WELL IT CAN'T BE BUSY ALL THE TIME.

On the border

Hi there to all my devoted followers {all four of you}well after all it's quality not quantity that counts isn't it? It has been a very quiet fortnight since I last wrote, no concerts,parties or gatherings of any other nature, The highlight of the last few days has been the visit of a dear friend Barbara,here we see her doing the tourist bit, with one foot in Latvia and the other in Lithuania, the Lithuanian border is just 20 minutes away from us and it's always a fun thing  standing in two countries at the same time. It was Barbara's first time in Latvia so we wanted to show her as much of the countryside as possible and Wednesday found us up early and heading for Varakalne to visit our friends Kathleen and Ian.  We woke to a cold frosty morning with quite a thick mist but the sun was trying to burn it off.{strange term to use as a mist is fine water and you can't burn water,probably we should say the sun was trying to evaporate the mist} anyway in places the sun had been successful and we were rewarded with the most wonderful views of the Daugava river and countryside where the mist lingered in the hollows between the hills. Ian is working to make a small farm of their plot                                                  

The Daugava it really is a beautiful river

He has sheep goats and turkeys one of which is destined for our table at Christmas,we always look forward to visiting them and see what progress has been made, the only downside is that they live 190 kilometres away. A good time was had by all and and our visit was over all to soon, and we had to make our way home, now the last time we made the journey we were rewarded by the sight of an elk in the forest, so telling Barbara to keep her eyes  peeled and she might just be lucky to see some Latvian wildlife, half way home we came upon a fox just strolling across the road,he stopped, looked at us as if to say, what you doing here!!,then calmly walked off into the trees. Then almost home we saw the  tail end of two deer, better that we saw them at a distance, as we have had our brush's with large animals when traveling, first time when a group of wild pigs ran in front of us, the grand daddy of them all ran straight into the front wing of the Mazda and we sent him bowling down the road only to watch as he jumped to his feet and made a hasty exit into the woods. The second was a deer which again ran right in front of us and made a mess of our bumper. she must have had a bit of a head ache,
So many times when we have visitors we find that they just want to relax and rest in the peace and quiet of our home,we are so blest that they feel able to slow down and recharge their batteries so to speak. With all the busyness of life we can offer a complete change.So apart from a visit to Bauska and lunch at the Raspberry restaurant we spent time playing games reading and just catching up on all the news.{as you will gather, lots of talking went on over the week.
    We have now lived here for three and a half years,and if asked what have we learned in that time, I guess it could be summed up like this. We don't need a telly in every room,we are grateful for all the blessings God gives us,to take one day at a time, to expect the unexpected and appreciate those around us.

Apple blossom in spring

Iris in summer

  OK enough of being philosophical, back to the nitty gritty of day to day life, the mundane,the sweeping of leaves or the washing of clothes, the what shall we have for dinner or tea, you see we can't be partying and gallivanting about all the time, we still have chores to do,chickens to feed and the dog to walk.









What have these two pictures got to do with being busy, absolutely nothing at all but I like them and hope you do to,

Just one thing before I go, to those of you who read this I really appreciate you taking the time to see what I ramble on about, but please please leave a comment to let me know you've visited my blog. 



PS.Oh yes I almost forgot We have another concert to go to on Tuesday  'Erni Haase and Signature Sound' in the Rigas Kongresu nams {Congress Hall} Now how could that have slipped my mind!!!!!! check them out on Youtube, there grrrreat as Tony the Tiger would say.
Will let you know how we get on.