Still Celebrating...

After a bit of a restless night's sleep, what with the mattress, the pillows and the fact that John woke in the middle of the night and whacked the light on saying that a mosquito the size of a Lancaster Bomber was dive-bombing his ear (I think this was probably because both Mum and I got bitten to death the previous evening and I didn't help by saying that it had probably landed and buried its eggs in his arm - he spent the rest of the night itching for England!!) we got up to a glorious morning and went for a wander around the gardens of the B&B.

The gardens are stunning and have given me loads of ideas for what I would like to do with our place.  I want height and colour and some lushness - if that makes sense.  I would like the garden to look more established - choosing the right plants might help!  Whilst the view at the moment is uninterrupted we aren't too bothered about the boundaries but if and when any building takes place I would want to be able to soften the view.

What is it about a child's swing that just makes you want to get your fat arse wedged onto the seat and act like an eight year old?  John says that is quite easy for me!  It was a really pleasant morning and the smell of a freshly cooking breakfast kept wafting through the kitchen window in our direction.

We were soon joined by Dad and Mum and settled down in the sunshine to eat our breakfast which included Christos's free range eggs with bright bright yellow yolks.  We had toast and Maria's home made strawberry jam and marmalade and she even pitched up with her apple pie but we were all sooooo stuffed we couldn't manage any.  I took the opportunity to take some cuttings from the garden before we packed up and set off back home.

We had arranged for Mum and Dad to come back to ours and stay over for the night, then we were going to drop them back down to Emba via the Ascos Hotel so that I could say goodbye to the Woolmingtons and drop off Laura's tie backs which they were taking back for me and a quick visit to the Duck Pond to see if anything was being given away!

We had a quiet afternoon in and around the house and Mum got her cat fix with both Minnie-Mou and Chivers who were both none the worse for being left home alone and who are getting much much more used to both Mum and Dad.

I don't know quite how Chivers is lying on Mum's lap but he looks pregnant!  I am glad to say that he is looking back to his old self - I just wish he could stop collecting burrs and ticks! 

Mum and I took a little walk around the village in a bit of an attempt to build up an appetite because we had decided to go down to Latchi and have a meal at Faros.

The harbourside was pretty busy - tourist season has started - and there was obviously something going on at the Anassa because we were treated to rather a spectacular fireworks display - for once I didn't have my camera on me!  I tried to kid Mum that we had organised it for her birthday!  We had a lovely meal - nothing too spectacular but enjoyable all the same and then we took a walk down to Roberts supermarket so that Mum could have a look at the half price shoes - even at 9.30pm Mum can still find somewhere to shop!!!

We returned home and rather than our usual 'best of five' we are concentrating on learning the intricacies of Spastra!  That Christos has got a lot to answer for!