This is an example of cycladic art 'sculptured' many years ago by a friend of a friend. It has suffered a fall as you can see but I still love this and it graces our entrance way (along with the plates in the wall). This figurine is typical of those found in diggings dating from 3000BC on the islands of Naxos, Paros and Amorgos (islands in the cyclades).
I did a sharp u turn to take a photo if this. It's a classic. Once upon a time all menus had one or two hilarious translations (grilled lamps for lamb chops) but nowadays most tavernas have children who speak english or know how to google. I wonder what is expected of the poor old tradisional cousin, an arme and a legg? I should not mock, my mistakes in greek are much worse. 'Cuisine' is a french word, maybe that's what bamboozled them. On a second board they have taken another 'stab' at the word and come up with 'coysin'.
Goats. These ones roam free all day but as the sun goes down they return to the pen all by themselves so their owner can milk them. We have had a rogue herd around us for the last few months. They come in the night and eat anything hanging over or poking through our fence. They have ruined Vaso's olive trees, scrambling up the trunks and gnawing away all the lower branches. The bigger billy goats with huge horns a metre across have trampled all her dry walls, broken down fences and made her cholesterol soar sky high. They have damaged our english neighbour's citrus trees and left droppings all over the terrace. Rumours are that another 'rogue' has penned them up. Good on him if it is true. He lives down near the sea where one day I almost ran into the leader of the goat-gang on the beach. Even though he looks so fierce with his huge horns and long shaggy coat he was quite shy and had disappeared by the time I got out my camera.
Cleaning the greens. Three times they are dunked in fresh water or until the rinse water is clear with no dirt in the bottom of the bowl. With the first rinse it is also best to add a little vinegar. Some say the vinegar helps the dirt fall off the leaves, others that it kills any little bugs clinging on for dear life. Whatever the reason it sounds to me like a good idea.
Industrial Pud'
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I've had this pud' in the cupboard for months, and had almost forgotten
about it.
I've been a fan of the Fray Bentos steak and kidney pies since I was a...
TOWN AND AROUND
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*Sadly, Stew has to go to work today.*
*So does Steve.*
*That means Mike and Joyce get to hang out with me and Bex, and the kids.*
*I am heading into...
They Taste The Same.
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According to Professor Google 22 billion Pounds is spent on bread and
cereal in the UK (not forgetting England) every year.
So what do you have for your...
Those mystery guests
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So for a couple of hours yesterday evening we had company. That doesn't
happen much any more, since people travel less than they used to — at least
the peo...
Lifes attributes,
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A beautiful morning. Blue skies have got the students out. The grass on the
Quad already filling up with early risers sipping their pre-exam
Americano...
ANZAC Day 2024
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The Ode
The Ode of Remembrance is a poem that is commonly recited at Anzac Day
services to commemorate wartime sacrifice.
*They shall grow not old, as ...
ANZAC Day 2024
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Photo from 2014 of Mangawhai Cadets on Anzac Day
Today for us Kiwis is ANZAC Day which is incredibly important to those of
us in the southern hemispher...
Rat - Update.
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Mr (or Mrs) Rat overstepped the boundaries on Thursday night. He (or she)
found a way into the under-sink cupboard via the hole that brings the water
pi...
Spring
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This spell of cold weather is getting tiresome; a blast of Arctic air
streaming from the north down the east coast has created bitterly cold
conditions. ...
Neglected Things
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Last year we had a reasonable crop of blackcurrants so I decided to have a
go at making some blackcurrant vinegar.
I made a small batch in a kilner jar...
flowers
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It is one of the most beautiful and magical things in nature, the little
yellow flower and the pink and white flower, both very small growing in the
...
Happy Earth Day- Look who I Found!
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I spent quite a bit of time outside today cutting back perennials, edging
part of one bed, doing a bit of weeding, moving the cat…
I almost didn’t see t...
Simpler Times
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"The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and
truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple
plea...
Drivers just wanna be first........
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This is my signature meme for drivers, haha. I remember drivers
ed....we've seen the consequences on the highway and streets when people
tailgate. Bu...
CHRYSANTHEMUMS
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I always have a vase of flowers in the house, usually on the dining table
and pick them from the garden. This week at the Growers' Market I noticed
some b...
In memory of George
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In 2007, a 9-year-old Jack Russell Terrier called George died after
protecting 5 local children from an attack by two pit bulls. He was given a
posthum...
Books 7-11
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A Friend of the Family by Stuart Field
Families are dying. No matter how hard DCI Platt tries, he's not seeing a
pattern; not even after his own wife a...
Sinking of the SS Ventnor
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The SS Ventnor leaving Westport in 1901
The SS Ventnor was built in Glasgow, Scotland in 1901 for Gow, Harrison and
Co as a British cargo steamship. Her le...
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 ...
Mincemeat and Quince
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The days are getting shorter and the trees are beginning to shed their
leaves. The quince tree has done magnificently this year. The fruit
enormous a...
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.
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