The sun, flora and Fauna...

Welcome to the vipers nest!

 Geoffrey set off for home on Sunday after what I'm sure was a fantastic three weeks with us.  Sandra managed to get them all organised in the airport at Preveza, as is her way, making sure that Manchester airport was expecting someone in need of wheelchair assistance whilst ensuring that the staff at Preveza knew who Geoff was and flight he had to board!  Bet they were pleased to see the back of her!  To be fair for anyone who needs assistance through the airport and in flight I can highly recommend the Thomas Cook staff.  Geoffrey was more than pleased with the attention he received both on the flight and at both ends.

One of our friendly Geckos

The Garden in bloom.

Since Geoff has gone the sun has decided to shine again and we are now basking in the sunshine which we should have been have for at least a couple of months now.  This has brought all the reptiles out in the garden.  We have several type of snake here on the island but nothing any more venomous than the adder (viper).


We have a couple (that I have seen, although there are probably dozens!) of them living around the house and I think they get a very bad press as they are much more frightened of us than we are of them.  The golden rule is if you are walking in the grass make a noise so they hear you and then they will just clear off.

There are loads of geckos and lizards about which again you need to creep up on to get the pictures. We also had a huge toad camped on our steps two nights in a row although it was too dark to get a good picture of that.  All part of life's rich tapestry you know.

To top all that the Garden is now looking in excellent shape so it'll be good for the three months of neglect it'll get while we are back in the UK.
It was nice to hear from Jean and Allen this morning about the safe arrival of their fourth Grandchild, Henry, Congratulations to them and to Sean & Kelly hope you don't get too many sleepless nights.
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