Spring is here and it’s time for me to get back to the blog. I’m starting with a roundup of the pictures I’ve taken this week. They are just a little snapshot of the island and our life here. I share pictures regularly on Facebook and Instagram but realise that not all of you follow social media these days. If you enjoy this I’ll do it again next week?
Monday I enjoyed a walk across the hills with friends and our dogs, Tuesday morning out running errands and paying bills I stopped off at Anthony Quinn Bay, it’s great to have these places all to ourselves…
Wednesday was getting back to doing more exercise, the morning started with Tai Chi on the beach followed by callenetics in the taverna. Then with spring fully here the rest of the day was spent gardening, it’s been great to get outdoors again now a bit of warmth has returned.
This week has also seen me get back to eating properly. The cold winter months saw me eating badly and not exercising enough. With the weather improved there were no excuses the dog got walked more and I prepared healthy food.
The spring blossom on the almond trees in the village are stunning again this year so I snapped them on Thursday.
Lent starts next week which is supposed to mean that we cut out meat and many other things from our diets. It also meant that the butcher had a great offer on pork chops for my supper on Friday. With lots of wonderful fresh vegetables grown around us it’s a great time to get back to eating locally produced that isn’t highly processed. Yes it costs a little more but how much is our health worth?
Yesterday was a day spent doing some more spring cleaning and more walking of the dog.
My picture was inspired by the carnival events happening across Greece this week and it reminded me of the wonderful ones I took part in as a child. We lived in Chudleigh, Devon for my younger years and I remember the whole family getting involved in making sure we had great costumes. This was taken in 1974 I was the ‘doll in the box’ and my sister ‘Turkish delight’. I remember she wasn’t too happy about the walk and had to be bribed with the treat of Turkish delight at the end.
The day ended with a walk on the beach with Apollo. Each year we’ve been here Spring has really impressed me, after the years spent living in the desert it’s easy to forget how beautiful the different seasons can be, now I appreciate them all the more too. Even the beach gets a little colour and flower something the tourists never see.
Now it’s time for me to head off and enjoy the village carnival…
What’s been happening in your world this week? If you enjoyed this post and found in useful please comment and share and I’ll do another one next week.
We first went to Rhodes, and stayed in Pefkos 21 years ago. We always planned to go back, but for some reason it didn’t happen. On May 6th we are coming again, staying in Pefkos again !! I’m so excited.
We have talked about Pefkos constantly over the years, it made such an impression on us. Every time the sky was blue, my husband would always say
“Just like Pefkos ” I’ve heard that many times !
I think it’s the most wonderful place on Earth !
It’s a long time since you’ve been here and Pefkos has changed a lot, it’s a lovely quiet family place and people seem to come back year after year. May is a wonderful time of year to be in Greece 🙂 I hope you have a wonderful holiday
Love the pics. I was fortunate enough to visit Greece a few years ago. So beautiful!
Such lovely photos, I would so love to travel there!
Such lovely photos. It sounds wonderful. Thanks for sharing!
Very enjoyable as usual Well done Amanda
Lovely post and pictures!
I love your pictures, especially the one taken of you in 1974. So precious! The Greek Isles look amazing!
Thanks it’s great to look back at memories like that and realise that life hasn’t really changed that much with the children all dressed up for carnival today 🙂
Love the photos! It looks like such a beautiful area!
Thank you it is wonderful here, if you ever get a chance to visit Greece come and see us 🙂