And so dear friends Christmas is over for another year and we wish you a Happy New Year for 2024. Amazing how quickly a year can go but a lot happened for us in the past 12 months. New Year’s Eve has never been a favorite night of the year for me – we have had some good nights but […]
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News this week of a party we held at Sprawling Towers this last Sunday. We had a multiple celebration – for my 70th which was back in August, for Bob’s 80th which was at the end of September, for our 29th wedding anniversary which is on December 14th – the day many of you will be reading this , plus […]
Well if you haven’t tried the Front Porch in Hatchet Bay then I suggest you do so at you earliest opportunity ! We went there for Sunday lunch with our good friends Marcie and Martin and we all ate like kings. We usually leave it to chef Francis Plakaris to work his magic. Call him for a reservation on 242 […]
Well hello dear friends – it has been a while hasn’t it ? I stopped writing the blogs at the end of June whilst nursing my mother until her death at the end of July. I was just unable to write of life in Eleuthera whilst it was so difficult for both me and my dear sister Jane. But time […]
There will be a celebration of the life of Mary Pattison at the Wesley Methodist Church on Cupid’s Cay on Saturday 26th August 2023 at 11am.
Hello dear friends and readers. Sad news this week of the death of my Mum , Mary Pattison. But it was also a blessing and she is suffering no more. As you know I took a break from blogging because my sister Jane and I were taking care of her. She died at home, which of course sounds lovely – […]
News this week that I am taking a little break from this blog. As you all know I am very proud of the fact that I have not missed a week in 9 years but I am in a situation where it is not viable for me to continue for the time being. Briefly my Mum, Mary, has some health […]
Such sad news this week as I tell you that dear Roger Ryall from Canada has died in a plane crash. Roger was the lovely man who bought Tops House from us in January 2021 and we got to know him reasonably well. Such a kind and thoughtful person who loved his new skill of flying. He had his own […]
All sorts of bits and bobs to tell you about this week to bring you up to date with what is happening here….. Well firstly the rain we have been waiting so long for has finally arrived. Plenty of storms and torrential rain as well as slow steady rain as well. Much needed and long awaited …. You can hear […]
Well what a feat – nine years of blogging about Eleuthera – I can’t quite believe that I have managed it to be honest. Reading some of those early blogs has been fun – so much has changed in those years. I started the blog to keep in touch with all the renters that we had coming to Governors Estate […]
Kathy Colman
Writer, Interior Designer, Foodie, and Wife to Bob. Living in Eleuthera, Bahamas
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