more moves

Well, as I'm typing into Kifli here, a second lot of furniture and tid-bits are being moved here from my mum's flat in Budapest, which was miraculously very quickly sold (if all is well...) via Pali's pick-up. Stuff we don't really need, but it is a heartache to give up. So the next job is finding home for everything - won't be easy, though of course, Alan has his plans in the ready...

We started the Dogs Do As Told Scheme; a few weeks ago, when Jutka took us to Pécs market, we found an interesting looking device, which with the help of a special collar and wall unit emitting radio-waves, gives electric impulse noises as well a bit of a pain (Sorry Gus) so that at last we thought to be able to free the dogs from continuous chain-up, which is even more pain for everyone concerned. Well, so far so good - to our (and Gus's) immense surprise, the system works, sometimes too well, Gus must be a basically relaxed dog not becoming a nervous wreck during the period of learning the whereabouts of his new invisible fences. Presently to be safe, he's staying in the goré where the milking stand is, and I am not encouraging further lesson until Alan is back.

We had a visitor yesterday, Ders, a Hungarian young man from Pecs, who entertains thoughts of becoming a self-sufficient person, and is in the process of making up his mind, how. He had the tour and a chat, he offered to come down, whenever we needed some day-help, which is nice.

The newsletter is ready to be printed, and the organisation of the big communal meal for Pensioners Day next week seems to be all under control.
From local to global - advice to Greece... http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2011/08/25/why-iceland-shold-be-in-the-news-but-is-not/


We had a few beautiful days with cold nights , a day of unusual pea-soup fog, and the autumn colours make the views spectacular.

It is pumpkin season - there aren't many, and not as sweet as last year, but the soup is nice anyway, and the roast is not that bad.

Photos show Ermintrud in the milking stand, Same corner with Gus in his new location and the bio-briquette maker in the background, the pile of wood, autumn green veggies and the half-winterish figs.