I'm walking in the neighbourhood again. It's been months since I've been out on foot. It was just too hot. I was looking forward to seeing the changes. Changes? Naa, nothing much has changed.
Mother Nature is changing the landscape from brown to green. The herd of wild goats has grown in number. The group now includes a number of spirited youngsters. They leapt nimbly up into the olive trees.
The owners of those trees will be out with shotguns if they see those hijinks. Olive harvest is just beginning and the goats will be shaking all the olives to the ground. And harming the trees
The old farm house is still used as a chicken run.
Too small really for restoration. One room up, one room down.
Down in the misty damp valley in the winter
The old church dedicated to St John
With a cypress tree almost growing out of its wall
Clumps of pink cyclamen are everywhere but these yellow crocus are special.
Halloween on Poros
That was it...
A trial run for Xmas. Homemade Bailey's.
The whisky is not Ballentines but 2 bottles of 40 years old whisky which had been opened and not sealed properly. Only just drinkable. Perfect for adding condensed milk and coffee and stirring it all about.
Some of the old whisky went into a trial run of Xmas cakes too.
Whisky with condensed milk and coffee!!
ReplyDeleteOof!!
Bailey's is cream and sugar and a bit of alcohol. That's why it's so darn popular. Never mind the alcohol. Though that can be fatal after a few glasses
DeleteMy house in France was originally a one up one down, but the one up was just a dusty loft. All old house can be made nice with time and money.
ReplyDeleteThe house needs a Cro. I'm sure it would look lovely restored and painted blue and white. The area is very damp in the winter but very peaceful. Neighbours are only chickens and sheep
DeleteThat has to be the fanciest chicken coop I’ve ever seen. I wouldn’t be happy with the goats ruining my orchard, but i do love watching the babies play. When we had a mama goat she was pregnant and gave birth to twins. I was there for the birth so they were very special to me.
ReplyDeleteAt the end of a busy and hectic day Hubby and I would sit out back, with a drink in our hands and watch the babies for hours. Cheapest therapy ever
The energy in those kids is amazing. They literally leap about!!
DeleteLucky you having a front row view
Good to see the walkabout. Plenty of old buildings around, like here, some derelict, some not. Rachel
ReplyDeleteI often wonder what they'd be like, even just cleaned up and given a bit of paint.
DeleteIt's so funny to see goats in trees - not funny for the farmers, though.
ReplyDeleteThe young ones jumped up so nimbly.... the older ones ones with heavy horns just chewed on
DeleteHi Linda! Homemade Baileys! Very neat. Thanks for the tour!
ReplyDeleteI wish i hadn't tried it. It's on my mind now and I've given it all away
Deletewow it use to be a farmhouse? how could anyone live in it? Good that the chickens are using it though. We have wild goats here too, they are so cute. And we sell ballantynes at my work, it's a popular whiskey.
ReplyDeleteBig families grew up in 2 rooms..... Once upon a time. It's almost a ruin now but the roof is still strong
DeleteTiny houses are all the rage in some parts of the world - there could be a future for that old farm house yet😆
ReplyDeleteI can't help imagining that some ancient monk planted a tiny ornamental tree at the corner of the building without being able to imagine it fully grown.
I wouldn't mind living in a tiny house. I fact I brought up 2 children in a 3 roomed house. 2 bedrooms and a kitchen. Can't imagine rattling round in a mansion
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