The Struggling Artist

Thursday night’s Thanksgiving dinner at Jeff’s was amazing!  It really was like a Christmas dinner with all the trimmings!  Fabulous turkey roasted American style with stuffing that was a meal in itself.  Before it was served we chatted outside while admiring the amazing view and played a little pool, which was good fun!  But after the meal we were all goosed and yawning!  Apparently Turkey possesses a chemical that induces tiredness – never knew that before and it surely explains why everybody wants a nap after their enormous Chritmas dinners! Continue reading →

My Mum’s Beachcombing Tale.

My Mum is amazing! She is 76… or 77 – I can’t remember now, fighting fit and no challenge is ever too big for her! No way does she look her age!
When I was over at Mum’s in Javea, in September, I showed her all the shells that I’d picked up from The Arenal – her local beach and she said she would go and pick more of the same and then bring them over to the UK with her at Christmas. Continue reading →

Roaring Success for New Masseuse!

I haven’t done much this past week, apart from working. Ian and I finished off the villa painting on Tuesday and the rest of the time I’ve been continuing with my stock build of Seashell Mosaics & Collages.
I did have a lovely day of beachcombing in Bali on Friday with two girlfriends, Jackie and Pauline.  Continue reading →