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Not sure how this is going to hold up under my goofy dog skidding over it all the time, but I like it so much, I will just keep on top of any stitching she picks or pulls loose. I was a little skeptical that it would really be leather and denim, but it sure is. I even noticed a pocket rivet in a piece of the denim. It is not a super soft rug but I've never used a rag rug that was completely smooth. I really love it....
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Not sure how this is going to hold up under my goofy dog skidding over it all the time, but I like it so much, I will just keep on top of any stitching she picks or pulls loose. I was a little skeptical that it would really be leather and denim, but it sure is. I even noticed a pocket rivet in a piece of the denim. It is not a super soft rug but I've never used a rag rug that was completely smooth. I really love it.Read More
Terrible odor!!!
This rug has a terrible strong odor!!! It smelled even though we left it in the packaging! Also at first we thought they sent the wrong size, but upon closer examination, it appears that the rug is so thin that they actually folded it in half before rolling it up for shipping.Read More
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One of the amazing things about being a freelance designer is the freedom to choose who you are willing to work with. Unlike the nine to five crowd, we freelancers don't always have bosses or coworkers that we are simply stuck with. If we don't like working with someone, we fire them and move on.
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To follow up our recent article, 8 Rules for Creating Effective Typography, this post contains over 30 sites either dedicated to or designed with beautiful typography.April 4th, 2010 Posted in Inspiration, Typography
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The Malayalis on board Kamal Hassan's Vishwaroopam talk about the experience
Kamal Hassan's Vishwaroopam, a bilingual spy thriller believed to be made at a whopping budget of over Rs.150 crores, has been creating waves of excitement much before its release. The crew and cast are tight-lipped about the story and the characters. Four Malayalis, two of them from Thiruvananthapuram, are part of the crew that worked behind the scene on the film that has been written, directed and co-produced by Kamal who also plays the lead role. The four are Mahesh Narayanan (editor), N.G.Roshan (make-up), Sanu John Varghese (cinematographer) and Mahadevan Thampi (still photographer). The bunch, though mum about the narrative, share with MetroPlus their experience of working on the mega production.
Mahesh Narayanan, a graduate in who wanted to become a cinematographer, could get a seat for editing from Adyar Film Institute, is He didn't let the chance go by and today is one of the busiest in the business, editors out there, with works such as Rathrimazha, Pokkiri Raja, Makaramanju, Gulumaal, Three Kings, Karyasthan, Seniors, Traffic, Casanovva, Beautiful and Mallu Singh to his credit. Up for release are Mr. Marumagan, Trivandrum Lodge and Edavappathi.
Kamal sir was involved in the Tamil remake of Traffic initially and wanted to retain me as the editor. Although, later, he opted out of the project (but Mahesh is still part of it), he made me a part of Vishwaroopam. I was not very confident about working in the movie because I've never worked on such a large canvas. When I shared with him my apprehensions, his reply was: 'It is good. You can't grow without getting scared.' The challenging part was that I was actually working on two movies at a time (Vishwaroopam is shot in Tamil and Hindi, with two different versions). There is a dubbed version in Telugu as well. Kamal sir is very sharp as a director and clearly knows what he wants.
All facets of cinema attract N.G. Roshan. Eventually that passion made him a make-up artiste. That passion eventually ended up in make-up and His name appears in the credits of now has tthe He worked his magic in the magnum opus Pazhassi Raja and Dileep's 'heroine act' in Mayamohini. to his credit. Trained at the Greasepaint School of Film Makeup, London, he is a faculty member of the National School of Drama. Roshan received the award for the best makeup at this year's Sunset Film Festival in Los Angeles. The award was for Unni Vijayan's Lessons In Forgetting, which is based on Anita Nair's novel. His forthcoming Malayalam projects are Ivan Megharoopan and Poppins.
Kamal Hassan had done the narration for Pazhassi Raja when it was dubbed in Tamil. After watching it, he took me on board Vishwaroopam. The exciting part of working in the movie is that I could put to use what I had learnt abroad. You might not come across any other Indian movie that had a full-fledged make-up studio on the sets. The movie is shot on a different scale, especially the special effects. Being a perfectionist, Kamal Hassan expected us to give the best result.
An alumni of College of Fine Arts, Thiruvananthapuram, Sanu wanted to be a photo journalist like Mohamed Amin (Kenyan photojournalist whose coverage of the 1984 Ethiopian famine brought international attention to the crisis). Though he didn't become one, he is now busy shooting television commercials. His first film as a cinematographer was Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon (2003). But "Bollywood didn't enthuse" him. A reason why he hasn't worked in many Hindi films. His previous works are Karthik Calling Karthik (Tamil) and Malayalam film, Electra (Malayalam). His television commercials include the ones for Coke, Cadburys, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Airtel and Tata, to name a few.
"I might do just 10 films, but I shouldn't feel bad about doing them," he says.
Marmayogi has been Kamal Hassan's ambitious project and we were to work together in it. But that didn't take off. Then came Vishwaroopam. It has been my best collaboration with a director. It has been a learning experience, for there was this man with 50 years of experience in cinema. I'm many years younger to him, but couldn't match his energy and zeal.
He was just 19 when he got his first independent work as a still photographer. for What got him going was the refreshingly different promotional stills of Ivar Vivahitharaayal. He followed it up with 30 films in the last eight years. It includes movies such as Ivar Vivaahitharayaal, Pokkiri Raja, Happy Husbands, Three Kings, and Four Friends. Now he is all set to make his first film.
I met Kamal sir just for a day, when we did the photoshoot for Four Friends. And one-and-half years later, when I got the offer for Vishwaroopam, I thought it was a prank. He allowed me and my friend Sijo Abraham to cover the making of the movie as well. This is one movie which has used the best of technology, with regard to sound, camera and special effects. Kamal sir is a brilliant technician, who knows the right shots and frames. When I make my movie, I will certainly draw on what I learnt from Kamal sir.
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I'm going to lend my voice to the couple of lone voices in support of Prometheus here. Most critics never mention the theme, but to me the theme was clearly the standout aspect of the move. Elizabeth Shaw's decision to go find her makers instead of taking her chance to go back home is amazingly symbolic.
Of course Alien fans are not happy, because Prometheus is not about Alien. It's about humanity's ongoing search for meaning. Picking out every little scientifically incorrect detail and inconsistent character is not the way to enjoy a movie, and if you did this, I don't see how you could enjoy any movie.
Did it irritate me that the two smartest women in the movie don't know how to run perpendicularly to a falling column? Yes. But that didn't take away one bit from the depth of the message, the great acting, and the spectacular graphics.
For me, Prometheus was definitely the best movie of the year so far... until Dark Knight Rises, maybe.


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The world's tallest bean plant.
treeguy123(AL 7b)June 27, 2008
The world's tallest bean plant was grown by Staton Rorie (USA) in 2003. It was 46 feet 3 inches (14.1m) tall.
I was wondering if anybody knew what type of bean plant was grown to set this Guinness world record?
If not, what is the tallest type of bean plant you know of?
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Birds and other mobile features in the garden 2012 #3
This thread is intended to give people a place to post photos and/or talk about birds, critters, wildlife, fish, whatever - topics you might not want to start a whole thread on, but are still garden-related. You can see the range of possible topics in the previous threads:
All of the threads in the Birds and other mobile features in the garden series prior to 2012 are now stored in the New England Garden Forum Gallery. See the top of the main page to switch between Discussions and Gallery. For 2012, see Birds and other mobile features in the garden 2012 #1 and Birds and other mobile features in the garden 2012 #2.
I was waiting for some new turkey pictures to start off the new thread and this morning the birds obliged. I was sitting on the deck eating breakfast and I heard a clucking sound. Sure enough, a turkey hen was shepherding her clutch of six chicks through the yard.
This is the first I've seen in the yard here this year, although I've seen a few out in the neighborhood when I walked in the last few weeks. I was worried because last year I only saw one chick, one time, and I was afraid the predators had gotten them all. Fisher cats had been seen and heard around here. It looks we're back to normal.
This is my favorite thread. I've been watching your turkeys from afar for the past few years and sincerely hope the fisher cats leave well enough alone. Your yard would not be the same without these little guys. Very special.
No turkeys here for a number of years, but the leucistic cardinal stopped by again yesterday. I think it's a married female, not sure, didn't get a chance to ask her. I think she's pretty. Kind of looks like a small, fancy chicken.
She is indeed a very pretty little bird. It's good to know she survived the winter and I hope you are blessed with young cardinals that look like their mom. I wonder what the genetics of leucistic birds is. Probably recessive, but you never know.
It's a gray, damp day, temperatures in the very low 50's (15 to 20 degrees below normal, according to the weather forecast!). Guarding the feeder in these conditions can be more difficult for a little hummingbird, but this male took shelter within the big rugosa rose which is conveniently sited right next to the feeder. I just saw him take some hearty sips then fly back into the rose.
I'm also seeing at least one female at the feeder regularly now, after a while when only males were around. The male doesn't chase her away.
I'm not sure how significant this sighting of the female is - gray, damp days in the very low 50's mean that I'm at the computer window again (indoors), rather than out on the deck with my laptop. The deck feeder is less visited.
What fun it must be to have a family of turkeys in your back yard, Claire! Sort of like keeping chickens without the work, albeit without the eggs as well! They're much more wary of people here, with so many hunting seasons open on them, although not this time of the year.
Your leucistic cardinal IS pretty, Jane. Not something you see everyday, that's for sure. She probably has enough color on her to keep her safe from predators. It would be cool if even one of her offspring had her color mutation.
This was not a good day for me. I lost my favorite pasture ornament today when our Shetland pony decided to pass on after 36 years. I'll miss her companionship while gardening. Here she was helping me paint my flu liner planter a few years ago, together with my old collie, also gone now.
36 years is a big chunk of your life to share with any living thing - you must have so many memories tied to the pony (and to the collie). The pasture will have a big hole in it for a long time to come.
That's a very nice planter and perhaps looking at it will often remind you of that happy day and the friends that have passed.
Thank you Jane and Claire, for the kind words of condolence. Yes, the pasture does seem lifeless without its star attraction. Actually we had Ruby for only 33 of her 36 years, but you're right, it was a very long association, the longest of any of our animals (and we've had other horses, cats & dogs who lived into their 30s, 20s, and teens respectively). I'm glad the good hubby decided to take these photos from the window and capture a glimpse of my favorite activities with my dear old companions.
I don't understand why mallards every once in a while visit my yard. After all, I don't have a pond here, the nearest pond is down the hill, and the marsh is a bit farther away. But today I looked out and a mallard drake was serenely noshing at the feed usually eaten by crows and such.
He knew I was watching but didn't seem to be particularly worried about it. The whole visit only lasted a minute or two, although he may have moved on to a part of the yard that I can't see from my window. I wonder if the ducks come more often but I just don't notice.
While I was photographing the duck a chipmunk ran out onto the porch and seemed to be watching as well.
Claire, thanks for starting this thread! It's wonderful and I love your turkeys!
Jane, that 'married cardinal' is beautiful and you're right, she looks like a funky little chicken!
Marci, I'm so sorry about your beloved pony. Those pictures you posted are wonderful and hopefully you can go to them for comfort when you need to.
Here's a picture of a turtle who somehow managed to find his way into our back yard.
That's a beautiful turtle, littleredshed. An eastern box turtle, I guess? (I just did some quick googling, since the only turtles I've seen around here are snappers).
In the second photo it looks like it decided it was safe to come out again - the photographer wasn't going to eat it.
It's turtle egg laying season, so this is the time of year they venture out of the ponds onto land to lay their eggs. (Infact I was out behind the pond laying mulch yesterday afternoon while a snapper politely waited at the edge of the pond for me to move. As soon as I left, she climbed out).
Since I'm seeing red spots on the edge of the shell, I would guess that littleredshed has a painted turtle there.
eastern painted turtle looks good to me. Is there a pond nearby?
I love your turtle pictures, LittleRedShed. I always thought painted turtles were the prettiest of turtles. (We had snappers and box turtles too growing up west of Boston, but the painted turtles were most prevalent.)
This red winged blackbird was picking bugs or grubs out of the grass while I was out by the veggie patch. I love the sort of electronic whirring noise these birds make.
Sigh..thanks for the memories Claire. I lived on the South Shore most of my life; I saw and had in my yard all the wonderful animals pictured here. I now live in a "city" although we have lots of tree's and the beach. But the birds..sparrows, starlings, pigeons, a pair of mourning doves, an occasional robin, maybe female purple finches and today I saw my first grackle! Oh and I did have a few junco's in early spring, a male and female cardinal a few times. Of course the occasional sea gull on it's way to Burger King lol.
I watched live videos of great blue herons recently and as they were in their nest and rather quiet, I could hear the symphony of birds at dusk that were in the woods surrounding them. It warmed my heart..it moved me and surprised me how much I miss them. I left it on just to hear the other bird lol.
As I sit now, I hear the starlings..fighting over territory I think, or maybe garbage someone left out, the sparrows twittering as they take their daily dust bath in the firehouse yard next to me and fight over the feeder.
Even though the pickin's are slim, I am thankful for these birds, for now lol..need to attract some others. Thought I heard a Baltimore Oriole once......
Red-wings have mostly vacated the premises now, although I think I saw a female yesterday on a feeder. Grackles abound and I'm hoping to see the new broods come hopping in soon. The trouble is that one set of feeders is now obscured by vegetation so I don't know who feeds there. I still fill those feeders because the birds are hungry (and I'm a sucker for hungry birds). In past years the crows announced the fledging of grackle babies - crows seem to really like grackles. Little cousins?
Elijahs.mimi: I also lived on the South Shore growing up, then I took off to see the world. I ended up spending a number of years in the East Village (pigeons and rats and people in outlandish plumage), with a short sojourn in Germany (hedgehogs outside my window!). You learn to appreciate what you have.
In addition to the turtles laying eggs, it seems like last years eggs are finally hatching. I read somewhere that it is not unusual for snapping turtle eggs to over winter and hatch the following spring.
On my morning walk, I saw what I thought was shells in the pond. Turns out they are egg shells.
Further investigation showed lots of little holes in the ground nearby.
No pictures of baby turtles. I took numerous walks down to the pond today looking for additional babies. But no luck.
Claire/Pixie Lou,
Thanks for the ID on the turtle! I agree, it looks like an Eastern Painted Turtle. Claire, there's a lake across the street from our house, so I'm guessing that explains it!
Pixie Lou, those egg shells are cool, amazing!
Spedigrees, we have the red winged blackbirds too. I didn't know what they were until recently, when I looked it up.
I saw a bizarre sight today at the feeder. (At least it's bizarre to me) There were four unidentified birds at the feeder and two were taking seed from the feeder and feeding it to the other two birds (maybe juveniles?. I'll try to take a picture of the unidentified birds and post this week. Surely, someone here might know what they are.
I saw a Baltimore Oriole this weekend too! First time I've seen one in our yard! It was very exciting!
pixie_lou: I hate to say this, but those egg shell pictures look suspicious in the pond. When the eggs hatch, the shells should be left behind as the hatchlings burrow out of the ground. The baby turtles should then start walking towards the water. I don't see how they would bring the egg shells with them. I suspect the eggs started hatching and some predator saw them and grabbed the babies, then dug up the rest of the eggs, maybe bringing them to the water to wash them before eating them (crows and gulls do that - my birdbaths often get sand in them).
I hope I'm wrong.
littleredshed: That definitely sounds like two parents feeding the young. What do the birds look like? (photos are best)
Claire - I was wondering about the shells in the pond. To be honest, I don't know much about turtle hatching. And since I already have at least 4 large snappers in the pond, I won't be disappointed if the number does not increase. The heron was here this morning spending a lot of time in that area.
But as far as my daughters concerned, she counted egg shells and she thinks we have 19 baby turtles in the pond. And I will not tell her otherwise.
Pixie_lou: The heron sounds like a likely suspect to disappear baby turtles, but this is all conjecture. Without concrete evidence, it's quite reasonable for your daughter to assume there are 19 baby turtles in the pond. Nineteen baby turtles plus at least four adults! Turtle gridlock!
The heron theory sounds correct and yes, 4 snappers in one pond seems ample to me! A snapper from the brook down the hill an acre away, about once a year stops traffic by sunning in the middle of the road. He's big enough and lucky enough so far that drivers have stopped to scoot him back into the woods or the guy across the street picks him up by the tail and puts him a bucket for his trip back to the brook. One of these days...
In the mean time, during the last rain, the returned hummer sat in the chokeberry zapping 'no see ums'.
You can see just the tip of his (her? Claire?) tongue sticking out. Sometimes I think I see a female (sans red neck) on the feeder, then with a turn of the head, the light changes and the red becomes apparent, thus, me then thinking it's a male. As long as they know.
Yes, I see the tongue in the second photo! Nice shot!
Probably a female, but could be a juvenile male. I just founda nice website with all sorts of information and pictures of adult and young ruby-throats.
There's a nice statement:
"All hummingbirds are fully grown and capable of flight when they leave the nest; there are no "baby hummingbirds" at feeders. In other words, baby hummingbirds can't fly. Any tiny hummingbird that is hovering at a flower or feeder is undoubtedly a Hummingbird Moth."
This is a very poor quality picture, but I love how the wild bunny looks like just another statue in my gnome garden. I'd hoped to get a better shot of him, but he always waits for partial darkness to come out to forage. He and his compadres seem to prefer the clover to my garden plants thankfully.
That bunny does indeed look like it belongs with the gnome. I couldn't resist doing a bit of googling (I have a suppressed need for a garden gnome) and I found this Snoozing Gnome + Bunny Friends Garden Statue. I guess there's a long history of gnome-bunny association.
Well, I just spent about a half hour going through Amazon's Gnome collection. Ninja gnomes, sumo gnomes, support our troop gnomes, squatting and mooning gnomes, various NFL and MLB gnomes, and even a Boston Red Sox Garden Gnome and, on top of that, a Boston Red Sox PATRIOTIC Garden Gnome just in time for the Fourth of July.
I'm stunned (and tempted).
Oh Claire that is too funny! Boston Red Sox gnomes, who would think it!? You should go for it! Let out your inner gnome! LOL
They hide unobtrusively in small shady corners, so your gardens need not take on a red neck trailer park yard look due to an obvious gnome presence if you don't wish it. They can have a tendency to multiply though, so I'm told. My own population stopped with two. The fishing gnome with his string of trout (or minnows?) was so perfect coming up over the bank of our brook that I had to buy him, but then he seemed to need a buddy, hence the second gnome riding the turtle.
I have to admit I'm sorely tempted by the Snoozing Gnome + Bunny link you posted, but I'm resisting the temptation! After all I have the enough gnomes and living bunnies.
In another area of my land I have a couple thick slabs of white marble lying in the grass, that were there when we bought the property. Initially I thought it would be a perfect spot for a flower pot or garden statue, but it has been a favorite perch for my own cats over the years, as well as the neighbor's cats, so it has more interest as a base for these living garden statues, ever changing and reappearing in different fur colors.
Well, pixie, Claire, Sped, - I'll trade you 3 chipmunks for a turtle, mallard and a rabbit. AND, I'll throw in a bag of peanuts. They grocery shop under the bird feeder and in my veggie boxes and strawberries (all gone). But is it simply for sport that they tunnel under newly planted hydrangeas? This guy shops methodically:
Millet, peanuts, cashews, sunflower...check
Got everything on his list
And heads for home
So, do we have a deal, ladies?
I'll happily trade you a rabbit; we have plenty to spare. That little guy is seriously cute! We have chipmunks but they seldom venture down out of the woods. They like the stone walls and I think they harvest quite a bounty from the nut trees up there.
I'm sorry about your veggies and strawberries. :-( I can't guarantee that a bunny I send wouldn't also have a taste for the same. I hope your hydrangeas stay safe.
I haven't seen the mallard for a while, so I can't guarantee he's available for a trade. However, I have a really cute, healthy and hungry woodchuck that would probably really enjoy living in your garden. A few more chipmunks here won't make that much difference (except in my peanut budget).
I would be delighted to trade the woodchuck for a few cute chipmunks. Deal?
Jane - chippy is adorable. Why would you want to get rid of him? I'm happy to keep my turtles, but I'd be willing to trade you 500 bull frog tadpoles for a chipmunk. Deal?
It takes 2-3 years for a bull frog tadpole to develop into a bullfrog. As you can see, we have both 1 year old and 2 year old tadpoles. You can take your pick in the trade.
Our "pet" squirrel, Henry, was lounging around the deck railing today. He was totally sprawled out on the banister. He was scooting on his belly - and for a minute I was worried that his hind legs were broken or something. But I think the heat was just getting to him. He was also probably mad at me for not leaving pretzels out for him. (the photos are a bit blurry since i tood them thru the window).
hahahahaha, you two are waaay too generous. I really couldn't. Really. I'm using I Must Garden deer repellant where 'Chippy' likes to unearth plants,and it appears to be working so far. He'll find other areas to tunnel through. I brought tadpoles home when I was kid and put them in a small fish bowl. In a few weeks there were mini frogs jumping out onto a Chippendale mahogany pie crust tilt top table. I learned about my mother's sense of humor (which was excellent)and it took me all of one August afternoon to catch them and bring them back to the brook. That was better than losing the ten cent turtle under the Bendix washing machine. Guess I'll keep Chip n' Dale.
Jane :)
pixie_lou: I'm amazed that those tadpoles coexist with the snapping turtles. They must be fast! or have invisibility cloaks.
After yesterday I think I understand how Henry felt - if my railing was wider (much wider) I might have spread out on it myself.
Jane: At your recommendation I just ordered the I Must Garden All Natural Groundhog repellent to repel my woodchuck (hopefully it knows that a woodchuck is also known as a groundhog and will be repulsed). Even if it doesn't work, the phlox stems will smell good (botanical oils).
Time for a turkey baby update. I can't get them to stand next to the door frame to be measured, but they're definitely much bigger. The other day I looked at them, thinking "oh, look at the cute little turkeys". Well, next to the mother hen, they looked little, but one of them walked by a mourning dove and the dove was dwarfed (and very respectful of the huge baby turkey).
Here they're gobbling up nyjer seed I put out for whatever. Feeding turkeys ain't cheap.
I see but three of the original flock of 6 babies. Are the others just out of camera range, or did they fall victim to something? They certainly have grown. (Maybe it would be cheaper for you to buy chicken feed for them. It must take a lot of nijer seed to fill all their collective bellies!)
There seems to still be six, but they spread out more. I've read that as they get older the males and females split up (even when little) and I've noticed that one bunch will hang around mom while the others will go off exploring. I saw this last year as well. But when she gives out the "cluck cluck" sound they all come together.
They also eat the mixed seed I put out in other areas. I just put nyjer in the view of my computer window all year round to lure birds within easy sitting down sight (me sitting down). I mostly started this for the various sparrows and juncos but the turkeys found out pretty quickly. Now that the sparrows, etc. are off eating wild stuff, I put out a token amount for the turkeys.
On a smaller scale, the grackles are bringing their fledglings into the yard with great fanfare (lots of creaking sounds and dramatic feeding/gaping shows). Usually the fledglings land on the ground, this is the first time I've seen one settle on a birdbath waiting to be fed.
Here the adult is forced to continue feeding the fledgling since the baby can't reach any food. When the fledgling is on the ground there seems to be a point where the adult flies off, leaving the kid to look around until the light bulb comes on. There's food lying around here! I don't have to wait for someone to bring it to me! I can find food all by myself! You can almost feel the relief of the exhausted parent. Now there's just showing the kid where the different kinds of food are, and get them to be stronger flyers, and then suddenly the main flock will leave. Until next spring.
Finally got a shot with all six turkey chicks together with the hen.
Two of the chicks at an improvised bird bath. I had to put the stone in the saucer because the chicks kept tilting it and spilling the water out.
This must be one tough, or smart, hen. Of the five or six hens that were here during the breeding season, she's the only one with chicks. The other hens have begun to come back to the yard. One of them had one chick, but that one chick was caught by a cat and likely dragged into a house, rescued, and brought to a wildlife center.
Sitting on the deck having our morning coffee, we saw our resident osprey trolling along the Oyster River. Sure enough, in a few minutes she had caught a fish. We watched her perch on a tree across the river --- the silvery, bloody fish glistened as the sun caught it. But instead of eating, the osprey was hiding from a smaller bird that had been dive-bombing and harassing her on the hunt! We watched as this angry little bird (probably a mother protecting her nest) went in and out of the tree. The larger osprey flinched and twisted but couldn't swipe without dropping her catch.
Our mounted scope and binoculars gave us a good view of the osprey trying to 'lay low' but with no telephoto lens for the camera, there was no way to record this event. This osprey's nest has been on top of an electrical pole on the corner of a busy street since early spring. Since there's no place to stop and view the nest, it's really secure. You get a terrific, but brief, view of the nest as you go through the light and drive down the hill. I've included a link to a local paper and a photo taken by one of the photographers.
I LOVE sitting on the deck looking at the river --- at the wildlife, plants, how the sun travels across the sky and all the activities of Mother Nature. This thread is wonderful! So many people are too 'busy' to notice all the great things around them. Better than TV!
Here is a link that might be useful: New Haven Register
Oh, Molie, observing nature is MUCH better than watching TV - not only can you watch it unfold, but it does it without a published schedule, and you can't just flip channels with a remote.
Your osprey story reminds me of a photo in the Denver Post of a small western kingbird attacking a red-tailed hawk. Gives me hope that I may succeed the next time I run into a Goliath.
A little while ago, (I'm out on my deck with my laptop and camera (and a glass of ice water), the turkey hen and chicks came by and were suddenly chased by the neighbor's dog. They all erupted up to the trees and hung around for a while enjoying the view and acting rather proud of themselves.
One of these seemed to be saying "Do I HAVE to come down, Mom?"
After a while she flew down and called the chicks to join her. All six of them obediently dropped down. I'm sure they all roost in the trees every night but probably across the street not by the bay.
OK, what just happened here? I was on the way to the kitchen and glanced out the window and saw a woodchuck climbing up the steps to the porch.
Trick or Treat? Extortion? ...or, heaven forbid, have I gotten a new pet?
Maybe it saw me feeding peanuts to the chipmunk? I noticed lately that the woodchuck has been eating the wild critter food I put out for crows and whatever (whole corn, sunflower seeds, peanuts, etc.) That's fine with me, so long as it doesn't eat the phlox.
"This is where she comes from when she chases me..."
"I can see her through the window..."
"I guess she's not coming out with food, maybe I'll try later..."
I don't know yet whether the Groundhog Repellent works. Right after I got it the heavy rain started, and the plants didn't get dry long enough for the spray to dry on the remaining stems and leaves. I sprayed again on the first dry day so I'm waiting to see.
Happy Fourth of July!
Excellent photo catch! How can you spray now that you've met him? Just spray the phlox and not the porch. My fault you bought the spray in the first place so now that you and Chuck are buds, I'll send you $10 for more peanuts. He is cute (and we're suckers). That second shot says it all.
Jane :)
Claire --- what a cute, but cheeky, little woodchuck you've befriended. Just don't leave your door open or he'll come right inside looking for the kitchen!
Pixie Lou --- Henry is adorable and he obviously believes that the deck is his.
Jane --- great shot of the chipmunk sportin' those trunks.
The more I see of all your great photos, the more I wish I had a better camera. Sad Mole, here.
Woodchuck update: A burrow has been found in the middle of my peony/rose bed. I'm wondering where the escape hole is - maybe it hasn't been dug yet.
Turkey update: Last week I walked out onto the road and found the hen clucking frantically with the chicks sitting in the road in front of a stopped car. I guess their reaction to danger is to hunker down and try to look invisible - works in the woods, but not so well in traffic. Luckily, we don't have much traffic here and what there is slow and usually amused by turkeys. I shooed them off the road while the driver was laughing. I didn't have my camera with me, unfortunately.
Today the turkeys just looked scenic, safe in the yard.
Kinda funny, I was just dusting my keyboard with my finger while looking at your pictures and a little screen popped up and said, 'screenshot saved' then it disappeared. So, Claire, your turkeys are in my computer somewhere, hahaha. That makes me lucky. Those turkeys in that setting should be on a calendar. Just wonderful.
My brown birds are bit smaller and dirtier. Four sparrow fledglings were born here and every day they play in the dirt. A dirt bath in 100� works for them.
Molie - I just read what you wrote above, "The more I see of all your great photos, the more I wish I had a better camera. Sad Mole, here." I doubt that you need a better camera. Your pictures look just fine and your property and flowers are lovely. It's about sharing gardening here and the things that happen in the garden - it's not the photo forum. If the computer didn't spew out the info about my pictures and how to make them clearer, I'd be clueless, and obviously, clearness didn't happen in the above shot. Just keep showing your river shots, please because I suffer from 'water' envy. pixie has a pond, Claire has a bay, your have a river and I have a squirrel drunk on a dry plastic bird bath. We all got sumthin'!
Hey, Jane, your squirrels do the charging bull act too! I've seen them charge straight at a bunch of crows to scare them away from seed. The crows just hop out of the way and look amused. I've never gotten a good photo though. Yours expresses the action very well.
Oriole fledglings are being brought to the jam feeder by their parents - mostly the dad that I've seen. The jam feeder itself is out of view from this window, but two fledglings were parked on the nyjer feeder and the dad brought them jam.
moved to the top and joined by a second.
One left, maybe to go to the feeder, and dad joined the other, probably encouraging it to feed itself (jam is over there, Sweetie).
Molie, the photo at the link you posted of the osprey returning to its nest is really a spectacular sight. Nesting platforms sound like the best solution for keeping these birds from building on the power poles.
Claire, your pictures of the young turkeys roosting in the tree are great! It always amazes me that these large birds are such good flyers.
On my porch, two broods of house finches have hatched, grown, and fledged, and now the pair (or maybe a different pair) are sitting on a third set of eggs in the old swallow nest! It's as if they are planning world domination! They certainly are prolific! Meanwhile the hummingbirds continue to sip at the feeder and sample the nasturtiums in the hanging pot, while the barn swallow babies have left their (new) nest. This was taken just before they fledged. Two heads and a tail, but I think there were more in the nest.
Boy, you're right, Claire, babies are being parked everywhere. Great Oriole shots. Orioles don't come here, never seen one. But, after going through about 30 lbs. of seed in two weeks, all the babies who live here know where to find seed and watching them practice is very entertaining.
The kids: Downy on left, red bellied woodpecker on right
Got it!
Sometimes the innocence of youth shines clearly. Shot this through the kitchen window of one of the 3 blue jay fledglings who raise a raucous.
Now maybe this is a young bee, maybe not.
Arriving at the Bee Balm Airport
Bad landing
Those photos are funny, Jane! Youthful flyers definitely take some time to figure out how to manage those wing muscles! That's a great shot of the young blue jay.
It takes me under 15 minutes with a bucket of hot water and bleach to clean bird droppings off the handrails and stairs once a year after the swallows have flown. I leave the nest in the eaves as a porch ornament and let the swallows refurbish it in the spring. Trouble is, this year the various birds just won't stop nesting!
Also I need to have the porches and house trim re-painted, but when that happens the nests will have to go, so I must schedule it for late summer I guess. Hopefully by then the birds will have moved on!
spedigrees: So nice to know that the bird housing crisis was resolved with lots of new broods introduced to the world (via your porch). The barn swallows are really special (not to slight the house finches). I bet next spring they'll lay a huge guilt trip on you when they go looking for the nest homestead and find clean new trim instead. Oh no, what happened to the ancestral neighborhood - cursed urban renewal!
Jane: Love the quizzical blue jay. Lots of BJ fledglings here too - I hear them mostly rather than seeing them. Such a strange querulous sound they make.
Still lots of grackle fledglings and the crow babies are being given the tour of the neighborhood with much cawing and parading of the flock.
Of course, you could always include a few Artificial Barn Swallow nest cups in your porch project...
(I just saw this link on the Bird Watching Forum)
That is definitely a disgruntled cardinal there! The cardinals here sort of put up with the BJ's but they're really put off by the hordes of grackles that are still around. Particularly now when there are all of the new broods of fledglings coming in, eating all the seed and making lots of noise.
A few years ago I saw a pair of cardinals (normally the most genteel birds around) suddenly buzz a grackle fledgling that had just landed in the yard and was looking around totally confused. What was that red flying menace I just saw?
I've been buzzed myself by chickadees when I sat on the deck, but at least they were nowhere near my size, so the gracklet must have gotten a good scare. I bet those cardinals were giggling, just as I had the sense the chickadees were giggling.
Can't help it. All these antics are right in front of me. The bird bath is attached to the deck railing, so I see this action from my kitchen.
Parched, need a drink
...trots back down the railing and stops. Water trickling out of mouth...minor hacking in throat...
Blekkk! A bug!
He spat and carried on back down to a pile of seeds. The joys of summer.
Very funny!
Probably got a shell caught in his throat, I know that feeling, gotta get a drink of water fast! Aaccchh! I eat shelled sunflower seeds myself, that's a good reminder to stay with them. Too expensive to feed to the critters, though.
Hummingbirds.....where are they? Ok so I put up a hummingbird feeder last week. Did they not get the memo? What does it take to attract them?
I have a birdbath that attracts robins (two pairs nesting), sparrows of course, cardinals, purple martins, mockingbirds and jays. There are rabbits, squirrels, opossums, skunks and snakes. Lots of red tailed hawks circling high. Butterflies of all kinds. But where are the hummingbirds?
What kind of feeder did you put up, and where? I've had much fewer hummingbirds this year than I usually get, even though I have the same two feeders up with the same sugar solution in them.
I don't know if they're just preferentially visiting the nectar plants (lots of their favorites blooming now) or if there really are fewer. I'm mostly seeing a male now and I've wondered if maybe the females lost the first brood with the weird weather we've had and are off raising another. Even so, I'd expect to see territorial battles with the males and I haven't.
Hopefully others will chime in with their experiences this year.
Claire, puzzled
It's a typical feeder.........glass reservoir and 6 red tube "flowers". I filled it with sugar solution and hung it in an open area. Maybe they just haven't discovered it yet. When one finds it, I'm sure they'll pass the word around, probably on Twitter. (Did I really just say that?) I really must need more sleep this morning! LOL!
Maybe I just have be more patient. I'll post again if they show up.
Bill, I think it takes awhile sometimes for hummingbirds to discover a new feeder. It's been sometime since I started feeding them, but I seem to remember there was a lag time before they arrived. At my old house when I was working long hours and had no time for gardening, I bought some very realistic looking silk fuschias and hung them in baskets on my front porch. When I saw hummingbirds trying to feed from my artificial flowers I felt bad, and bought a hummingbird feeder - that's how I began feeding the tiny nectar suckers!
I agree that your little chipmunk is charming, Jane! I remember years ago when my little brown sheltie was bitten on her muzzle by a spider, and how she looked for all the world like a chipmunk, with the little white stripe down her nose and her cheek all puffed out! Poor Tippi, RIP. (No the spider venom didn't kill her - she went on to live many years!) But now I always think of her now when I see a chipmunk!
I went out to the barn (which I guess is now just a garden shed) and found this critter in amongst my gardening tools!
What a great series of photos since I last checked in. Loved the chipmunk saga, especially in the last scene where he/she spat out the seed (cutest little tongue) --- the contrast of the snake among the garden tools --- and the usually calm and reserved cardinal looking so flustered there on the ground!
Claire, we never seen Orioles at our bird feeders. How beautiful!
Spedigrees, I actually laughed out loud at those barn swallow babies in the nest. It brought back memories. When we moved in here nine years ago, there was a pair of birds that considered our deck "home". Not only did they mate on the ceiling beams (my dh would say, "The kids are at 'it' again!"), but they also wanted to build their nest underneath the deck roof --- not a good idea because the covered part of our deck is small. So instead we put up birdhouses along part of the deck that's not covered, and birds have been using these ever since. We love watching the generations of birds come and go, and any bird residue is easy enough to rinse off with the deck hose.
Jane, thank you for your encouraging words about my camera skills and wildlife photography. Today I had a great day with the camera. I went out into the yard to photograph some plants along the river garden. There, directly across on the other bank, was the 'baby' Black-crowned Night Heron we have been watching for a while. I tell you, I almost fell over! Not only did I have my camera, but it was a hazy, pre-storm afternoon so I knew sunlight would not get my way. I took about 10 shots of him before I even thought about getting my dh. We'd seen the baby Heron with his mother along the river banks. Today was the first day he was alone. The mother is mostly brown as is the baby, but the father has a distinctive long white and black feather coming off the top of his head. Then later today the darn Heron baby was actually sitting on our fence, practically posing for me.
I was checking out the Sedums at the end of the garden
I just glanced across the river, and there he was
I was so amazed that my camera was shaking and had to steady it on my arm as he slowly walked along the mud
He blends in with the grasses and mud --- Nature's protection
He turned around and walked into the grasses
Later, during a thunderstorm, I went out onto the deck. On our fence ---
Great photos, Molie, of a very jaunty young heron out for a stroll! And posing on your fence post looking like a feathered finial is the icing on the cake. It's very lucky that you had your camera with you - one should never be too far from a camera.
I'm going to start a new 'Birds and other mobile features' thread today, since this one is getting long, but people are welcome to continue the discussion here if they want.
Very nice bunny pic, Bill. Not too many predators where you are, I guess, or that bunny would show a little more discretion.
My hummers are not visiting the feeders (at least not when I'm watching) but I'm seeing them occasionally at the phlox and monarda. I'm wondering if maybe these are youngsters that haven't learned to use a feeder yet and the older ones are no longer around to show them.
Bill, great photo! That bunny seems very comfortable there in the yard ---- listening and looking. We used to have rabbits but, sadly, our cat caught so many of them that I think the word had spread. I dreaded going to the door and finding a baby bunny on the mat.
A few weeks ago our cat actually caught a baby duck. Luckily my dh was able to grab it from her and bring it to the river where it toddled off. Sorry to all cat lovers out there, but we'd much rather have wildlife in our yard, so no more cats when Baby Girl (misnomer) is gone.
I have been watching a number of female ruby throat hummingbirds, it's been raining for a couple days now, and a lone female ruby throat has started setting on one of the flower petal on the feeder for long lengths, last time for almost 7 minutes in the pouring rain. She has feed about six times during that time, I've never seen this kind of action, of course this is my first year with feeders for both hummingbirds and regular birds. Is this normal behavior, there is no shelter there?
she has added hovering in front of the window that's in front of the feeders, it has a reflective coating on the windows to stop heat loss or to prevent heat coming in in the summer. she is testing the window with her beak not really pecking, at first I thought she was lick the water off the window. Looks like she wants in.
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Ambarella Looks Like A Short [View article]
Today GoPro announced plans for a public offering. Big capital influx to GoPro = expanded product offerings and aggressive marketing of cameras = exponential increases in business for AMBA.
The squeeze is onFeb 7, 2014. 01:17 PM | 2 Likes |Link to Comment
15% Bump As Truett-Hurst Swings Into Profitability [View article]
I was pleasantly surprised to see the strong sales growth. Frankly, I bought in some time ago because I considered THST to be "hidden value stock." Today it sells at $6 and has more than $3/share in cash, more than $2/share of wine in the cellar, and the 26 acres in Sonoma Valley on the books at only about $100k per acre. There is a $3.2MM (<$0.46 per share) mortgage on the land, that is due in 2022. Other debt is insignificant.
I am happy to start looking at this one as a "Defensive" growth stock.Feb 7, 2014. 10:50 AM | 2 Likes |Link to Comment
Ambarella Looks Like A Short [View article]
Noticed when momentum started bringing it back SA started pumping this article. Momentum is too powerful in this one...right or wrong, it will not stay down.
FURTHERMORE..at upcoming earnings day...30% revenue growth, PE 25, about $5 per share in cash, no debt.
PE would be about 15 actually if AMBA did not plow so much cash back into R&D to stay ahead of competition. The reference to competition is to placate shareholders who may prefer not so much R&D...gotta think a squeeze is inevitable.
Just my opinion.Feb 5, 2014. 03:00 PM | 4 Likes |Link to Comment
Elecsys: A Compelling Micro Cap Strategically Positioned For Growth In The Internet Of Things [View article]
Both look undervalued compared to the market.Jan 29, 2014. 07:54 PM | 1 Like |Link to Comment
Biocon Limited, the largest biotech distributor in India and Asia (market cap of 93B) mentioned yesterday in its quarterly report that there "has seen very enthusiastic uptake of Cytosorb filters, a novel therapy for sepsis that we had launched last quarter." Probably the reason for the jump today. Not typical for a giant international to mention such a small company product in its quarterly report. The link:
StanJan 22, 2014. 09:57 PM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
The price began jumping after the letter from the CEO on January 15. This article probably contributed some yesterday. Today's action is extreme...maybe a short squeeze. We are holding, since we are in for the long-term, but at this point I think a new investor might want to wait for this to settle back. CTSO still has 50% from here to meet the Zach's target of $.50 for this year, but it may take some months to get there.
Glad your on board, and I hope that the CEO Chan was on track with his comments about the product getting traction and having to "ramp up" production.
StanJan 22, 2014. 09:26 PM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
Thanks for reading my article.
Politics aside, it is always a consideration that reimbursement for treatments will be fair for new drugs or treatments. In that regard, I think it is fair to say that generic drugs, such as IG products, should continue to be preferred. Also, relatively cheap treatments by CTSO should not have problems with reimbursement, especially since more often than not this is an ICU treatment. DVAX is in the Hep B vaccine business, and preventive medicine is also favored under the Affordable Care Act. Cardica makes medical instruments that are less invasive and suitable for robotic surgery, so that should work with lower cost initiatives of the ACA, although subject to added medical instrument tax treatment. I am not sure about the final cost or reimbursement for GALE and CYTX, since these are new technologies and it is difficult to know how they will be reimbursed.
Hope this helps,
StanJan 22, 2014. 03:24 PM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
IG has doubled in a few months, and is due for some consolidation. I think that if the FDA approvals do not start coming through in the next few months it will probably settle lower. However, we are holding...if they get two or three new drug approvals in a short time we would be chasing this one. I think eventually that will happen.
Thanks for reading.
StanJan 21, 2014. 10:53 PM | 1 Like |Link to Comment
Why Fleetcor Is A Better Investment Than Visa And MasterCard [View article]
One of these prepaid cards will be in bed with WMT so ask yourself, would you rather it be the one you own or a different one? GDOT is in Kroger, Walgreen, etc. and in last earnings report indicated its exposure to WMT is decreasing each month.
Congrats on good move in traditional card stocks today.Jan 17, 2014. 03:15 PM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
Why Fleetcor Is A Better Investment Than Visa And MasterCard [View article]
Just my opinion.Jan 15, 2014. 12:37 PM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
Refreshing Our Best-Of-The-Best Dividend Portfolio [View article]
I do plan to update the dividend portfolio, and am screening some candidates. I will definitely keep BME...they have so many accrued gains that I am fairly sure they will not be paying any "return of capital" and keep paying the big year-end distribution.
StanJan 14, 2014. 01:29 PM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
Two Crazy-Cheap $5 Stocks To Benefit From China's Initiatives For Its Middle Class [View article]
Thanks for reading my article. I think the small China stocks will do well in 2014.
StanJan 8, 2014. 11:15 PM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
Thanks for your insight. I think that NetSol and many other small caps can improve their reporting. My issue with both short attacks and pumpers is that they only focus on isolated parts of the business to make a case pro or con. A totally one-sided article is not helpful to readers.
StanDec 30, 2013. 03:43 PM | 2 Likes |Link to Comment
Thanks. Regarding these hatchet jobs, the more bombastic the language the fewer real facts are involved. The use of "potential" in the headline tells me the short-seller was aware he was on thin ice with his implications. However, these articles do provide investors a chance to look at important grey areas in growth micro-caps in developing markets that often do not receive any attention from pumpers: growing accounts receivable, book value exaggerations, etc.
StanDec 30, 2013. 12:16 PM | 1 Like |Link to Comment
Thanks for reading. I think that the entrepreneurial spirit requires constant effort to find growth in the business, and I salute the management for that initiative. I also am aware that entrepreneurs sometimes try new things because they cannot leave well enough alone a successful operation. Like I mentioned in the article, when I have carved a little amount of funds from portfolios for speculative small caps, I prefer shooting for the moon, even though there is high risk that it may not work out. However, one winner makes up for several losers.
In the case of NTWK, they are country diversified, working with stable clients and just scratching the surface of leasing applications in developing markets. At least there is reason to believe that the company knows they have a good probability of success.Dec 30, 2013. 12:03 PM | 1 Like |Link to Comment
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The perfect holiday home!
This seafront, bright and airy, designer finished semi detached maisonette is a dream accommodation! Enjoying stunning seaviews, the place is literally a few meters off the sea. You can just get your swimsuit on and take a dip in the crystal clear sea in a minute!
The maisonette enjoys 180' views and boasts of an amazing front and side terrace, perfect for relaxing, sipping an ice cold beer and soaking up the spectacular scenery.
A massive rooftop with dedicated BBQ entertainment area is also yours to enjoy with an adjacent room having a sink, fridge and other amenities, saving you the hassle of going up and down to the kitchen!
The living and dining area of the accommodation has just been refurbished. A bright blue theme and quality furnishings feature prominently, making this place feel cool even in the hot summer months. Perfect to unwind and enjoy the summer breeze!
The place includes 2 bedrooms (1 double & 2 single), a spacious living & dining area, kitchen and bathroom, front and back terraces, roof and washroom. The maisonette is fully furnished with all amenities including airconditioning in the living/dining, flat screen TV, wifi internet, electric kettle, fridge / freezer and a BBQ. The comfortable sofa turns into a double bed, accommodating an extra two people if need be. Other necessities such as towels and bed linen are also supplied.
A short leisurely stroll by the sea will take you to a bus stop, convenience stores, a pharmacy, bars and restaurants of all cuisines.
The touristic area of Bugibba that enjoys a vibrant nightlife in Summer is only 10 minutes away by bus. Malta's splendid sandy beaches, Mellieha Bay, Golden Bay and Riviera Martinique are easily accessible by bus in less than 15 minutes.
Our goal is to make your stay as enjoyable as possible. We can sort out airport transfers, tours, excursions and car hire as well as suggest places of interest to visit. Brochures and catalogues of a wide range of activities to inspire you on how to enjoy our lovely island will be also available at the maisonette.
We look forward to hosting you in our beautiful home!
|Sleeps up to 6, 2 bedrooms
|Nearest beach
|Golden Bay, Riviera Beach 3 km
|Will consider
|Corporate bookings, Long term lets (over 1 month)
|Car not necessary
|Nearest Amenities
|500 m
|Nearest travel links
|Nearest airport: Malta International Airport 20 km
|Family friendly
|Suitable for children over 5
|No pets allowed, Yes, smoking allowed
Features and Facilities
|Internet access, Sea view
|Air conditioning, TV, Telephone, Satellite TV, Wi-Fi available
|Kettle, Toaster
|Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine
|2 bedrooms, 1 bathrooms of which 1 Family bathrooms, Solarium or roof terrace
|1 Sofa beds, Double beds (1), Single beds (2), Dining seats for 6, Lounge seats for 6
|Linen provided, Towels provided
|Balcony or terrace, BBQ, Bicycles available
About this location
The Island of Malta region
Ix-Xemxija is a resort area on the west side of St. Paul's Bay, Malta.
Xemxija (meaning sunny and pronounced shem-shee-ya) is the gateway to the sandy beaches of Golden Bay to the west, and to Mellieha Bay to the north. Xemxija is a quiet resort, surrounded by Maltese countryside. There is also a picturesque small fishing harbour. There are a few hotels, bars and restaurants in Xemxija, but nightlife, shops and bars can be found in the villages of St Paul's Bay, Bugibba and Qawra, all within walking distance.
Xemxija itself offers crystal clear bathing waters on rocky beaches. Yet it is also extremely close to some of the best Maltese beaches. It also has a couple of private lidos.
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12 Aug 2013
"Great Location"
Set in a lovely area near enough but far enough away from the busier areas such as bugibba and mellieha. Set on a road just minutes off main bus route (buy a weekly ticket on bus for 12 euro) and you… More
26 Jul 2013
"Fabulous Holiday Base"
The apartment is the prettiest in the quiet street right on the sea front. Ideal base for hopping on buses (buy a weekly ticket on your first bus) to take you all over the island to explore Malta. The… More
1 Jul 2013
"Excellent sea view and well equipped"
The apartment got everything we needed for the stay, including a barbecue set which worked really well on the roof top. The seaview was excellent and we could jump straight into the water and had a nice swim! Also, the owner was really nice and helpful. However, the location was a bit far away from the main tourist attractions, and the bus was infrequent, better to book a cheap taxi for travelling.
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