told
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A LOVELY WALK
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Yesterday 13 of us had a lovely walk from Vinegar Hill Road to the
Tikipunga sports fields and back. The autumn colours are starting to show
now. We d...
May Days
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Despite late frosts earllier in the month, the ever faithful Clematis has
once again returned.
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And Spring arose on the garden fair,
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shops. This one in Whataroa we visited a few months ago did not disappoint.
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Box factory fire in Kohukohu
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woode...
A bar of Bochox
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Hubby got this 'medicine' for me when he was picking up some refills at
the chemist/pharmacy.
I love that it is 'not to be taken seriously'!!
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No punctures this morning and we had a uneventful 34 km ride out through
the Lincolnshire countryside. After all that exercise I felt it was okay
to str...
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The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
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Catching up!
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Oh dear, nearly six months since I last posted a blog. It is not that I
have been bothered to write to you. Oh no. It is because words have been
absent ...
I write. I create. I observe and record my life, after 40 years, in Greece. I love to create either with my handy craft, cooking or writing. Freeform always. Keep it simple, keep the interest, make it useful. I write about my garden sometimes, my grandchildren and the different culture and traditions. My New Zealand up bringing was so different from this way of life that I do truly feel like an alien at times. Greece is home but so is my kiwi 'homeland'. I am a citizen of both and an alien in both.
It is good it is only a short lockdown. Maybe it will give people the reminder they need not to barge you and wear a mask. Be safe!
ReplyDeleteThe lockdown has been extended but it's not too bad. Cafes and tavernas are still open, not that we go to either just now
DeleteSame here, mask chucked next to the car keys.
ReplyDeleteI should put my bike keys in there too . Can't move without either, plus the hlemet
DeleteSame here.
ReplyDeleteWe have a pile of masks now. I can pick and choose colours and shapes.
DeleteFingers crossed. We haven't forgotten about the magazines BTW- your email I can't find (mine appears on the line at the top of the page) so I figured I might one day take a ferry to Poros, drop a bundle at the green chair cafe with 'local/kiwi/alien' written on the outside and tell them you will eventually pick them up. I'd warn you first of course and it won't be for a while as I have a couple of finish. Mr T won't be happy - he likes lying on the open one I leave lying on the other side of the bed each evening.
ReplyDeleteThis day will come lol. Would love to see you and magazines at the green chairs. Our partial lockdown has been extended for one more week. I imagine it will go on for a while yet.
DeleteMasks in the car - I have to walk past it to retrieve one if I’m going somewhere on foot.
ReplyDeleteI would surely forget unless I had them in front of me!!
DeleteWe are the same here, on the bench by the car keys.
ReplyDeleteI have 2 in my bag as well in case I forget. Essentials now! Here and there and almost everywhere
DeleteMasks in the car here but not worn yet.
ReplyDeleteWe have to wear them whenever we walk out the door, till 24 August. I hope you don't come to that
DeleteAs from 4 am this morning, people returning to the UK from France have to spend 14 days indoors. Can you believe it; people were rushing back to Blighty to get back before 4 am, just to avoid the isolation, as if that would ensure they didn't have any virus. What idiots!
ReplyDeleteIdiots everywhere. There's a 15 km on our Albanian border for the same reason. Albanians rushing back to work. And bringing the virus with them.
DeleteOur partial lockdown has been extended for another week
Love the hat LA. Is it a Panama?
ReplyDeleteIt's a real Panama. We bought it online a few years ago
DeleteStill in stage four lockdown
ReplyDeleteAnd they are now talking about having to wear masks even up to Christmas
Don’t see an end to all this anytime soon
Yes they are saying another 6 months here too. Darn it
DeleteAlthough I find the fabric masks my daughter in law made me much more comfortable than the ones I get at work, it's a drag to have to wash them so often. Guess I'll have to cough up some more dough for some extras.
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