Archives for September 2014 | On The Island

Tuesday, September 9th, 2014Tuesday, September 9th, 2014

Tuesday 9th September 2014

House in North Cyprus for Sale

The sun is getting lazier, getting up that little bit later every morning! It makes our mountain walks so much more pleasant.

For those who remember the Kulaksiz 5 battle, believe it or not it is still crawling along. I just can’t believe nowadays, no one seems to care, let alone report on it. I guess they are just wearing down the K5 people. Shameful. Such an attitude of well it’s not happening to me. Let’s hope the people who have mortgages on their properties never find out, ignorance is bliss they say.

Mid morning we went to get some shopping and more London Pride beer! We also went to the book shop to buy Rauf Denktas’s book. Another accident in Starling car park as we came out of the book shop. Lunch time is not a good time to go out driving, there seriously were a lot of maniacs on the road, perhaps they were hungry and obviously ordering their lunches on their phones as they were driving along! Nightmare!

We called in on an estate agent, who seems very good, we will reserve judgement.

Swimming in the afternoon and how does a 29 degree pool feel cold?!!

Thought for the Day – “Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” ~ Anatole France

Monday, September 8th, 2014Tuesday, September 9th, 2014

Monday 8th September 2014

A beautiful early morning walk in the mountains with a nice breeze for a change.

Mal had a long overdue hair cut. Not just a hair cut, the full works. He had two face masks! 30tl for the lot! The second face mask was still on when I went to collect him, I had to laugh. They even gave me a coffee while I waited.

While he was having his hair cut I had been in Lemar to get some shopping. I came out of there to an almighty bang on the road. Two cars had collided. I don’t know exactly what happened. Having spoken to a local we both agreed perhaps some of the money spent by the new mayor on flower beds could have been put to better use making that junction safer. It is just an accident waiting to happen. Well, it did happen and that is not the first.

I also went next door to Wines of the World as Mal was running out of London Pride beer. I hadn’t realised they have a summer special on, a case for 72tl, which works out at 3tl each. What a bargain! Well, Mal was pleased anyway!

Ken came round in the afternoon and brought another book he has written and illustrated. A very talented man.

Thought for the Day – “I don’t believe in the concept of hell, but if I did I would think of it as filled with people who were cruel to animals.” ~ Gary Larson

Sunday, September 7th, 2014Sunday, September 7th, 2014

Sunday 7th September 2014

Horrible news to wake up to. Five of the gorillas from Howletts that were released in Gabon have been found dead. Damian must be totally devastated. He had such a special bond with these gorillas. From when the grandchildren were little I use to take them to Howletts and we would sit for hours watching the gorillas, even back in Damian’s fathers day we would watch them in the cages with the baby gorillas. Very sad. We went to the beach again. More paddling and digging for Ellie.

When we arrived home,as we walked up to the front door a cat was lying by the side of our house. I had to take Ellie indoors as she was stressing the poor cat that wasn’t moving, breathing very heavily but didn’t appear to be injured. We have no idea what happened to it but we think it was in shock. There are so many cats around here but we know Lena has about 10. We phoned and Willy came over and yes it was one of their cats Chico. It didn’t appear to be injured thankfully but hadn’t moved. Willy put it into a cat carrier and took it home. Very odd, I guess it must have been in shock from something.

Our internet has been erratic to say the least for the last couple of days. Skype calls have been impossible. This is why.

We had our lunch at The Hut. Mal had the beefburger and I had the garlic prawns. Good home made food and a terrific view with a lovely sea breeze.

Thought for the Day – “If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.” ~ James Herriot

Saturday, September 6th, 2014Saturday, September 6th, 2014

Saturday 6th September 2014

Back to the beach now Ellie is better. She loves rolling in the sand and digging.
She still isn’t confident with the waves and won’t go too deep. Well, that will teach Mal to throw the ball into the deep bit!

We bought Cyprus Today on the way back. I still can’t comprehend the hit and run driver who only had one eye and defective sight in the other, had been ” drinking, speeding and driving carelessly.” May his victim rest in peace.

Friday, September 5th, 2014Saturday, September 6th, 2014

Friday 5th September 2014

A mountain walk, not as long as usual but Ellie seems back to her old self. I forgot to mention she even found a hedgehog in the garden again last night and presented it in a rolled up ball from to Mal. We keep putting them into Mustafa’s garden and they keep coming back! She doesn’t hurt them just decided to carry them around.

We did have a couple of spots of rain in the afternoon and it wasn’t as humid.

Put a note in your diary for Sunday 21st September, to join in with the Pasta 1000 at Veni Vici. They are raising money for Tulips. It’s only 15tl.

Thought for the Day – “It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.” ~ Mother Teresa

Thursday, September 4th, 2014Friday, September 5th, 2014

Thursday 4th September 2014

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Ellie woke us up in the morning, having slept all night and thankfully not wanting to be sick! Another small amount of scrambled egg which she kept down. I think she has turned the corner as yesterday it was even hard for her to keep water down. I knew if I took her to the vets they would put her on a drip and probably send her home with the drip still in. Home nursing is best, unless of course she had become dehydrated. I know yesterday we would have had to carry her in and out of the car. Today she has even wagged her tail!

She was much better in the afternoon, almost back to her old self. Worse than having kids! I heard from Rhys he has had a bad throat and no voice for a week. The doctor has told him it may need further investigation with a camera.

At last we were able to do a little gardening.

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014

Wednesday 3rd September 2014

Ellie was not at all well in the night. She kept vomiting, well every couple of hours and came to wake me up, bless her. By the morning both of us were exhausted. Thankfully she was drinking water.

News from KTW….. “More good news…..there WILL BE a nest excavation tonight meeting Turtle Shack in Club Guzelyali car park at 6pm with release at dark. Then there’ll be 2 left!!” Don’t miss the opportunity to go and see the turtles.

We were going out to lunch but Ellie was really poorly and so we couldn’t leave her. If she drank too much , which wasn’t that much she just brought it back up. Poor thing looked so sorry for herself.

She ate nothing all day but by about 6pm, we managed to tempt her with a tiny but of scrambled egg which she kept down.