by Auntie Bulgaria | Feb 27, 2017 | Bulgarian life, Cat lover, Gardening bore
Gawd, I’m still cringing about that Oscar screw-up this morning. How awkward was that? One of the benefits of getting up so early in the morning (yes, we’re still doing that) is being awake for the last few awards of the night, the big ones. But I really wish I hadn’t...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Feb 6, 2017 | Bulgarian life, Gardening bore
Hello and a very happy February to you. How is it for you so far? As is often the way here, the weather has changed with the flip of a coin, and we’ve just had several days of warm (as in, above zero), sunny weather. This coupled with a little bit of weekend rain...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Oct 21, 2016 | Bulgarian life, Gardening bore
Lordy, it’s been a while since I last wrote. Now, what have we been up to… Claire 1 – 0 Goats A herd of goats broke through our fence and trampled around our garden. ‘Help me,’ cried Rob, as he struggled to round them up (and I just stood there taking photos). ‘Er,...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Oct 4, 2016 | Bulgarian life, Food & recipes, Gardening bore
Isn’t autumn the best? I love the change in temperature, clothes and food. I get strangely excited by getting out my favourite jumpers, wearing woolly hats again, the first lighting of the woodburner, harvesting squash, making toad-in-the-hole. It’s like living in a...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Aug 8, 2016 | Food & recipes, Gardening bore
When I was a student, I read a play called Blue Kettle. I don’t remember much about it except the words ‘blue’ and ‘kettle’ began to randomly replace other words in the dialogue until, by the end of the play, ‘blue’ and ‘kettle’ were the only words left. Literally...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Jul 20, 2016 | Bulgarian life, Gardening bore
We had the most unholy storm last Friday. I’m talking hailstones the size of golf balls, no electricity, water running down the inside of the walls, a foot-deep torrent of water running down the street kind of storm. (‘Human sacrifice. Dogs and cats living together....
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