To say I entered the 2010 festive season completely exhausted and a miserable bastard is probably an enormous understatement. I bought Mia’s body home and with the help of three local men, Mitko, Gernadi and Mitko’s stepfather Nanno, I buried her on Thursday. I’ve placed her in the area where I intend to plant new [...]
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Christmas 2010
Posted in Friends & Family, The Dogs, The Language on December 27, 2010 | 5 Comments »
and home I came
Posted in The Country, The Dogs, The House & Garden, The Language on December 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I know this is out of whack, especially after the entries on Mia, but I’m still playing catch up…so here we go. So, after my fabulous time away, it was time to get back home to Miladinovtsi and get to work. Firstly though,I must tell you about leaving the dogs. They had to go to [...]
The Enjoyment of Visitors
Posted in Friends & Family, The Business, The House & Garden, The Language on November 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For a house that’s basically been closed down for the last two years, I managed to get a few guests come through in the last few months…some knew me, some didn’t, some had been here before and for some it was the first time. Each and every one bought a little ray of sunshine into [...]
Oh I Do Like to be Besides the Seaside…
Posted in The Characters, The Country, The Language on November 2, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Now, I’m sure you know me well enough by now to know that I’m not all about work…no matter how busy I am. So when Hristina came to me and asked if I wanted to go away on an overnight stay for another performance of folklore and folk dancing, of course I said yes. I [...]
An Aussie in Bulgaria… in Australia… in Bulgaria…Oh, and in Turkey
Posted in Australia, Friends & Family, The Characters, The Country, The House & Garden, The Language on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, here I was in Australia, working, catching up with great friends and my fab family. The work situation was sorted…I had tossed that fateful coin and the decision to take the radio job was made. I had a start date, but I knew there was one thing I needed to do before I started [...]
and then it thawed !!!!
Posted in The Characters, The Country, The House & Garden, The Language on January 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
and so we went from deep and crisp and even, to slimy, muddy, damp and downright yukky !!! And every day is now a battle against the black sticky mud that is the soil here when water is added… The weather has actually been quite nice the last couple of days, but we had day [...]
And back I came
Posted in Friends & Family, The Business, The Country, The House & Garden, The Language on April 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
And so, it was with great trepidation I returned to Bulgaria. The closer I got, the less courageous I felt about coming back. I was lucky to be able to spend a couple of days with good friends,Kate & Bill, in London, where they showed me great hospitality and gave me great encouragement about getting back [...]
Festive Season
Posted in Friends & Family, The Characters, The House & Garden, The Language on December 31, 2006 | 1 Comment »
I’ve had a fabulous festive season, hence getting even further behind here. Christmas Day was spent here in the Big House, which really was a picture in all it’s decorations. I increased the outside lighting by about 500 % and the place was lit up like a country dunny every night. Finding decent outside fairy [...]
Another month gone….
Posted in The Business, The Country, The House & Garden, The Language on November 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I guess the first thing I should mention in this entry is my visit to Dr Drinkoff. So many of you have very kindly and in some cases, very cautiously, asked how the checkup went and you’ll be pleased to know that everything appears to be in good shape. He’s happy with the appearance of my [...]
Pigs to the Slaughter pt.2
Posted in The Characters, The Country, The Language on November 15, 2006 | 1 Comment »
OK, these are the pics I had hoped to get at Christinas on Saturday, but missed out because I got there too late. But, never fear, it’s that time of the year, so there’s plenty of killing going on around me. Yesterday I wandered outside to get some pics of the roof work. As I [...]
