This evening in TRNC

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 18:54

I've been here a couple of months,settling in nicely.I had to write this:

It's 6.30 in the evening,went outside for some mint.lamb chopsin the oven

It is warm,17deg,calm,crickets making a noise,dogs in the distance barking,stars shining brightly in the sky.then a shooting star!!

I took a glass of wine out,pool had been cleaned today,belidiye water in the tank,electricity hardly ever goes off,sweet peas a foot high,potatoes coming through,peas podding,bananas nearly ready,bloody hell it's lovely here.

I just hope I continue to enjoy moments like that,and never take for granted.

Thank you God/Allah for allowing me to be here

JimmyG


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 900

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 18:57

That's what it's all about Mike....enjoy.

littlenige



Joined: 24/12/2006
Posts: 3594

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 19:05

enjoy its brill here

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 19:11

hi mike can i have some sweet peas please cariad keep enjoying it you are doing very well, see you soon xxx

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 19:16

Bananas?

Bananas!!!???

You'd better count them, you're only just up the road, and it's nice and dark now...

britvic



Joined: 05/09/2008
Posts: 3039

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 19:20

Sorry everyone but Flossie one of our members has a Son out in Mumbia, and is keeping everyone informed on my thread "Is the news its own worst enemy"







She is obviously upset, so I'm going to try and keep my thread up top, can we all show our support

Thanks







Vicki

Turtle


Joined: 28/05/2007
Posts: 2669

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 19:47

It sounds much better than here in Staffs Mike.....................enjoy

wynyardman



Joined: 15/12/2007
Posts: 4580

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 19:51

Mike,



A brilliant attitude of mind.



wyn

Notsoboredhw


Joined: 15/03/2007
Posts: 1254

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 19:54

Flossie - is your son OK?



Mikelapta that sounds lovely. You want to hear my story - kids shouting over remote control - Ceebeebies on full blast, dog pestering me for a walk, phone ringing, dinner in the oven.......but that's best of all I have just poured myself a vodka cranberry on ice! Yummy - first one of the week! Have a nice evening everyone

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 19:54

You have anything from me cariad.If Maggie and Bernie,read this,please bring some more sweet pea seeds,individual colours.Shall I try leeks for St.David's Day?I always try and eat a raw leek that day

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 20:03

i am going to ask you how you feel in 1 year mike.

remind me if i forget.

you still have those rose coloured glasses on ,lol.

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 20:05

My cat,Whitesocks,who adopted me my first night here,is guarding my bananas.DO NOT ENTER,she has a vicious lick !!I have taught her to talk.

Tonight I trod on her foot,sorry I said who's foot was that "me ow".It will get better!!

MaggieAndBernie



Joined: 26/07/2008
Posts: 2012

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 20:31

Firestarter - Mike doesn't need rose coloured glasses - his eyes are naturally bloodshot!

Mike - sweet peas? many more posts like that and I give you sweat peas when I get there!! (as my old ma ussd to say). You've just driven me to a large vodka & tonic with your talk of how nice it is there - some of us are freezing to death back here!

by the way - are my bananas ready? or have they all been eaten by the neighbours?

Pipie


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 20:37

Mike fab post thankyou , could you start a diary and post everyday ? would be great

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 20:45

didn't see bananas,oranges look great .I'll try and look more carefully Sat.I wondered why Bernie's brandy tasted crap,it was whisky!!

the butler


Joined: 22/06/2007
Posts: 1958

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 20:46

Hi mikelapta,



I got goosebumps reading your post and then I closed my eyes and imagined I was there. I was sitting on my terrace looking at the stars and drinking a glass of red wine. Cyprus is gods own country and I can't wait for us to retire there.

Keep on enjoying your new life there.





The Butlers wife

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 20:55

rose coloured glasses syndrome!

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 20:57

Lend me a pair fire starter lol

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 21:04

get here quick,I.m drinking the red wine mountain dry!!Just fed Whitesocks my cat again at 2045 still 17deg,and dead calm outside.It is paradise

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 21:08

C ouldn't guarantee every day.what about like Alistair Cookused to do on radio..letter from America...Letter from Lapta...OK?

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 21:23

i'm wearing bi-focals and it still doesn't get any better, newlad!

wake up and smell that turkish coffee,lol.