Showing posts with label holidays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holidays. Show all posts

Monday, 9 April 2012

on my camera









~ loving my new purple mug, a free gift with cadbury's chocolate
(hubby drinks the chocolate, i use the mug)

~ noticing how the colours of the beetroot leaves and stalks match my colander

~ planting herbs - thyme, corriander and savoury

~making crafts and decorating the flat for easter
(which for us is this sunday the 15th)

have a happy week!
are you back to work/school today?
our 2-week easter break starts today!

xxx

Monday, 10 May 2010

Cassie, this one's for you ...(and everyone else who's interested!)

(photography by Frederic Vasseur)
~~~~~
I got a magazine on Saturday
as a treat for myself after some morning housework
and in it was a feature on the Greek island of Spetses.
I spent several minutes on this page
(the one in the photo),
picturing myself there,
doing nothing more than just being.
*sigh*
Care to join me?
When we're done 'just being',
we can talk about books, music, photography
and the beauty all around.
xxx

Monday, 11 January 2010

Limestone and Fir Trees 2

Hello and good day to you all!
This is another set of mosaics from our Christmas holidays.
(see previous post to see where we went)






Hope your week has begun well
and will continue even better!
Throw me a snowball, will you?
Take Care!
xxx

Thursday, 7 January 2010

Limestone and Fir Trees 1

Hello lovelies!
I'm back with pictures from our 11-day stay at
Konitsa, Epirus in my beautiful country
Greece!
(follow the link for a map and if you have time click on some more links)
This is the first set of mosaics- it's been sooooo hard to choose from over 500 pictures!
(don't forget to click on the images!)





I've been reading your blogs every day but always in a hurry;
so sorry for not leaving any comments!
I'll try to make some posts with details of what's in the pictures.

Take care!
xxx


Monday, 4 January 2010

2010- January

Hello my dear friends!
Hope you all had a relaxing holiday
and you're full of strength and optimism
for the New Year.
* * *
The stone bridge in the picture is about 200 metres away
from the bed and breakfast we stayed at during our trip
(no snow though)
More about that when I've been through piles of
dirty clothes,
old toys to be sorted out,
new toys to find a place,
christmas decorations and tree to be put away...
* * *
Have a Healthy, Happy New Year everyone!
Looking forward to talking to you soon!
xxx
Yiota

Tuesday, 22 December 2009

Happy Holidays!

(picture courtesy of Yahoo images)
Tomorrow is the last day at work and the first day of...
Christmas holidays.
We're leaving as soon as I get back from work
and will be back on the 2nd of January.
We'll be spending the holidays on a mountainous village in northern Greece
(details when I get back)
I'm going back to work on the 8th.
I'll be visiting you from hubby's laptop
but there won't be any posts.
So...
I need to tell you all how lucky I feel to have met you;
you've made my (often miserable this year) life brighter.
Many blessings to you all!
Love,
Peace,
Hope
to everyone!

Saturday, 28 November 2009

Christmas inspiration...

crafts...

decoration...


children's books...





a trip...?
If only...

Take Care!
xxx



Wednesday, 2 September 2009

Blog Assignment #2 - 10 Places I'd Like to visit











Ten Places I'd Like to Visit Some day
-Scotland (all of it; Edinburgh, the highlands, the lake area, everything)
-London (again and again and again ...)
-Cornwall (I'm a Piltcher fan)
-Finland (trees and water is a magical combination for me)
-Canada (same as above)
-Austrian Alps (same)
-New York ( no comments!)
-Italy (especially Florence)
-Malaysia (where my dearest pen-friend lives)
-some more Greek Islands (like Zakynthos, Kefalonia, Rhodes ...)
Oh, I've written ten already!? Well, I'll cheat a bit: ...the Maldives, somewhere in Africa (I don't know where exactly yet), Iceland, Spain, Antarctica, ...
I go on holiday for several reasons but most often to relax and see new places. I like exploring cities and towns, first day with a guide book to see the main sights and then without one to see places where the locals go to; to experience life, not as a tourist but as a traveller. I loved it, for instance, when I was having tea in Oxford with my friend and two ladies asked if they could sit with us; we had a lovely conversation about the town and how people there spend their time. I visited the museums as well but please don't ask me what I saw in them! See what I mean?
On a different note, I love nature. My ideal holiday house would be by a lake, surrounded by tall trees and vast areas of grass. I once saw a place like that in a film and fell in love with it. Breathing fresh air, going on walks in a forest or simply reading a book on the deck of a wooden house suits me just fine.
Ideally, a city with some history behind it and a certain atmospheric background, with some beautiful countryside nearby would be magical for me.

Monday, 17 August 2009

So much happening in Blogland!





Hi everyone!
Just came back after a week away and found some lovely comments on my last post and tons of new posts from people I follow in blogland. So I made myself some ice-coffee and decided to pause a moment (well, a bit more :) ) before I dive into luggage with dirty clothes, seabags, toys...