PostsCommentsPayoutsbabetter (60)in WE ARE MOVING • last yearChristmas thoughts @ the beachChristmas 2023 Easy, calm and Sunny! At the beach with my dear fluffy ladies All I wanted and all I needed Is time, joy and sun To refill my battery Connect with Nature The only real Church Strengthenbabetter (60)in Worldmappin • last yearHistorical Morning Walk - Ancient StageiraThis morning me and my Czech friend (neighbor) went for a nice morning walk. We decided to go to Acient Stageira – Birthplace of Aristoteles, to restore our energy after a busy week. This is located onbabetter (60)in HiveGarden • 2 years agoGarden Journal June ~ Summer is loading!May started cool this year. Normally may can be already a hot month in Greece. The clouds and rain make beautiful skies, amazing to see. The 2nd half of May it started to…babetter (60)in Worldmappin • 2 years agoKayaking ~ Exploring Chalkidiki by seaMy friends and their kids from Holland came to visit me here in Olympiada. We made several trips in the area here. So we went for kayaking, to discover the area of Ierisos, Neo…babetter (60)in HiveGarden • 2 years agoGarden Journal May ~ Flowers from Aprils rain showersThe sweet April showers has brought us now in May so many colorful flowers. It is a blessing coming home seeing this wisteria blossoms hanging outside my door. Beside the Wisteria, I have so many flowersbabetter (60)in Worldmappin • 2 years agoMountainbike tour in Ierisos - Chalkidiki - Greece‘ Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving’ ~ Albert Einstein A lovely tour in the mountains by mountainbike: one of our co-workers brought me…babetter (60)in HiveGarden • 2 years agoGarden Journal April ~ ‘Sweet April showers do bring May flowers’ March was a busy month, filled with garden works. Cleaning the fields from weeds, planting seeds and preparing for the summer crops. The seedlings in the glasshouse are growing very well. They are luckybabetter (60)in HiveGarden • 2 years agoThe story of the flowers and the beesSince the 2nd week of February the atmosphere has completely changed here in Greece, Chalkidiki. Now the spring is really just around the corner. Everywhere I spot the first…babetter (60)in Foodies Bee Hive • 2 years agoBabread – Sourdough Bread made by Babetter @ BabetterPlaceBread was never really my thing in life, I didn’t like it to eat at all. I rather eat 2 hot meals a day and a salad in between than eat bread in the morning and as lunch, how we…babetter (60)in HiveGarden • 2 years agoGarden Journal February ~ Spring is in the air!!!The air feels cold, the sun is shining, we have frozen noses in the morning while we are taking our morning walk. Listening to the birds, singing their songs; looking to the…babetter (60)in WE ARE MOVING • 2 years agoHot and cold waters, natural gifts in GreeceWhat is new for me this winter in Greece is winter swimming in the sea. I am a big lover of swimming and in the sea is a gift for me. In Holland I used to go often to the…babetter (60)in HiveGarden • 2 years agoSpring feelings in the middle of the winterWinter in Greece still didn’t start really and that is lovely for my garden, but I think it would be nice to have some frozen and snowy days. We had a little frost some nights…babetter (60)in WE ARE MOVING • 2 years agoHello Autumn! Welcome in Greece!Yesterday 21st Sept. Official - the autumn has started! It looks like mother earth know this as well! We had rain all night and day. Not heavy, but it keeps going. The…babetter (60)in HiveGarden • 2 years agoPomegranate season! @ BabetterPlacePomegranate season! Slowly the pomegranates are getting mature on my trees here at BabetterPlace. The trees in the mountain area need some more time. In Greek the name is…babetter (60)in HiveGarden • 2 years agoGarden Journal September ~ Time to HarvestGarden Journal Sept. September is 2 remember. One the my favorite months. Besides that, it was my birthday last weekend, it is also the month that connects the summer with…babetter (60)in WE ARE MOVING • 2 years agoCanoe tour to the small IslandMy entry to the competition: ~*~ About yesterday.... Adventure in a canoe to the small Island opposite of the village of Olympiada where I live for the last 3.5 years. I…babetter (60)in HiveGarden • 2 years agoThe end of summer is near.....It has been a while that I wrote here on Hive. So many things to do here and around @BabetterPlace. In the summertime it is the place to be for friends and families, besides…babetter (60)in Foodies Bee Hive • 2 years agoFrom the garden in jarsLast weekend we had rain! A blessing for the garden I barley can keep up with all what is growing This early morning I went to harvest my zucchini, tomatoes, cucumbers, spicy…babetter (60)in Foodies Bee Hive • 3 years agoZucchini ketchup in JarsA lot of rain, gives me giants of zucchini! Sometime I miss checking a plant and then I am in shock how big it has grown – like the zucchini! Haha Oeps, They are not tasty…babetter (60)in HiveGarden • 3 years agoJune Garden journal @ BabetterPlaceJune in Greece was cool and wet this year. Several storms and heavy rain crossed the village here. Perfect weather for me to work in the garden, last year it was extreme hot…