grandma unplugged

UP UNTIL A FEW DAYS AGO I WASN’T REALLY SURE. AND THEN. AS ALWAYS, WITH THAT REASSURING INEVITABILITY, A BELT OF STORMS RACED IN, TURNING CORFU INTO A METEOROLOGIST’S EXOTIC DREAM WITH I...

http://grandmasscribbles.blogspot.com/2013/10/is-it-or-isnt-it-autumn.html

A FEW RANDOM THOUGHTS ON AUGUST   YESTERDAY WAS  THE FIFTEENTH OF AUGUST, A VERY IMPORTANT FESTIVAL IN THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH AND A  PUBLIC HOLIDAY. EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE HEIGHT OF ...

http://grandmasscribbles.blogspot.com/2013/08/ive-got-feeling.html

AUGUST 2013 A FEW NIGHTS AGO I WATCHED AN OLD FILM ON TV. NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THAT – IN GREECE THE TV CHANNELS (THOSE THAT ARE LEFT) WALLOW IN THE DOLDRUMS DURING THE SUMMER. THE GOOD SERI...

http://grandmasscribbles.blogspot.com/2013/07/midsummer-musings-from-corfu.html

SWEET AND SOUR REFLECTIONS ON THE FRUIT OF CORFU GARDENS FRUIT DOESN’T OFTEN COME ANY STRANGER THAN THIS (ABOVE) BUT IT IS MERELY THE FRUIT AND FLOWER OF THE BANANA PLANT, HERE SEEN GROWING...

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IS THERE ANYWHERE MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN CORFU ON A SUNNY APRIL DAY? SITTING AT THE COMPUTER THIS MORNING, WINDOW WIDE OPEN, WITH THE MOUSE HOVERING OVER THE JANGO MUSIC RADIO CONNECTION, I ...

http://grandmasscribbles.blogspot.com/2013/05/corfu-springs-to-mind.html

WE HAVE MOVED. AGAIN, DO I HEAR YOU SAY? YES, AGAIN, AFTER ONLY TWO YEARS. THE REASONS ARE TOO MANY AND TOO PERSONAL TO GO INTO, BUT, AS ALWAYS, WE HOPE FOR BETTER THINGS. A BETTER VIE...

http://grandmasscribbles.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-moving-experience.html

AND SO IS EVERYTHING ELSE!  GOODNESS ME, IS THAT THE SUN OUT THERE? AND SPRING FLOWERS?BETTER BLOG IT QUICKLY BEFORE IT DISAPPEARS AGAIN. TEN DAYS INTO MARCH AND STILL WE WAKE...

http://grandmasscribbles.blogspot.com/2013/03/springs-little-late-this-year.html

COUNTYKATE COMMENTS ON THE WINTER IN ONTARIO It is said that we have fORTY WORDS FOR SNOW. Actually it is the Inuit people that have forty words for snow. I suspect we all have our ow...

http://grandmasscribbles.blogspot.com/2013/02/and-snow-keeps-falling.html

JUST OVER A YEAR AGO I WAS WRITING ABOUT WINTER IN CORFU, AND HERE I AM DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN. LIKE LAST YEAR, THE WEATHER HAS SUDDENLY TURNED REALLY COLD AND MY GRANDSON ALEXIS ACT...

http://grandmasscribbles.blogspot.com/2013/02/way-down-south-in-corfu.html

MY DAUGHTER JOANNA BELONGS TO A GROUP HERE IN CORFU THAT PROMOTES THE RIDING OF BICYCLES, THE GROUP IS CALLED ORTHOPETALIA  AND AMONGST OTHER ACTIVITIES, WHICH INCLUDE EFFORTS TO KEEP CORFU’S...

http://grandmasscribbles.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-corfu-bike-blog-now-and-then.html

Well dear readers, it seems we are approaching the end of the year, bringing with it to our homes the wonderful days of the Christmas Festival.  I expect many of you have decorated your houses ...

http://grandmasscribbles.blogspot.com/2012/12/winding-up-year-in-prince-edward-county.html

 FOR MANY OF US HERE IN CORFU, THIS MAY NOT BE THE JOLLIEST CHRISTMAS EVER, BUT AS LONG AS YOU CAN SEE AT LEAST ONE PERSON WEARING A SANTA CLAUS HAT, ALL IS NOT LOST! I STARTED WRITI...

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SO THE SUMMER IS WELL AND TRULY OVER, DINGHIES BECOME LARGE BIRD BATHS, AND THE COTTAGES ARE CLOSED UP AND BECOME A LITTLE OVERGROWN, WITH NO-ONE TO TEND THE GARDENS! THE COUNTY IS A ...

http://grandmasscribbles.blogspot.com/2012/11/countykates-thoughts-on-november.html

~ John Keats wrote those words that  so perfectly define Autumn. Two weeks ago the clocks went back one hour  - at least they did here in Greece. It always feels like something of a l...

http://grandmasscribbles.blogspot.com/2012/11/season-of-mists-and-mellow-fruitfulness.html

HOW EASY IT IS TO FORGET THAT IT HAS ALL HAPPENED BEFORE..... ‘’THIS YEAR’S INCREDIBLY HOT, DRY SUMMER HAD THE DOOM-MERCHANTS OUT IN FORCE. QUOTE: ‘SO THIS IS GLOBAL WARMING – E...

http://grandmasscribbles.blogspot.com/2012/10/short-term-memories.html

COUNTYKATE TRACKS DOWN THE PROOF WITH HER TRUSTY CAMERA AND NEARLY BREAKS A LEG IN THE PROCESS THE SUMMER COMES TO AN ABRUPT END, HERE ON THE COUNTY, WITH THE LABOUR DAY LONG WEEKEN...

http://grandmasscribbles.blogspot.com/2012/10/fall-has-come-to-prince-edward-county.html

Still time for plenty of frappe opportunities, lazy swimming, boat trips even - but soon it will be time to keep a watchful eye on the weather and to think about clearing the garden if not a...

http://grandmasscribbles.blogspot.com/2012/08/last-orders-for-summer.html

I’m doing my best to cope with the heat and humidity that have had the thermometers shimmering for weeks now. I suppose there are people who enjoy it, but our cat is not one of them, though he...

http://grandmasscribbles.blogspot.com/2012/08/chasing-chillout-factor.html

COUNTYKATE ON HIGH SUMMER IN PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, ONTARIO THE PHRASE, 'THE DOG DAYS' STEMS FROM THE ANCIENT ROMAN PERIOD, WHEN IT WAS  BELIEVED THE DOG DAYS 'BREWED EVIL, THE SEA BOILED,�...

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THERE WAS A TIME WHEN SOME OF THE SUNDAY NEWSPAPER SUPPLEMENTS, AND A COUPLE OF MAGAZINES, USED TO FILL UP SPACE, AND THE DREADED BACK PAGE IN PARTICULAR, WITH INSIGHTFUL LITTLE ARTICLES O...

http://grandmasscribbles.blogspot.com/2012/07/from-desk-of-grandma.html

 Hello again from CountyKate in Ontario, Canada! I thought I would elaborate on my last blog,  it seemed well received, the description of my drive around some of the lovely waterside areas of ...

http://grandmasscribbles.blogspot.com/2012/07/countykates-thoughts-on-july.html

 A gentle jaunt along the sublime north-east coast of Corfu No, these are not photos from Thailand or the Caribbean - they are from the northeast coast of Corfu where I am fortuna...

http://grandmasscribbles.blogspot.com/2012/07/from-ships-blog.html

 I HAVE A GUEST BLOGGER THIS TIME - MY SISTER KATY WHO LIVES IN CANADA. COULD THERE BE TWO MORE DIFFERENT PLACES IN WHICH TO LIVE? CANADA AND CORFU GREECE. CONSIDERING WE STARTED OFF AS 'ESSE...

http://grandmasscribbles.blogspot.com/2012/06/new-world-blog-from-grandmas-sister.html

SUNDAY BY THE SEA That’s just what most of us who live in Corfu are able to enjoy almost every weekend in summer. A Sunday by the sea, with family or friends or, if you feel so inclined, ju...

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SOME THOUGHTS ON BEING A GRANDMA.  I WOULD LIKE TO START BY SAYING ‘HIP! HIP! HOORAY!’ FOR ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED GRANDMOTHERS OF OUR TIMES – QUEEN ELIZABETH II, WHOSE DIAMOND JUBILE...

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