Since I moved into my wonderful new home, I haven’t been able to really get stuck into my art again, much to my frustration! As is always the case at around this time of the year, I have had decorating commitments to fulfil including my pet hate – iron railings! Continue reading
So here I sit now, on the beautiful balcony of my new home, writing up this post in the glorious sunshine! I still can’t stop pinching myself! Is all this really mine??? My new home is all and so much more than I dreamed it could be and I am happier than I can ever remember being! All my hard work has paid enormous dividends and fate has led me to my perfect place by the sea. I know that I can blissfully work, rest and play here finally and for the foreseeable future. What I had perceived as a complete disaster has turned out to be the biggest blessing in disguise! Continue reading
We have been so lucky with the weather these past few weeks! Today has felt more like a spring day with warm temperature, the sea like a polished mirror and the air so still and calm. I have been busy planning for my new home. Continue reading
This New Year post has been a long time coming… I had three wonderful weeks in the UK but received some bad news shortly after my return to Crete. The New Year has not started off well for me at all! Continue reading
Everything that has happened during this past month has been completely overshadowed by the arrival of my new baby Grandson, Ralph! Having had two beautiful daughters, a grandson was just what I’d been hoping for and he is just gorgeous! He also shares my own scorpio birth sign, having come into the world on 15th November. I have loved all my Skype calls with Emma – Ralph snuggled so contentedly on her chest and last weekend he was sleeping peacefully on his doting Aunty Zoe’s chest! I am counting the days – only 3 left – until I can hold him in my arms too! I am overjoyed and truly thankful that he is simply perfect! Continue reading
This past month I have been so totally absorbed in all manner of things that I just haven’t found the time or the inclination to write. I had my last day of selling in Almyrida Bay on October 15th and the weather that day was fine, sunny and hot. I have never worked the beach as late as this, but there were still tourists around and they were still buying, so I sold five pictures that final day. Continue reading
I am back on Cretan soil after my sixth ‘Happy Families’ annual holiday with my sisters and my Mum – held this time at Leonie’s in Cyprus. I am well rested and refreshed and am now enjoying looking back on the wonderful week we all spent together. Continue reading
Sales of my unique Seashell Mosaics and Collages have been truly mega in August. Reaching a record level again – I have been rushed off my feet work-wise! Among the poplular choices this year have been my little Greek Donkey and small Sailboat designs and, as always, the Baby Turtles Race for the sea. Continue reading
It’s been a while since I wrote my last post and as always, this is due to the full and wonderful life that I live here on Crete. Apart from August being one of the busiest months of my year, I have also enjoyed a two week visit from Zoe and Rich. Continue reading
Down by the beach in Almyrida it is hot, hot, hot! But selling conditions couldn’t be better and for the last month or so the breeze coming off the sea has been just perfect for keeping me cool whilst I work on my seashell mosaics. My summer office is quite idyllic and if I do get overheated then I just put up my ‘Back in 10 Minutes’ sign, grab my towel and go for a quick swim in the sea – how wonderful is that?! Continue reading