Olive fields by Noreen

Olive fields by Noreen
Mysterious, primordial world

Wednesday 30 September 2015

Last day of September.......time flying by

It's the last day of September and I simply don't know where the months has gone!  We have been so busy. 
 Friends of friends had to fly back to England rather suddenly.  Their brother was due to have urgent heart-surgery and a surprise party was planned for him prior to his operation.  They asked  if we would take care of their elderly dog "Molly", their 3 lovely cats and also feed the street cats who come daily for their food.  We were glad to do this,  they live near us and all went well.
They must have been pleased with our care-taking as they have asked us back again to cover their annual trip home next year and suggested we would do well if we started a house-sitting business!  We would maybe consider this at some time in the future maybe in another country if we ever get the time.......

It's also been great to have friends over from Ireland for a taste of summer. We spent leisurely time with them attending summer concerts as well as many afternoons on the beach with our Turkish and English friends. 
 I've been trying out new recipes and forcing my friends to sample them,  there's nothing nicer than tea and cake on the beach!

Last winter we joined a local group Herodotus Academy (H3a).  It is a wonderful organisation of very talented people who give their time freely to run classes and get-together to do various things.  We are in the walking group, and the photography group.  I also joined the art group with h3a as well as a local art group and writing group. This year I have signed up for craft work and also a ceramics course! Together Mr. D and I have signed up for the geology group.  Except for the art group, all the other groups stop for the summer months and will resume again next week. 

We worked at our art until the end of July but it became too hot in our little village venue and we had to stop, we finished off with a lovely night out having dinner at a seaside restaurant, and dancing the night away to some great music.  
I don't know if  I'm being a bit too ambitious,  I like to do so many things and they all take so much time and effort. Mr. D would far prefer to sit at home and watch TV or read a book.   We spend so much time in buses travelling to various places on the peninsula.     I v'e always been a bad traveller.  With the uneven road surfaces, overcrowding on buses and  bad drivers here, travelling can be a nightmare!  I would love to buy a little electric bike.  It would be great for visiting our friends who live in the next village and also it would be so handy for shopping.   Hopefully I will be able to convince Mr.D!
I love to read and during the summer months I gladly allocate my afternoons to this.  Under the shade of our loquat tree,  in the quietness of the afternoon, I pretend I'm on a desert island, I put my feet up and recline with my book and a glass of chilled fruit juice,  I'm in my favourite place.
But one can't stay here all day.  I drag myself from my "o so comfy" recliner and have a swim, then after a shower I reluctantly start dinner.   Soon I will watch the sunset from the roof terrace,  another day ends.  I glance at my long "to do list",  cross off the few items done and add a few more, it's never complete. The day is not long enough but hey that's life,  Tomorrow is an other day!

8 comments:

  1. Lovely post....and what a beautiful place you live in. House sitting is a popular thing in Australia and many 'grey nomads' do it,while they are travelling around Australia or if they live permanently on the road like we do.

    Keep up the blog, I will drop in from time to time to see what you have been up to. Writing once a month is a good idea....something for me to think about instead of writing just when I feel like it.

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    1. Hi Gail and Nick, I'm looking forward to reading your blog too! How many years have you been on the road?

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  2. Your favourite place also featured on Down to Earth looks lovely. If it were me I think that would likely fall asleep whilst reading in the afternoons. A scooter/moped of sorts sounds like a good idea even ideal in such a setting. God Bless.

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    1. Hi Therese, I've fallen asleep on a few occasions! I have now moved my chair up on to the roof terrace to catch the afternoon sun. The sun is not hot now and lovely to sit out under and do a bit of sewing while listening to the radio.

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  3. g'day!
    just came over from DTE to have a peek at your blog, think i'll be here from time to time too, just read a few back & adore your china collection! i love teapots, jugs & most anything vintage. have only just started up collecting again
    you have a beautiful place there under the loquat tree, must be refreshingly cool in the summer heat there.
    thanx for sharing

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    1. Hi Selina, it's November and it's starting to get cool here now. The days are perfect, 23c this afternoon in the sunshine but only 18c in the shade. The nights are cold. We have a heater on in our main living room. It's warm enough for now but we will need to get something better for January and February when it gets very cold at night. My husband and I are having our usual debate over the heating. At present we have electric heaters which are very expensive and really dry the air. We have a fireplace and a chimney but Mr. D does not want the hassle of lighting a fire (we both have bad backs) also our fire smokes. The fireplace would need to be rebuilt and a chimney liner installed. He feels this is a waste of money as the firewood is roughly the same price as the electricity, says it would be better to spend more money on insulating the house instead. Watch this space!

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  4. Love your blog and your lifestyle, I have never been to Europe so I love browsing through blogs to read what everyone experiences in their lifetime. I came across your blog from Down to Earth's publishing our favourite places, I think mine was #13. Have a lovely day

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    1. Hi Bridget, lovely to hear from you. I looked for your post but could not find no. 13. I'll try again later. I also love reading about how people live their lives. This world is a small place but there is such variety of life experience and it's always so interesting. I look forward to reading about your life too.

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