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Calendar 2012

We expect Lorna, Shannon, Annette and Patty 10th to 21st June. Belinda, Jim, Jessie and Lil are due 18th August for a week. We shall be away in the UK for Jo & Cat's wedding celebration from about 16th September to 3rd October. Maxie, maybe Oct/Nov.

My place in the sun

Could this be your place in the sun?

Your retirement home in south east Spain?

Our best friends want to move back to Blighty. This is what they have to offer you.

Single storey villa 3 minutes’ walk from beautiful sandy Mediterranean beaches with superb swimming and snorkelling. Three bedrooms, two bathrooms, lounge and separate dining room. Fully equipped fitted kitchen. Excellent décor throughout with professional finish. Double glazing. Fully furnished.

Mountain view from front garden seating area. Well stocked front and back gardens with fruit trees and tropical plants, easy to maintain, with automatic irrigation system, shady pergola and built-in barbeque.

Secure driveway parking. Timber annexe as workshop or extra guest bedroom. Good storage.

Surrounded by mountains, yet flat terrain for cycling and walking. Quiet suburb of a very Spanish town - complete with fishing fleet - with a choice of Spanish, English, Italian and French restaurants and bars. Local supermarkets and shops. 40 minutes from international shopping complex.

Shady pergola in the back garden

Back garden and view of annexe - workshop or extra accomodation

Sitting room

Master bedroom

Fitted kitchen with all appliances

It's in Puerto de Mazarrón. Look it up on the map. It's lovely.

Call Chris and Bev on (0034) 968 154 230 or (oo34) 634 046 685

Alternatively, e-mail judy@quinspain.com

Labels: Your place in the sun

Sunset

Sorry I'm not publishing much, except calendar upates, but I use Facebook more now.

Anyway, I wanted to share something special -

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Can't help sharing our garden flowers

This is for Steve (and some other people).

This is for Lizzie, to keep her warm:

This is for Terry - extra power for Murcia:

This is for Jo to keep her going till April:

And so is this:

This is for Peter - it's only half full:

This is for Alkie - please stay in one piece:

This is for Beverly - maybe not her style:

This is for Dan - hold on to them:

This is for Chris - where's the big white hunter?

This is for Helen - a pal for Suki:

This is for Judy - a pert little vintage of H2O:

AND, YES, THIS IS FOR STEVE -

NORMAN SAYS G'DAY!

Don't yer just love 'em?

Sorry, at the risk of being a doting parent, verging on the sentimental

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My kids. Love the photo. Just thought I'd share that.

QUINCE

It may sound a bit silly but the house we fell in love with here and which is now our home is number 15. In Spanish - numero quince. Well, it was meant to be, with a name like ours. Quin, quince - the next step was to get a quince tree. Membrillo - no connection there then in Spanish, as far as cognitives are concerned. Anyway, now it's fairly mature - the tree, that is - it gave us half a dozen quinces this year. What to do with them? Quince jelly? Naa. Found a recipe in Larousse for Quince Chicken. Deelicious.

If you ever visit in the autumn, you could try it!

Maybe you'll enjoy it as much as heee.

Peter Pan or David Bailey?

Probably both!

This is he:

Making friends with a hibiscus is just as easy for Peter as bringing our friends to life - or at least to our website, anyway.

Thank you, Peter, for recording Tricia's 50th in Cartegena so beautifully:

Happy 51st year to you, dear Tricia, we hope X

Just for the record, for our millions of viewers all over the world, from left to right, there's me Judy, Tricia, once my colleague and friend (still my friend), Ray, whose photography may surpass all of ours - just look at the size of that lens!!!! - and my other friend T.

This was also one of Ray's feats, in Cartagena - it seems Terry has another friend, too:

('ello sailor!)

Well, Peter and Ray can battle it out as to who has the biggest and bestest lens but, thank you Peter for recording these images of our 'bestist friends' and their folks: