“……It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

It’s been a while and I do apologise for that……it’s been so busy here at Damascus that I don’t quite know who I am anymore! We are overflowingly (is that a real word!?)Fully booked through to mid January. November is usually a calm before the storm for me but that has gone for a loop…


“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year…” Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hello people and pets and four legged fuzzy-bugs!!! It’s Spring! And baby this year Spring has attitude! Everything is already so green and wonderful……..our lawn got it’s first mow yesterday and I spent this morning sprinkling a beautiful seed mix all over the garden……can’t wait for it to come up! And can you believe it…….Damascus…


“….happiness comes from appreciating what’s in front of you, not wishing you were doing something else. You find out what life is about by paying closer attention to it, not wishing you were living a fantasy………” Leo Babauta

…….Isn’t that so beautifully true!? I have been guilty of wishing I lived elsewhere, or was thinner, or richer, or famous……..and then one day…..some time after my 50th birthday……..I finally grew up! Lol!!!:) I realised that I am so lucky, so blessed and if I take a moment to admit it…..so very happy! Here I…


Another kitten this way comes…………

I suppose it was inevitable 🙂 we have another new child! I will have to take a picture and put it up here for all to see…..he is a beautiful, ginger fuzz-ball (Nessy by name) and our last new baby (Scraps) has totally taken him under his care 🙂 It’s strange how these things work…2…