Kalymnos: I look back to the beginning of this year to remember the morning after The Storm, last January, during which we were hit by water tornados which terrified us and my flock of goats and sheep. During the winter of 2007-8 we were living off our smallholding which gave us a small income, unlike the summer months when Poppi and I ran our beach caff.

I remember seeing this great swathe of mud that had slid down the mountainside, partly through our back yard and out onto the road below. The mud stretched between Emboreos and the Skalia Road, all the way down to where Poppi‘s late mum‘s villa stood. But my fondest memory of 2008 was seeing my family’s pet goats Nancy, and my Tommy running up the hillside to where I was standing. Their little goat bells went "clonk clonk clonkety clonk" as they bounded up the steep slope with that agility Kalymnian goats are known for. And then they greeted me with loud bleats, saying "Baa baa Lyra, have-you any food?!"

These pictures are of our little boys.

This is Pipkin Country.


Our little boys.










And my pet goat Tommy! Who effortlessly climbed some 500 metres


and sunrise over Pothia harbour, February 2008


Yes, my friends - those pictures sum up my happiest times of 2008.

GOATS (:
i want a goat!!
i just have a rabbit ..:]

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Depuis toujours, dans tes rêves!

Goats are easy to look after but they dislike drafts though, will eat anything. Even it it means climbing fences and trees to get the best fruit. They can also get aggressive especially at kidding time, when little goatlings run around. I remember our lambing time before easter 2008, when Poppi and i would stay up throughout the night to help deliver our newborn. Watching a lamb being born from its mum-ewe is just one of the lovliest experiences I've ever known. Those times were tough during the early part of 2008.

And then in June we had a heatwave. Temperatures rocketed to 100 F easily, and we were drinking like drains. I fainted in the heat once, even got a touch of heatstroke. And that was dangerous.

Wouldn't it be nice if we all lived in a temperature that suited us? Mine would be 80-87 F, low humidity, gentle breeze: perfect!

12th March 2008
2nd July 2008
21st July 2008
16th August 2008
25th August 2008
29th August 2008
15th November 2008

<3

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Finishing School

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Matt & you met up Lana? (:

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Depuis toujours, dans tes rêves!

Yep, and when we first got together

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Aww (: <3

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Depuis toujours, dans tes rêves!

<3

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Awww Mattster thats sweet!

GOATS! I WANT THOSE GOATS! Especially the little ones.



[Days]
January 28, 2008
February 12, 2008
March 12, 2008
May 26, 2008
April 1, 2008
June 16, 2008
August 29, 2008
September 2, 2008
October 31, 2008
November 1, 2008
December 1, 2008
December 22, 2008
December 24, 2008
December 25, 2008

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(Formerly Timmarus)

Lol Mattster gets a 'aww that's sweet' for quoting my post?
Wow

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So what happens, does he get destroyed?

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(Formerly Timmarus)

I'll take care of him afterwards lol

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