Good Morning Beautiful!

I was an early bird this morning getting up at 6.15am, pitch black.  The dawn started at 07.00am ... with such colours I was certain it would be a beautiful day!  

Saga Rose in Dubrovnik

7 o'clock this morning, the start of a glorious sunny day. The horn of a ship woke me up, together with a voice on the tannoy to the passengers (so loud, so early!); the dulcet tones I recognised to be that of Captain David Warden-Owen, a captain I worked for on Cunard Dynasty in 1996. The sound easily travelled across the sea to the shore as the air was still. The Saga Rose is on her final Mediterranean tour before retiring end of the month having been built in 1965. I nipped outside onto the balcony in pyjamas to take the photo. All the best to the Captain if he is reading this!

What 5.30am looks like

I was up at 5.30am yesterday, don't ask. Sunrise is 5.09am this week. The sea was so calm, no breeze and even the cats on the balcony didn't stir. The neighbours had left their colourful washing out overnight ... though Feng Shui says doing this 'saps your energy' and is a big taboo ... whatever ... at least our 30C/88F temps dries it!

May 1st, I woke up this morning ...

Finally a day which seemed too good to be true, woke up at 0700 and saw this clear, blue sky, sunny day ahead ... fabulous, as it is May 1st, a Bank Holiday here in Croatia ... and I had to work ... off to drive 2 hours to meet a Canadian client.

Quote of the Day

If the sun enters your house, it enters your heart a little. (Le Corbusier)

Here is one of our cats, Africa, curious with a bowl of rose petals.

Sunday 29th March

Windy, rainy day today and very noisy with the sea pounding on the rocks below. We all can't wait until spring actually springs! Our clocks went forward last night, so will be lighter at night which is good, but would be nice to see sunshine at the weekend! Hopefully April will be better.

So what did you do this Sunday?

Have just come back from an exhilerating day on our friend's yacht. We sailed round the local islands and then for lunch on Kalamota, a car-free island near to Dubrovnik. Sails were up on the way there, with 10 knots of wind, but the wind died down for the return trip. Look at the weather today! 15th of March and it's fabulous - 14 degrees (57F). We had the Adriatic to ourselves, hardly any other boats around. Crystal, clear, unpolluted seas.

Warmth again

With the sun shining and no wind it is hard to think it is February. The cats are enjoying themselves on the balcony - they were scared of the "white stuff" on Thursday.

From Azure to Grey ...

The thing about living on the coast is that it is great when it is calm and sunny, but all changes when the south wind picks up and the sea begins to rage .... forever cleaning windows ...