Time for another few words from your correspondent… Since the last blog, there has not been a great deal of activity. I have been out with Anike and Zula a few times – things there are slowly getting better. Anike still has more trust in me than in Zula but that will slowly change; we [...]
Aug 252010
Jul 112010
It goes without saying that the current temperatures are rather spectacular but last night was a real show. Around 21:00, the first signs of impending thunderstorms – a darkening of the skies and an occasional flash of lightning. We were celebrating Toni’s birthday – not a major event this time around after the events of [...]
Jul 092010
The pattern seems to be repeating itself. Today (Friday) was once again forecast to be probably the hottest day of the week. This time the forecast was for yet higher temperatures than last week and indeed, the highest official temperature was 36˚ (at the time of writing). Last week that was 35˚ in Eindhoven. Tomorrow [...]
Jul 072010
Just heard from Toni that Anike was taken into hospital yesterday for an emergency op to remove an ovarian cyst. She had been complaining of pain last week after a water fight and the doctor thought at first it was appendicitis but on further investigation thought it was an inflamed ovary. She had medicine and [...]
Jun 182010
Yesterday was the last warm, sunny day for a little while. Still, made the most of it; spent a reasonable amount of time in the sun and in the later afternoon I helped Anike again with her horse. She is having a lot of trouble leaving the farmyard and the horse gets nervous because she [...]
