2021-01-15 20:00
It's only three weeks since Christmas. That's easy enough to calculate, of course, but it feels like much, much longer. December - when we were still able to have up to ten people meeting at… Read More
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An ex-pat in Cyprus - enjoying the sunshine in winter, estivating in summer; everyday living, and some of the quirks of the country.
2020-12-24 14:38
I have written a post each year for the past decade on - or close to - Christmas Eve. So as Richard is currently carving the turkey, with the doors closed to keep the cats out, I thought I m… Read More
2020-12-09 19:46
Although Advent started on November 29th, I wasn't quite ready to start thinking about Christmas preparations until December started. Well - other than making our cake a month ago, and feedi… Read More
2020-11-30 15:14
It's just over ten years since the 'Green Dot' company introduced recycling in Larnaka (and elsewhere in Cyprus). We were a little dubious at first, but it's been extremely efficient. Every… Read More
2020-11-28 13:12
Two weeks ago exactly I wrote a post with a few images I associate with Autumn in Cyprus. Some fruit, a cat bed, a cloudy sunset, and a few fallen leaves in our side yard.Since then th… Read More
2020-11-27 15:44
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the latest restrictions on travel, shopping, meetings etc in Cyprus. These were introduced in the hope of curbing the sudden increase in Covid numbers. L… Read More
2020-11-26 14:42
At the end of last week, I wrote about a shopping trip to Lidl, and the disadvantages inherent in going there, as so many items are inconsistently stocked. So, in the interests of balance (a… Read More
2020-11-25 13:54
With over six months' worth of drought, from the end of April until the middle of November, the scrubland along the Salt Lake trail was looking very dry. Some plants survive the summer - the… Read More
2020-11-24 16:15
Anyone who has followed or popped into this blog over the course of the past decade and a half will probably have come across mention of our roof leaking. It's not uncommon in Cyprus to have… Read More
2020-11-23 18:25
As I wrote in a post nearly two weeks ago, I have a somewhat overcrowded shelf of books which I haven't yet read. I just stopped typing to count, and there are thirty-eight of them. That inc… Read More
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