Last House Updates (unless something good comes along)

Here is some final pics on the house......

Just one last pic on our new curtains in our room...Finally. We've worked out that it gets dark at 10:30pm-ish and get light at around 4am-ish...See why black out blinds and curtains are necessary??
Just the lounge from a different view...

And Kurt's fancy sports car. Don't be fooled...This thing is 10 years old, slightly rusted and have a few dents and scratches. But it's perfect for island life! You should see him in this thing. He puts the roof down, switches on the heater and off he goes. Brilliant!!!

Oh, and see, a cloudless day. Yes, we get some of those. Except the last three days. It's been raining non-stop, the wind has been howling and it's like winter in SA (constant 9°C during the day....add a rather strong wind and driving rain and you have summer on the Isle of Man.) Just kidding...we had a beautiful weekend, meaning I could sit outside in my bikini and get a tan with an average of 24°C. Kurt got sunburned (from working in the garden, don't laugh! We don't have gardeners), is peeling and is probably scratching his back as I write this. Oi, peeling is an itchy business.

Anyways...it's getting late and I rose with the sun this morning....so I'm off to my bed!

Cheers!

Something Old and Something New

I figured that I haven't been too good with keeping our blog updated so I decided to post some more pics. I felt a burning desire to publish the first three photo's. These are the flowers I got for our 5th wedding anniversary. PURPLE TULIPS!!! PURPLE TULIPS!! PURPLE TULIPS!! One more time...PURPLE TULIPS!!!

*sigh. They are (were) so gorgeous.



The next bunch of photo's we're taken on the promenade on the Main TT Race day. It was something to experience. The guys in the brown army jackets call themselves the Purple Helmets and all the stunts they do are performed at whopping 130 miles/hour. Really!! Seriously!!! (you'll need to click on the photies to get them a bit bigger.....)

This is Bake Bean Man....Say No More!

This chap was more upside down than anything else...

Ah, and Mr Piano Man...I'm glad for him it was a glorious day and we had awesome weather.

Left to Right: Chris in the yellow shirt and jacket, Hanro in the green shirt and Kurtis in the grey shirt. Behind Kurt in the red shirt is Karina and next to her is Kelly. The only one not South African is Kelly.

Karina with a bike she adored.

Kurt got hold of the camera and got a bit of a blurry photo of me.....nevertheless I was giggling again!

Promenade from far....

Promenade from a little closer....

I realize I'm going a bit back in time, but I decided to post some pics on the latest changes we made to the house. It's going terribly slow, considering we haven't touched the garden and it's probably going to cost a small fortune too.

We've been working on the few things we can change, so have a look if you'd like.

Our bedroom with blackout blinds. We added dress curtains today, so I'll publish those pics in the next few days.

Study with the vertical blinds...

Lounge bay-window with vertical blinds....

Slider in lounge with vertical blinds again...See the garden looks like a jungle.

Windows in lounge with roller blinds. The only reason why we had to go for roller blinds attached to the windows themselves was because all the windows in this house opens to the inside. Clever for on a miserable day when you need to was windows but don't want to go outside. But a nightmare if you need to buy blinds and curtains.

Bored?....NEVER!

The past three weeks marked the celebration of the centenary year for the well-known TT races. This tiny island was all hustle and bustle with absolutely loads to do. Considering we didn't do much, I still have over 500 photo's to show for it. That is excluding tonight when we're off to the promenade to see the laser shows etc. Those pics I will post at a later stage.

On Tuesday night we sailed around Douglas Harbor with the beautiful Tall Ships. It was a magnificent evening which was highlighted by the awesome Red Arrows (Probably because I got such lovely photo's. Especially when you watch it on a 21" monitor.) See for yourself..

This is the Artemis. There were two ships that sailed for 4 days around the harbor.

Artemis again....

The houses in the back is part of Onchan, where we stay.

This is the Atlantis we sailed on.

Red Arrows, up close and personal.





Mr. Kurt playing Tarzan. Wouldn't expect anything less of my dear hubby.

Me..having a good giggle!

Just some shots I managed to take today. I LOVE Image-Stabilizer Lenses.





Blow-up doll tied to the back of a bike...Quite a few of those around.

They say there are safety in numbers. In most parts of the world it means that people should stick together and never walk alone. I'm not entirely sure if that is applicable to the Island. I was on my way to take a pic of the blow-up doll and came across so many bikes with helmets and bags on it while the owner is having a pint or two a 100 meters away. Yeah, right....safety in numbers....

Well I'm off to take some more pics. I'm really looking for those weird and wonderful people that don't care what the world thinks and do what they like. They make SUCH good entertainment.