Friday, 20 November 2015

Saturday, 14 November 2015

Happy birthday, Rip!

We're still in shock after last night's horrific events in Paris, but we can't let the horror paralyse us. Let's celebrate the birthday of our dear friend Ripley and wish her every happiness in her next year going around the Sun! Happy birthday, Rip!








Saturday, 7 November 2015

Party time!

Today it's our dear CC's birthday. Bon anniversaire, dahhling! 







Thursday, 5 November 2015

Beautiful photos of the English countryside

These photos are by Villager Jim, a very talented farmer/photographer:




Sunday, 1 November 2015

Halloween in Miami

They really went to town in Miami. We're definitely a TV family and have always enjoyed dressing up. I wish we could have been there to join them in the fun.

Laurita and hubby, then with the children, Thomas and Nina:



Lolô, hubby and daughter, then Lolô with daughter Julia.



Dora with Laurita's mother-in-law:


Silvia with Dora, Liz and Natalie:


Silvia with her girls:


Silvia looking fabulous!


A bunch of people at the street party: 


A funny thing happened when it was time to go home. Laurita took her nose off and lost it, so everybody spent ages looking for it! Luckily it was found and she could breathe a sigh of relief...

Friday, 30 October 2015

It's always good to have a bit of a laugh

GrannyJ sent us a few very good funnies to brighten up our day. Thanks, GJ!











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That stupid €#%+&$ oven update: The new heating element works very well, but the thermostat is bust, so the oven is always at maximum temperature, which I found out when a lovely baguette turned into a black baton in a few minutes. I just wanted to crisp it up a little bit...

We don't know whether to replace the part or be done with it and buy a new cooker!




Wednesday, 28 October 2015

Real life is so different from what we see on YouTube...

The heating element in our oven went puff the other day, so I searched the internet to find out how to replace it. I found a video on YouTube where this lovely English guy changed the thing in less than five minutes... "Sooooo easy," we thought. Ordered the part from Amazon, it was very cheap, free delivery, yadda yadda. 

Today we decided we had five minutes to spare, so we embarked on the "very simple" task after lunch. It's 6pm and we're about to replace the cover. The YouTube chap was working on a brand new oven, all the screws came out in seconds, whereas ours took a mixture of brute force, a lot of WD-40, a rubber band and buckets of sweat.

The best I can do is post a picture of the view from our kitchen window, with its lovely autumn colours:






Monday, 26 October 2015

It doesn't work for me either!


It's entirely possible that my singing keeps ALL animals away....

Sunday, 25 October 2015

A sigh of relief...

Hey View, this one is for you, now the danger has passed.


Friday, 23 October 2015

Glass Waves

These beautiful creations are called Glass Waves, by Scottish artist Graham Muir: 






Wednesday, 21 October 2015