OT: Living the High?? Life ** Response to Butch**

[Guest guest]

Hi Butch…….

 

Thanks for your response!! It is a good life anywhere you go

today….only if you make it that way! So, make wise choices.

My hubby HATES Athens and the village people are the BOMB….

as my kids would say…LOL!! I was raised in the Philadelphia,

Wilmington, South Jersey area and he grew up in Daffnee, Greece but

went to school and worked in Thessaloniki, Greece. We are both very

conditioned to city life but have moved to the sticks out yonder to

raise our family. My oldest will be having a child soon and he has

moved to the mountains…go figure!?

Have you ever been to the Eastern Shore of MD? You have to

sacrifice travel time to get what you need here…that's it!! Come

visit us some time…stop in and have some Pizza.

 

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I was heading to Albania a few years back .. northern Greece .. roads

dirt in many places .. secondary in others .. not marked. Got off the

path somehow and saw this shepherd wearing typical clothing driving

his

sheep. Pulled up and asked .. " Tirana Road " .. loud as I could cause

when folks don't speak your language you gotta speak in a loud voice -

right? Feller looks at me and says nothing. I throw up my hands and

start acting like I wanna find a main road to the North .. gonna use

sign language on this dumb peasant I am. Feller's still looking at

me

like I'm foolish as I feel .. then he says, " You speak English? " Yep

says I. He says " American? " Yep says I. He says, " No shit! Me

too!

I'm from New York! " Long story short .. feller was a Greek-American

retired from the NYC Water Department and he later told me he felt

happier now as a shepherd than he would living in NYC .. plus he could

live a good life on his Social Security in Greece but not in NYC

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You are soo funny Butch…but yes actually many people from the city

are retiring to lifestyles they never would have been caught dead

doing in their younger years.

 

Got a question Butch……..do you produce or distribute Rose wax? I love

your Hydrosol!! I would love to see some wax come out of those fine

roses. Ching Ching $$$$. I'll bet there is a line behind me already…

let me know I would really like some good rose wax. When will this

harvest be ready?

 

BTW…have you ever heard of a tea by the name of Flamorie'? I don't

know the English word for it neither dose my hubby. It is a long

light to medium green leaf (almost like a elongated bay but not

thick) very thin leaf with little clusters of blossoms (almost like

chamomile). The tea is a deep reddish brown when steeped.

 

Ok…Enough for today……

 

~Peace~

Michele Seretis

www.thesoapgardenboutique.com

 

PS I love strong Turkish coffee. I make enough for a half of an

American coffee cup and then add milk…my morning ritual!!