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KingDom
May 16, 2013, 8:26pm Report to Moderator

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Is that 'The Guest' capitals intended   Say Hi from me.  Next time you pass Samodiva go and give Ilyas a kick up the a** and tell him you are there to inspect the work on the roof as a 'speeyon'.   Cactus looking good.  Have I mentioned I'm off to Cyprus? (pissing down in Wales)
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Elsa Peters
May 17, 2013, 8:24pm Report to Moderator

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Friday 17th May

Sorry Kingdom....checked out your improvements today..Ilias is too busy and dictates that the roof will not happen until August.  He has too much work at moment...he blames the rain for his late start..I gave him a wink and reckoned that it was all down to visiting that well known retreat a little up the road from yours,

Over to the Librarian's for  lunch and to Zlatogarad for shopping.  Bought some flowers for the garden and  a pair of shorts and lots of tools for the workshop...it;s been such a busy day and no camera with me and yes, I feel guilty since I did promise.  Tomorrow is a gardening day and there are lots that are in flower so it will be a house update...LN...I'm falling asleep at my PC...visitors are hard work,,,

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Elsa Peters
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Saturday 18th May

Five o'clock start to correct the errors from last night's posting....I think the red wine got the better of me.  So this morning's breakfast was ham and poached eggs on toast and despite the fact that it came out of a Lidl reduced pile it was delicious.  Didn't finish breakfast until after ten...that's guests for you....and set about working in the garden, planting up the goodies from yesterday and mowing the lawn.  Found out this morning that Emaula's grandmother had gone to the higher plane and just before one they carried the coffin along the street to the mosque and only men followed on.  Women don't do funerals unless you are in the box.  My lawn strimmed and looking good and then I had the pleasure of taking down my Avatars to a reasonable level so that she could start putting her flowers in.  She introduced me to her new little flock of eleven chicks and she was so proud and something I've not noticed before...they were all different colours from tawny, tawny mixtures and yellows....beautiful.

Six o'clock when I'd finished her lawn and there was a procession of men coming back from the burial site and women going in the opposite direction that had been to the house to pay their respects.  Different way out here...they accept death.

Supper was a bag of barbecue stuff from Lidls reduced section and I added tomato paste and honey to the sauce to finish it off.  It was accompanied by pickled beetroot and potato salad and despite being an unusual combination it was a success.  Beer on the go tonight...It has been so hot today but tomorrow for Djebel fete it is forecasting thunder showers.  Up early in the morning...breakfast at my student's and no lesson....early night for me...LN



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Elsa Peters
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Sunday 19th May

Up at six to watch the sunrise....garden watered....showered, hair washed and out for breakfast with my student's family and then on to the Djebel fair.  How well we were treated!!..Breakfast was salami, two types of cheese, olives, syrup for the bread, strawberries and cherries from the garden with lots of Turkish tea.  They are such a lovely family and we talk local stuff and even politics and discuss the differences between my homeland and theirs although this is becoming more my homeland every day.  So walked down to the fair and it's to remember the day when Djebel stood up against communism at the time that the local Turkish population was told that they had to adopt a Bulgarian name and they would be arrested if they didn't.  Not a very happy time and today there were lots of Turkish 'visitors' over especially for the festival.

Managed to find a table in the square and watched the world go by eating some very sugary donuts and washing them down with fruit juice.  Met up with other friends later when the family's guests had arrived and they departed to do family things.  I bought lots of plants from the stalls and this afternoon was spent potting them up and unwinding a new jasmine to climb up the wall of the little house.  I've also got a beautiful hibiscus that I've got to read up about.

Got my head  down for an hour this afternoon.  There was thunder rumbling around and it got very sticky with a few huge rain drops but it didn't really amount to much of a storm.  Late to be doing an update but have watched the sun go down and the moon come up and a few nice shots of the garden.  I've had a lovely day with friends and feel very relaxed going into the evening...LN



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"Swift,swallow,martin" Swallow - they have got here as well, but I bet yours are having a better time!
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Elsa Peters
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Monday 20th May

Thanks Jean...I have a variety of the things whizzing round and eating up all the nasties...

So out in the garden at seven this morning and cleared the bed nearest the house.  I've got lots of zinnia self sets and now the bed is clear and they can grow to their hearts content.  Breakfast was a sit down affair and that's one good reason to have guests.  Out to the garden again and dug over the old red onion bed but the leeks from last year are still in residence.  My carrots are through and beetroot are doing exceptionally well but as for the garlic....I might just have planted it upside down...(joke) but if any of my friends in Australia have something in their garden that they don't recognise...it's probably mine.

Off to see my student at one thirty and the text was the history of chocolate and his homework was going to be, describe which one you like best and why but he has lots of exams this week so his homework has been put on the back boiler and his lesson for thursday has been cancelled since we don't know how long the exams last.  The joys of being in school and growing up.  He was actually more worried about his Bulgarian exams and after listening to him describing it to me....I wouldn't  fancy it.

Topped up the fridge...supper tonight was chicken on skewers with chili barbecue sauce served with potato wedges, potato salad and olive oil bread.  Another guest arrives tomorrow for a couple of days so the house full sign is going up.  Got down another of the dreaded tent moth nests from the red wild damson tree so that it didn't get decimated and straight onto the bonfire.....horrible things and I put it down to the fact that winter was very mild last year.

Down I go....it's such a beautiful night that I'm off to sit on the lounge terrace and sip a nice cool beer.....LN....it's such a hard life...
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I was telling a friend about your adventures in Bulgaria and we both agreed you are very brave! However, the improved weather (over UK weather ) makes me think you made a very smart move. We wondered if there are any down sides to living in Bulgaria.
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Elsa Peters
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Tuesday 21st May

Not really understanding the word 'brave' Chris....life is where you find yourself and if you are the sort that face life...there isn't much that you have to fear.  As for the weather...it is definitely an improvement on the UK...we get four seasons and as for the downside...I'll give it some thought and get back to you on that...nothing springs to mind and for sure my pension goes a lot further out here.

So out this morning gardening at around six and it for sure is the best time of the day.  The birds gave me the wake-up call around five along with the mosque calling us all to prayer and the two dogs that sing along just because they want to and can.  Tommy my pooch along the road has also started to join in.  Came in and prepared breakfast...spicy sausage with fried bread with toast and peach jam to follow.  A good breakfast sets me up for the day and then out to the garden until eleven when it got too hot to work outside.  Emails, Facebook and lunch at one and then I decided that enough was enough for today so I got out a bowl of water with fabric softener in it and it was time for a pedicure.  The full works and the cheese grater to help it along followed by lots of nourishing cream and nail varnish.  What beautiful little toes I have now....I can at last put them on show with sandals.

Chicken for supper with roasted veg and the cold chicken can be for my guest that arrives at ten tonight and here for a couple of days.  Tommy got the bones tonight with some bread but not much of the bread was taken... spoilt kuchi.  We're out for the day in Momchilgrad tomorrow for a spot of work and then supper has been arranged for tomorrow night in Djebel at my favourite restaurant.  Simple update tonight...I didn't feel that a photo of my feet was up to much so no pickies tonight but it has been a super relaxing day.  LN...I'm off for a shower before I have visitors...LN
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Hello Elsa.
Sounds like you are still having dream weather, I am so sick of cold wet weather. We have got so fed up with waiting for our house to sell! So we think we are going to have to sell cheap to cash buyer's. Every night we sit and read your blog and it is so refreshing. Have a fantastic time with your guests. we will be over sometime in the future.  


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Elsa Peters
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Wednesday 22nd May

Thanks Sarah....you know you would be made welcome...just book in advance to save disappointment...

Up early and up before either guest.  Dug over the little flower bed under the terrace and what a beautiful morning it was to get up for.  Watched the sun come up from the lounge terrace and it gave a different perspective and the reflection in the little house windows was surprising.  Upset and ant trail and created a traffic jam with ant powder and I'll check it out tomorrow.  Guests surfaced around eight and a big day for one of them....we had an auction to go to for a school house that was in need of love and attention.  Nothing to do with me...I was an observer and offered support for a troubled mind.  Met up with the guy who was doing the negotiations at the council office, into the appropriate room and it was a closed auction where a sealed envelop with the amount bit was opened.  The description of the property was read out, a few sentences mumbled, the one in charge said 'Chestito' so I turned to my guest and said...'It's yours'...and explained that you say that word for anything from a new haircut to a new car...it sort of means...good luck or wear it well and enjoy.

So out to lunch to celebrate, home for four this afternoon and the beer came out and we decided that I was chief cook and bottlewasher and that we weren't even going to paint the town a gentle shade of pink.  Gouldjan popped round with a pot of yogurt and since we hadn't finished eating I dolloped out another plate of food and she sat down to eat with us.  We had beer, she had a little wine and home she toddled after I'd introduced her to yogurt with peach jam....they don't do the conserve mixture.

Guests in bed and early start for one of them...they have to leave by eight to catch a flight but he's very reluctant to go.  We've had a very exciting day and now the hard work really begins.  LN....I'm up for half and hour with my Kindle...I've started a Dan Brown and it's quite 'interesting' and at fifteen percent I'm still reading...LN....



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