Author: Mike

Oops! Done it again. I guess I am busy!!! That war again. Need I comment really? Where is Saddam’s body? Who is controlling the oil? Who is running Iraq? Who is helping the Iraqis? Enough said. Much has happened since Christina’s visit. May in the garden was lovely. Although we had lots of rain, things…

Geez!!!! It is ages since I was last on here and I see even my husband has updated today!!!! Must comment on the “war”. Still no bombs of mass destruction! Yes, I know they where supposed to have been “looted”. Just a minute, who wants to run Iraq? Where is the UN? Time for Canada…

We had snow this a.m. just in case you were wondering!!!! Actually it lasted about 5 mins and was very light, but it goes to show how cold it has been. The Magnolia blossom, which was beautiful everywhere, has gone brown because of the frost, boo hoo! I see the war is coming to an…

Happy 1st of April! Anyone April fool you? We started the day with clouds and then rain after a month of glorious sunshine. Oh well! The sun is out now. Mother’s Day here on Sunday, Dave and I had a drive out into the country around Basingstoke. We found some lovely villages made up of…

Shower room is now officially finished with my trademark Roman Blind installed at the window. I think it looks cool – it is done in blues, with a yellow blind made out of one of those Indian scarfs with a fringe and those little mirrors on one edge. I cannot believe the weather, it has…

Figured it was a while since I last wrote. I have been busy decorating the shower room. Still have to finish it off, but it is looking good. Different shades of blue in an attempt to make it look Mexican. It has been beautiful here the last few days with a frost at night but…

Sorry about the rant about the BBC. I guess they aren’t so bad. I am painting now and consequently covered in white oil paint!!! I bought the colours for the walls and tiles this a.m. They are blue, 3 shades and I am hoping it will look Mexican. I am going to do a paint…

It has been beautiful weather here these last few days. Although not hot, we have sunshine and wind – just what we need for spring cleaning inside and out. I have been working in the garden pruning the roses and digging some of the flower beds to get ready for new plants later in the…

I couldn’t get into the blogger to update this last night. Dave and I found some lovely restaurants and on Friday, Valentine’s, we went to a place in the Plaka which had live music and was full of Greeks. The only thing was they kept playing Zorba the Greek every other number, it was quite…

Athens was brilliant. We flew out of Heathrow, which was o.k. even though it was bristling with army personal and light tanks, not to mention armed police (very unusual in Britain). We flew with B.A. and were upgraded to business class which was a great start to the break. In Athens we stayed in a…