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Thursday, 1 November 2007

I love his expression


Another sand sculpture from Cala n Porter .
By the time we left the wind was strong and the sculptures were gone , perhaps all part of the end of season events . Our last day the resort was a ghost town . Fascinating to see how things close and come to an end .....

Sand Sculpture



Amazed to find lots of sand sculptures at the beach on our first day there , some of them rather worn in places but this added to their mystique .

Four jars of olives ...


.. Or was it five ? Either way Ive developed a nice little obsession for green olives whilst away . Its great to be back , sitting here this morning watching the cats acclimatise themselves to our return and Auntie Laura s departure .

Menorca was great , though the weather wasnt . Two previous late October holidays of brilliant sunshine had led me to believe it would always be like that , but no matter . There were two great days when it was bikini weather( I'm not speaking literally here ) and the rest of the time the clouds and lower temperatures meant we could hire a car and see the island and gave me an excuse to buy some warmer clothes in the capital Mahon . Despite having trouble squeezing into my summer stuff , it was all I had with me ... just never occurred to me that it wouldnt be red hot the whole time .

I'm having trouble writing just now ... not sure what I've done apart from travelling and eating a creme caramel ( eggs maybe ) but I've got migraine again so I' d better get off here .reason I . I ll be back later to try again . For the moment , Thursday not being an official work day and only one cat call later in the day , I'm going back to bed for a while to see if I can shift the headache .

Alice ( the Greyhound formerly known as Dog ) , is coming to live with us , this afternoon !

Wednesday, 24 October 2007

Tuesday, 23 October 2007

Off to Spain ....

Just takeing a few minutes off the packing task to let everyone know that we are off to Spain for a week so wont be blogging for a few days , not till a week from now in fact .... an dour return coincides with the arrival of Dog . I'm not sure which is more exciting , the holiday or the dog . Have a feeling she is going to end up being called Dog for a while yet though we have agreed ( I think ) on Alice . But there again I seem to recall Nathalia being called the Baby for a few weeks when her name seemed just too grand for such a tiny little thing ... I am sure it will all fall into place .
Unlike my packing !
THe apple green roller holdall I bought is tiny . How on earth did I imagine everything was going to squeeze in there , and I take very few clothes with me , even less than usual as due to the expanding waist line most of my summer clothes dont actually fit and are therefore staying at home , tried on , sighed over ,and rejected ( though not thrown away , yet as maybe after Dog and I go walking all willl change and the waist line will revert to normal . Or maybe not and I will donate them all to the charity shop Wendy is opening in favour of rescued greyhounds .... Either way someone wins ...

Anyway must get on ..... back later perhaps but if not .... see you in a week ! have a great time all of you .

Monday, 22 October 2007

Sunday, 21 October 2007

Before the Dog arrives ...


Lets make the most of the Dog bed before Dog gets here .....

Migraine Days

Migraine Days

Flower and Bee on a Sunday

Flower and Bee on a Sunday

art on a sunday

art on a sunday