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They say dogs are like their owners.....

Kali has learned to ride on the footplate of Raja's scooter. As soon as we leave the house she jumps straight on board ready to go. She's a biker chick alright and sits there very proudly as we taz along.

My pretty little wolf

Not impressed with bath-time

Ooooh I've been so broody and desperate for a puppy and here she is at last. Kali.
Sadly fleas and ticks are a daily problem so she has regular baths. As you can see, she's not terribly impressed by this. The indignity of it.

Sorry Viv - not quite a sunset

The sky behind Rock View after a storm

View of the kitchen

The land is covered in large boulders, which have had to be blown away. Raja has had team of cousins working for him on this seemingly impossible task.

They have achieved this by using a hammer and chisel to drill holes into the rock and then it's been blasted with dynamite.

The eye-opener is that it's all done by hand, no electrical power tools here. They are also paid per foot they drill. Their rate for this is the equivalent of 75p per foot. Some days they manage to earn about £3-£4. Scary eh??!!!

The view from what will be our bedroom. I can hear the waves rolling in and I should be able to see the surfers from here.

Raja is learning to be strict with me about animals. He's realised that given a chance I will turn it into a sanctuary up here. I've already been told I can't have a cow or a goat. But he's not said 'no' to chickens yet. LOL

Our home

This is the start our home. It's a beautiful plot of land on the mount that looks over the bay. The two boulders are the size of small elephants and will be an integral feature in the kitchen. It should help keep it cool!!!!

The structure already there is the foundations for the bedroom, which will have a balcony looking out towards the sea.

Hopefully it will be ready for Christmas.

Tarka the invisible

Tarka and Rochester Rabbit

A memory that still makes me smile.

I was told it was impossible. It won't work. A Borzoi and a rabbit in the same house just isn't going to work. But here they are sharing Tarka's bed.

After the storm has gone

Around the time this was taken Unawatuna had been battered by brutal thunderstorms for about 2 days. I've never heard anything like it. The thunder rolled continuously around the sky all night, with claps that shook the ground and sounded like bombs going off overhead.

It was bliss when it final broke.

Dinner!!!!