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Observations

Day to day observations from serious to humerous

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Friday, 10 August, 2007

Well, when we arrived here we said -“oh we’ll never be able to have dinner – 10pm is just too late ” -. Forward six month and …….. Time of writing this is 8:30pm and we have just finished working. We also had a leisurely siesta. NOW we’re going to hit the town. It’s a week…

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Mezzanine garden – courtesy of Galicien vines

Friday, 10 August, 2007

After severely cutting back the existing vines, unearthing a basic structure and clearing tons of weeds – who would have thought we now have a mezzanine garden. The start. Upper floor – sun flowers – mile a minute and vines – Lower floor – shade – flowers ……. So when I learn to levitate I…

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Friends lend a helping hand – Hilfreiche Freunde – II

Tuesday, 19 June, 2007

Deryck and Doreen – our English surrogate parents – visited next. Deryck is a dab hand at all things DIY and “constructive” around the house and garden. Together they have not just doubled the size of their original bungalow but also kept a rather large garden including woodland in check. In his spare time he…

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