Imagine...

Over the mountains and far away......

Well I am in scenic Bavaria by the River Isar which bursts into life in the Austrian Alps, then flows after nearly 300 kms into the Danube which after 2800 kms ends in the Black Sea bordering the Ukraine...

She is not scared of the war and just carries on regardless.   And that is an inspiration for me too !!

Never give up , moving on towards the dream of the wide blue ocean....

Feeling happy to have this time with my Mum here in her cozy nest, going down memory lane , knowing that this time will pass and the new chapter in my life will begin......on this little Greek Isand in the Aegean.

At the age of nearly 66 I need to get fit for the big task of establishing another base on the wild east facing mountainside of Skopelos. Surrounded by old olive trees with a flowering almond near the crumbling walls of the house, I can hear the bees buzzing in my mind amongst the wild herbs...

My next door neighbours comprise of an ancient monastery "Agia Moni Skopelos" with only one sweet little nun living there now and a collection of bee hives further up.

Behind the stone cottage the forests of Alleppo pines, holm and kermes oaks climb over the mountainous terrain giving Skopelos the name "Emerald Island"

I am imagining my new life there, looking out to sea watching the ferry bring all those wide eyes visitors,

munching on fragrant wood oven baked bread with olives , goat feta and home grown tomatoes.....