Building work and a fiddler on the roof
In May 2008, work began on extending our house. The work was to be carried out by a builder friend …
Category Archives: House and Home
Rabies Vaccination day
Once a year a team come to the village and we are asked to take our animals to the community …
Changes, electricity and old houses.
A group of Neu’s family and friends were doing some work on the beach front house where Neu and his …
Christmas in a very hot place
In England our family, being Pagans, celebrated mid winter rather than Christmas but we always reffered to it as Christmas, …
How many men does it take to ……….
When I met Neu, he and his family lived in an old house, right on the beach. The advancing sea …
A handful of animals
We have more than a handful of animals, 3 dogs and 6 cats (plus 1 stray with 3 kittens, shortly …
Dancing Through Life
My mother recently made a short tango dance film. Staring Audrey Pattison (my mother) and Julian Marcelo Elizari, a young …
To Eat Or Not To Eat?
Neu became so apprehensive when my mother was visiting us here, not because of any of the usual “mother in …
My son wants to be a Rock Star!
Well actually he wants to be a musician, but its not such a good headline. He has the looks, he …
It’s all in the flavour
Four years ago, our garden was not much more than a bare patch of parched, white sand. Neu had planted …
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