Weekly Report

This is far too nice a day to be inside for long. ...so here it is in precis.
Having had major dramas with computer at home this week and being frantic at work with no time to fiddle.
I played with some of the image generator things and am amazed at how much stuff is out there! Was rather weird as I did a few makemebabies exercises with my partner's and my photos (we don't have kids) and the results were hilarious. The wierdest one is to the right! I tried with different photos and printed out a few and had left them floating around the desk...the Man's comment yesterday was that he was getting rather fond of them!
I have done RSS for work and have had Google reader going for a while now. My trouble is checking it regularly. Why is "time" always such a pain in the a*?!
For something different I set up a Bloglines acct to see how it compares with Google. Looks OK but think the uncluttered and clear layout of Google preferable. Was really impressed by the number of things in Library RSS feeds.

Greek Mosaic

Took a while doing this!

But more shots of Monemvassia

1. Monemvasia, 2. sun deck, Greece, 3. Monemvassia 3, 4. Monemvassia 2, 5. ah...Monemvassia !, 6. Steps, 7. Monemvassia, 8. View of Monemvassia, Greece, 9. View of Monemvassia, Greece, 10. Monemvassia, chiesetta in cima al monte, 11. Monemvassia - Grèce, 12. Church of Hagia Sophia, Monemvassia, Greece, 13. Greece, Monemvassia, 14. Greece - Monemvassia Peloponnese,

Most Amazing Place

Thinking of one of the most amazing and special places I have visited (and wrestling with pictures etc on this blog) took me back to a trip I made to Greece in 1997. The place was the Southern Peloponnese, and the most wonderful walking holiday I did first visiting Mistra just outside Sparta, and then Monemvassia.

A few links if interested http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monemvasia

http://www.gnto.gr/

OK, Seeing I had to do this week's homework, grab the time at the machine, which I usually have to wrestle from the scrabble and chess fiend I live with, and considering I have hogged the said machine for several hours while I waded through the info on Flickr... if I know what's good for me I'd better call it a day....more pics of my garden and possum patrol area are hopefully viewable from here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ittybit/

Rainy Day!

Went out early to a local farmers' market this morning and felt really sorry for the stallholders as it just bucketed down. Awnings and alluminium poles went flying and the poor things had to try and anchor them in any way possible...even if it meant just standing and holding onto them.
Still managed to buy some yummy olive bread, homemade pasta and fruit before the deluge hit.
What a blessing this rain is though, we've almost forgotten what it feels like!
and I think we're all thinking the same, if only this had happened a month ago.....

Well you have to start somewhere I guess. So hi all.
Its a lovely day outside, mid 20's, and a public holiday, so I'm not going to sit in here for long.
I'll go outside and potter a bit in the garden, see what damage the marauding possums
have done overnight, and savour that gorgeous sunshine.
A few weeks ago we were all trying to escape it!