Since moving to Bulgaria we have had a lot of new experiences and this Xmas was another to add to the list. Friends of ours in the village are moving next year so this is their last Xmas in the village and they wanted to make it a time to remember. The plan was to…
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Day-to-day diary entries
Smoke and strong alcohol
Autumn has officially begun, and with it has come a sudden drop in temperatures, and a distinctly different feel to the morning air. I love this time of year. The cooler nights bring blessed relief from the baking heat of summer, and we can actually get some work done, instead of hiding from the heat…
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Patience and perseverance
As anyone that knows me will tell you, I am not the most patient of people, I want everything done yesterday. This was definitely the case with our windows, there are so many of them and when we first got the house I was really tempted to just get new double glazing put in and…
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We now have a better house
It’s been 3 years since we bought our house and started our new life in Bulgaria, it’s very easy to look at all the work there is still to do and we don’t often look at what we have all ready accomplished. So to celebrate our 3 year anniversary we have decided to take some…
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Catching up at last
We’ve been keeping busy since our last post, that’s why there hasn’t been an update recently. Our major project has been carrying on with the workshop which has been coming on slowly but surely. All the main framework is now up and the ceiling is in along with insulation and half of the loft floor…
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Everything’s growing, including the animal population
May and June have been a bit cooler than the the previous two years which has been great for us. We’ve had days where we are down to shorts and tee-shirts but also days when trousers and a fleece are needed, but it has rarely been too hot that we have had to retreat inside…
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Tis the season to be muddy
May has arrived and we’ve had the first thunder storms of the season. We have been really thankful for the rain, the downside is that along with the rain comes the weeds. If only our vegetables grew as fast as the weeds! With the rain comes the mud, but fortunately our paths are holding out…
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Spring 2017
With the weather being so nice lately we have been spending most of out time outdoors. We secured the duck pond liner last month to stop it blowing around and we have now added some wooden platforms for them and edged it with some limestone we had lying around, it’s not exactly landscaped but it…
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