Yes – here we are , halfway through the long month of January and life is busy over here. Personally we are waiting on the delivery next week of windows and doors to finish Bob’s studio and the two downstairs rooms at Sprawling Towers. In the meantime there are endless small jobs which all take a lot of time to …
French Leave Beach
This week’s blog finds us in that sweet spot between Christmas and New Year – that no mans land that I enjoy a great deal….. We had a lovely day on Christmas Day – I spent it preparing and cooking a big dinner which we shared with good friends. The pictures will tell the story best I think…. But the …
This week news of a great fire truck display and news of progress on Sprawling Towers. Last Friday the GHFR team put on a demonstration to major benefactor Shelby White and her family. It was wonderful for the team to be able to finally proudly show her what they are capable of with the truck and they did a great …
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Last Friday Bob had the idea that Jane deserved a day off from the relentless work of moving in to Sprawling Towers so we all took a trip to Harbour Island for a lovely leisurely lunch. Of course it is a long drive and it is a work of major concentration missing all those darn potholes but the lunch we …
Yes – here we are slipping rapidly through September – and the day after this is published we will be on a plane to London looking forward to catching up with friends and family. We are going to stay at the Ham Yard Hotel in Soho – another of the Firmdale Group of hotels owned and run by Kit Kemp …
Yes good friends – Friday night Fish Fry is back – up and running as from last Friday. I know I told you back some time ago – before Christmas I think – that it was coming back but it actually happening now for sure. We rarely ever go ourselves but I know it is a great draw for many …
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Well this is one of those weeks where there is nothing too much to tell you so we are just cruising through February in Eleuthera. A couple of book recommendations and a couple of programs on the TV which we enjoyed and not too much else actually ! Although I do want to recommend Midway Cost Cutters in Savannah Sound …
Do you need something from Nassau but don’t want to make a trip ? – well here is the service you have been waiting for. There is a really good service called My Personal Messenger which will offers all sorts of ways of getting what you want to you here in Eleuthera. It is run by the very organized and …
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This last 2 weeks I have met up with 2 readers of the blog and I want to tell you what a delight it is for me to make such contacts ! Firstly I met Lissa on French Leave Beach just as Dan and I were about to walk the dogs. She came up to me on the beach , …
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We have been having a lot of work done on Colman Towers in Eleuthera. Finally – after nearly 17 years – we are replacing all the old windows at Buena Vista. All the same sizes and proportions but hurricane proof and gloriously new supplied by Anderson Windows ! We have never been able to have the windows open – they …

Kathy Colman
Writer, Interior Designer, Foodie, and Wife to Bob. Living in Eleuthera, Bahamas
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