Monthly Archives: June 2012
10. Settling in at Ealing
I awoke to find that I wasn’t sure what country I was in and whether it was day or night. As it slowly dawned on me that I was in London I felt a thrill of excitement as the joy … Continue reading
Reblog – Eva – Amber Fort, Jaipur, India
Originally posted on where'smyT-backandotherstories:
Amber Fort sits like a crown atop the shallow Maota lake The facade of Amber Fort and the Ganesh Gate The courtyard The palace garden, cause way or char bagh style, is kept lush and…
9. OK to park here?
I was beginning to wilt at this point so I was very happy to detect signs that the owner was about to leave. Finally we walked together to the front of the house as I wanted to get the final … Continue reading
Don’t laugh!
Finally mastered the image uploading! As you can see in the photo my veggie patch is a bit high tech (apart from the wire cover, of course)……trying out these grow boxes which store water in the base and the plants … Continue reading
My veggie patch
I am now the proud owner of a wire contraption to keep the *$#^ possums away from my veggie patch. I made it myself and it would have made a good prop in a Ma & Pa Kettle movie. There … Continue reading
7.There’s nowhere to pull over…..ever!
Now, as I said, my first BIG mistake was to assume there’d be somewhere to pull over and consult the road map. THERE IS NOWHERE TO PULL OVER ……………EVER!!!!!!!!!!! – and it was a mistake that I would go on repeating … Continue reading
5.Getting to the car hire place
The Pakistani chap and I chatted amicably as he drove the bus of which I was the sole occupant to the pickup point for my hire car. ( I’m a bit backward in the modern terminology department. The driver was … Continue reading
6.Hiring the car
I further find that there is no queue at the counter – I am attended to by a very courteous man of Italian origin and in no time at all I’m handing over vast sums of money for the car … Continue reading
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Having trouble sorting out pages and posts and blogs and websites and images that won’t upload. My only consolation is that things MUST get better. Still haven’t sorted out links to Twitter and Facebook! Pray for me.