Month: June 2016

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A nice walk and then I went to the hairdressers. Marcello is a real gadget man and his latest acquisition is a Dyson hairdryer. He was singing its praises, how brilliant it is, doesn’t burn your head etc etc. I should think it is good at £300 each!

I then went on the hunt for a nail brush. All this gardening is ruining my nails. I went into 4 shops and even asked one assistant and she looked at me as if I had asked for something very strange. In the end I found one in Boots, got it home only to find it is far too soft. I know I should wear gloves but I don’t like to.

Thought for the Day – “Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless.” ~ Mother Teresa

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There was a lot of rain during the night but we were woken by the sun. A lot of the beaches around here ban dogs between 1st May – 30th September, even Minnis Bay, a new thing this year. Botany Bay allows dogs before 10 am and after 6pm so off we went. The beach was empty. It’s a while since we took Ellie and she loved it, She buried her ball and Mal and I had a real struggle trying to find it! Well, we didn’t have a spade with us! She looks so contented here, she buried her ball so we couldn’t find it, had been in the sea and was covered in sand. What more could a dog want?

I guess because of the lira exchange rate and people not wanting much to do with Turkey, Pegasus seem to have some incredibly cheap tickets at the moment between October and March 2017. In fact they are probably the cheapest we have seen, so we have booked for November.

Mal went to the allotment for some planting out and brought more broad beans back. They are so good. I carried on clearing the front garden. We then both enjoyed some time out there reading. It’s all very well having a nice garden but you have to make time to enjoy it.

Thought for the Day – “Happiness is something that multiplies when it is divided.” ~Paulo Coelho

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Shocking to see the news this morning, eleven killed in Istanbul, a bomb targeting a police bus. I really love Istanbul and we often spent a couple of days there on the way there or back from Cyprus but we stopped doing that a long time ago, too dangerous in our opinion. I wouldn’t go to Ankara either.

A nice sunny morning and so we were out earlier than usual and so seemed to meet loads of other dog walkers. I just love this house opposite the church. They hold weddings and receptions here, on the island and in the gardens. It is really picturesque.

In the grounds, there is a Giant Rhubarb plant (Gunnera manicata). It dies down in the winter and again is now huge.

Mal went to his allotment again while I tackled some of the front garden. He brought back loads more broad beans. Nothing better than home grown organic fresh produce.

Later in the afternoon, we actually sat in the garden and enjoyed it until the storm came! It wasn’t too bad to start but then we had torrential rain and the electricity went off for a short while.

Thought for the Day – “The sky is not the limit, your belief system is.”

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The sun was out, so out early for our walk.

Mal went to the allotment, such a lot of weeding to do. Late morning I went off to meet the Red Hatters at the Bowling Club in Cliftonville and we had our lunch there. As usual a lot of people came and asked if we were some sort of special club. We get some really nice comments.

Thought for the day – “I am thankful for all those difficult people in my life, they have shown me exactly who I do not want to be.” ~ Willy Merdiansyah

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Ellie and I went around the orchards and Mal went to work on his Wingham allotment.

I then came home and transplanted all my herbs. My favourite is basil and I grow loads of it. I just freeze it if I can’t eat it all.

In the afternoon, we went to Woodnestock again for more good music. We took Ellie with us this time and she loved it, lots of fuss and lots of other dogs there. I had watched some of the tennis final and then gave up and went out!

Wingham is the next village to where we live and is so nice and to be honest. I find the Anchor a nicer pub than the one in our village. The people are all so friendly and as we left to go back to the car a man chatted to us, well actually to Ellie first (!) and told us he does all the flower planting by the crossing in the high street. A deal was made with the council that they refund him for the plants and he does all the work on a voluntary basis. It always looks so pretty. He is retired. We did wonder why he was working on a Sunday!

Later we watched Soccer Aid. A good game but no idea how Ollie Murs didn’t manage to score a goal.

Thought for the Day – “Our days are happier when we give people a bit of our heart rather than a piece of our mind.” ~ Ritu Ghatourey

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Villa in north Cyprus for sale

Another great has left us, Muhammad Ali. I remember sitting up with my dad to watch his fights. The greatest boxer. RIP

We walked around the orchards with Ellie.

Mal did more of his exam work and then we went to Woodnestock at the Anchor in Wingham. It was a nice afternoon to sit out in their garden (for a change!) Not bad music either.

 

Thought for the Day – “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” ~ Muhammad Ali

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Very sad to hear this morning that Dave Swarbrick has passed away especially after watching Fairport last night. He was their original fiddle player and Mal and I saw him with Martin Carthy about 6 months ago. A great loss to folk music. Rest in peace Swarb,

Happier days Swarb with Simon Nichol

https://youtu.be/gnOxEHEI0Sg
Another part of my younger years gone.

Lou, Rhys and the littlies came round in the morning.

Mal stopped working for a while and then got back to it as the bulk of it is almost complete. He is also waiting for the weather to improve so that he can go to the allotment.  I have a lot to do in the garden too but it has been too wet and windy. The clematis  behind Lou (in the picture) was so pretty, covered in flowers but the wind has taken nearly all the flowers off.
Thought for the Day ~ “Don’t be in such a rush to figure everything out. Embrace the unknown and let life surprise you.”