Last year, the olive oil harvest in Greece was almost a total write-off, and that included my wee olive grove as well as most of the other olive groves in the local area. Many people have tried to blame the horrible year on “drought,” but that is not really true. Perhaps drought in other parts […]
Olive Trees – Loaded With Blooms! Read More »
It is with much sadness that I write that my Boston Terrier named Beans has passed away. I have known quite a few dogs during my lifetime, but Beans was truly the best. That is not to put down any of the others that I have had but Beans was truly extra-special. He also happened
Beans – March 30, 2011 – April 21, 2024 Read More »
A couple of years ago, I had the opportunity to taste spaghetti pasta that was made with Zea flour and enjoyed it very much. I had never heard of this grain before and so I did some research and discovered it is a grain that has ancient roots, and is making a come back in
A No Knead Bread With Zea Flour Read More »
I took this photo back in the late 1980’s I believe (may also have been early 1990 or 91), with a Yashica SLR camera but I don’t recall any other details – lens, aperture, shutter speed, etc but I probably have it written down in a notebook somewhere. The photo was a bit of an
Thunder Bay Port Terminal – 1980’s Read More »
I don’t live very close to any convenience stores although before I moved here, there used to be one close by apparently but has since closed up. There is a friendly small convenience store about 5 km away towards Keratea, but they are only open until 6PM, so I thought if I needed anything in
Mr. George – Panorama Mikrolimanou, Lavreotiki Read More »
It’s not the clearest or best quality photo but mostly I took it to figure out what I was looking at out in the distance on the sea, towards the Island of Kea. I had been looking out when I spotted what appeared to be an odd-shaped craft that had me curious. My cheap binoculars
Carlo Magno Tug Pulling Drilling Platform On The Sea? Read More »
Artichokes are something I didn’t know much about until last year – although I’ve seen them for sale in grocery stores back in North America, I had no clue that they were produced from a big plant that is actually a thistle. When I moved into this house a year and a half ago, the
Bees In Artichoke Flowers Read More »
It has been a very cool May in these parts; normally I’d be wearing shorts and short sleeves by at least the second week of the month. This year however, we have continued to see night time temperatures down to as low as 10C, with day time highs rarely getting above 22. The past few
A Walk Around My House In Photos – May 29 Read More »
I find it humorous and at times, a bit frustrating when communicating with others about the history of Ireland. It’s a complex history and one can go back to many different points in history to justify their beliefs and thoughts. In some ways, it’s a bit weird that people are still arguing about things that
Ireland IS Part Of The ‘British Isles’ Read More »
This post is mostly for me, so I can remember what to do if I need to solve a css caching issue in the future. Oddly, with the Word Press BB-Theme, I’ve experienced caching with the style.css file on one particular website. I was baffled at why updates to the file were not appearing. I
Weird CSS Caching Issue With Beaver Builder Theme Solved Read More »