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  • Sparks fly … not

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    22nd October 2024 At some point we really need to get our head round the electrics and make a priority list for the sparky. It was completely obvious from day one, in fact hour one when the electric gates were not working, that there was some shocking wiring but things generally worked and being used…

  • “Going once…going twice…”

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    20th October 2024 Andy Tempro is a hard working man. He’s not in the first flush of youth – hell, neither am I – but the shift he put in at yesterday’s auction was astonishing. He and his team had already spent two days solid sorting and itemising the entire contents of a recently deceased…

  • My breakfast bowl

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    20th October 2024 I’m sure since “breakfast in the car” you have been curious as to the contents of our breakfast bowls 🤣 Or maybe not …. But here goes for those who are interested. You have already heard about the Bajan cherry. I picked a load yesterday to deliver to my Aunt who plans…

  • Critters

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    19th October 2024 As we speak we have a Barbados bullfinch holed up in our bedroom. The little blighter is not having any of our gentle encouragement to leave the room and is ignoring all open windows and doors. He seems to like it above the wardrobe. So far the fallout has not been too…

  • Treasure

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    18th October 2024 Like all treasure some comes easily and without baggage…. Washed up on the beach or in the garden like our wonderful coral doorstop. Some is hidden … you don’t realise it’s treasure at first. Other treasure you need to work for like it’s saying “I could be wonderful but I have issues”.…

  • The Case of the Missing Water Meter, Part 2

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    17th October 2024 Solved. There isn’t one. The End.

  • The wet season

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    17th October 2024 According to the Met Office and other reputable sources, the dry season in Barbados is from January to June, and the wet season from July to December. Brian, of course, knows better. He says the dry season is from April to June, and the wet season from July to November 30th PRECISELY…

  • Breakfast in the car

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    16th October 2024 Mosquito Apocalypse arrived today as our pest expert Joel and his team did their thing. “I love the smell of napalm in the morning…”. We are nature lovers so it was with a heavy heart that we bowed to the inevitable and also agreed to deal with the beehive in the tree…

  • Mucky mossy patio project

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    I’ve been toiling away at clearing a potentially beautiful patio outside the kitchen/dining room. It’s been neglected like most things and various grasses flora and fungi have made it home. It’s difficult to understand why because it’s not particularly shaded. The floor is an extension of the house and likely made of coral stone. Over…

  • The sea container

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    15th October 2024 During the Scottish or was it Yorkshire shortbread key tin voyage of discovery, we came across this ….. So another exploration of the property ensues…… have any of you ever opened a sea container? …. Of course it’s obvious they are designed to keep out the elements …. particularly splashing waves I…