Category Archives: Sanders Blog – Hellas

It will be a good occasion to re-address the accumulation of ‘stuff’. I like that sort of thing – throwing away the past and moving on, starting again. Fortunately, the next week is going to be dry so most of … Continue reading →

Another lovely warm and sunny day 22C/70F at midday. The garden is still looking very colourful and fruitful. I’m just hoping the nights stay as warm for a while longer. In Greece most things overwintered quite happily. My photo memory … Continue reading →

The walk takes a couple of hours and reveals a capital city wakening up to a new day and a new week. They’ll probably be no better than those we buy from Sainsburys but picked freshly from our garden means … Continue reading →

Too hot to go out walking so we drank wine on the balcony with some crisps. I did go down to the Gym for an hour or so. Hadn’t really slept much in the past 24 hrs so quite tired. … Continue reading →

The peppers are being roasted with olive oil and home grown Oregano then eaten cold in a salad with Italian tomatoes from the local farm. Been having some lovely Text-Banter with Christine, Pauline’s old college friend. She is a Chelsea … Continue reading →

I like ’empty and available’. I like to control my relationships. I have spent the past few days talking to old friends across a 50 year divide: John Ridley in Yorkshire and John Morris in the Midlands, Julie and Nigel … Continue reading →

I had to move junk on the garage floor up into the garage roof storage when we converted to a Gym/Wine-store/Kitchen. A lot of it is completely redundant so I am finally getting round to throwing it out. The Home … Continue reading →

It is Jubilee Street, Brighton – about 10 miles from where I now live. I could find out little more about those early days but went on a Brighton research site and asked if anyone could help. My memories in … Continue reading →

Sunday, 17th July, 2022 Our village is quickly expanding to become a small town with all the new house building going on. The long term villagers are up in arms. Comers-in like us have no case to argue. The village … Continue reading →

We use tons of Dill each year so I’ve been growing it from seed. Today I’ve planted out lots of plants I’ve grown in the past couple of months. They should get us through the Summer. We have become so … Continue reading →