Ecofarmer

re-settled in Hungary from Rochdale, Lancs, England, and into a little village, doing a bit of greenish farming hoping for a quiet life... but stuff just happens...

Friday, January 10, 2014

slight cabin fever


Hardly into the main body of winter without proper cold whatsoever, so shouldn't complain. I haven't realized there had not been post from me this year yet - haven't been in the mood as we are in a mish-mash mood ... due to being sort of old and feeling more vulnerable and what to do next type of thing. We'd like to stay - love the place, nice to have animals and veggies, like to mess with them (most times) no tsunamis and not a lot of extreme weather, etc etc. However, we like to live in more lively places, too, with a walk away from med facilities - though so far we had no disadvantage in that area of worry. Maybe we just go half-way and spend more and more away - especially winters. See how it goes. we parttaken in the village New Year's Eve party - not a large crowd, but very pleasant, including Alan's first karaoke experience, he did well with a couple of (for me) obscure Elvis and something else. Everyone was impressed how well he sang. We jumped about a bit - the music was a bit more varied and not so loud. Stuffed cabbages and loads of other food and drink. After the midnight bubbly a large birthday cake appeared for Alan accompanied by "When I'm 64". Went home after 2am. Not a right lot happened since, a bit more telly than usual, as now we have HBO and Cinemax, we only have to pay 2000HUF/month for them, and we had a few decent movies and they are shown without ad interruptions. Alan plays his guitar and his tablet. Does quite a lot outside depending on the weather and his mood. I read a lot, e.g. my first Doris Lessing,The Golden Notebook - about the most serious stuff I read for ages, but I'm enjoying it, especially the British CP party stories. We had a few mysteries - coming back from our outing to Pécs we found a big bottle of pálinka and a kilo of shelled walnuts swinging in the bucket above the well. Couldn't figure out who was the fairy godmother with such gifts; then it turned out a week later, it was Lujo, whose still quite little ram stayed here longer, as there was accommodation problem for them. The new self-raised chickens as well as the oldies are laying like if there was no tomorrow, they must be thinking it's spring. We have an extra 5 muscovies, as Erzsi was fed up feeding them. They are a bit small and withered looking, but so far survived the change. Hm - I can't think of all the other things I wanted to say - I'll just add stuff if I remember. Quiz for those who are familiar with our kitchen - what is new on the attached photo. Others show Alan at ease with Drew's book which he finished and liked (The Do DO diet = Days On Days Off available on kindle as well now from Amazon) and in the luxurious dressing gown we bought (one for me, too) for our stay in Füred in November. The flowers - going now for two years continuously, which never happened to any of my indoor plants before. And the telly showing Al Jazeira which we also watch quite a lot. I find it quite a bit better than the BBC. Well, happy Newish Year to everyone!

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