Masha Lloyd's blog

This is a diary of my life today for friends and family, past and present. For those who know me and those who don't, hi, cheers, welcome. Born in the UK to an English Father and Russian emigré Mother I married a Spaniard and have lived in Spain since 1981. Mother and grandmother, I was a PR professional in the telecoms sector until retiring in 2022. I'm passionate about my family, my new job as a successful Airbnb host, Pippa our dog, travel, food, news, the outdoors, reading and this blog.

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Julio came to lunch

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Hiya again As I said in yesterday's post, Julio came to lunch today for the annual Summer "cocido". Here is a picture to prov...

Cooking with the girls

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Hiya again I thought you might like to see this snapshot of the girls and I cooking in our fabulous new kitchen. We can be often found toge...
Monday, August 28, 2006

Pensión El Bosque open again – visitors from Yecla. Lazy August days, visit to Copenhagen.

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Hello again So when it looked like the whole family were back together again, my Father went off to Copenhagen for a week. Not bad for an ...
Monday, August 21, 2006

23 years ago today

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Today is our wedding anniversary. It’s hard to believe that we got married 23 years ago today! And here is a picture of the two of us on t...
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Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Eladio cutting the leafy tree

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Hi again One thing we had to attend to when we got back home was dealing with the bed of leaves on the garden outside the kitchen. Every da...

The Mystery Play of Elche (Misteri d’Elx)

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Hi again The one exception to our routine at Santa Pola was when we went to Elche to see the Mystery Play. We go nearly every year so that i...
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Lazy days in Santa Pola

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Hello again After our time in Montrondo we went to Santa Pola for our Summer Holidays, that is, my Father, Olivia, Eladio and myself as Susi...
Friday, August 04, 2006

The Freijo brothers and sisters with their Mother

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Hi again I thought you'd like to see this picture of Eladio, his brothers and sisters outside their original family home in Montrondo. ...

Summer Shoes

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Hello again My sisters-in-law and I have the same taste, as you saw earlier with the black and white spotted dress. Well now the same taste...
Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Montrondo – The Annual Family Gathering

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Hello So once again we all gathered together in Montrondo on the last Saturday in July as we have been doing since the “abuelos” celebrated ...
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Monday, July 24, 2006

Job Hunting, Going to the Cinema, Too much chocolate, Iberia Plus dinner, Ruby's latest adventures, Sara (Salita Guapa) came to visit.
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Hello again So, since we came back from Montrondo, we haven’t stopped. I’ve been busy with my job hunting: more interviews but for very f...

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

The girls

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So Susi and Laura came back from London today. Alicia, Laura’s younger sister and our God daughter came back with us from Montrondo to welc...

A weekend in Montrondo

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So this weekend we drove to Montrondo, Eladio’s family’s beloved village, to take Ernestina there after her stay with us. There were no pla...

The cat and the rabbit. Who said they couldn’t live together?

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So Ruby and Henry finally met face to face. Poor Ruby, Susi’s rabbit lives in a cage on her own in the new house (better than in Río Tajo w...
Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Eladio and his Mother enjoying her stay at our new house.

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Hi again. Now that blogger uploads photos again, here are some pics of Eladio and his Mother together during her stay. They spend most of t...
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Busy times: Pensión “El Bosque” , To London and back, looking after the old folk, housewarming party and back to normal. But oh so hot !

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The buffet table The party setting Me, Ana and Anne The group. Front Left to Right: André, Mónica, Charo, Marta, Fran. Back Left to ...
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Friday, June 23, 2006

Settling In

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Well now that we are nearly all sorted out, with most things in their place and many missing, of course, we’re going through a settling in p...
Friday, June 09, 2006

New home, new life. Moving in: the removal men and Henry the cat. And yes we now have internet again!

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Hello again Well as predicted this new post is being written from our new house with a brand new internet connexion. It's great to have ...
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Friday, June 02, 2006

So many things going on. Santa Pola, Aunty Masha, a trip down memory lane, lunch with Carmen Cafarel, bitten by mosquitoes, just 4 days to go,

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Hello again. Sorry I haven’t written since the anniversary weekend in León but I have been so busy and, as predicted, there will be no...
Sunday, May 21, 2006

Anniversary

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Anniversary Still no internet at home, so here you have me writing from Yoli’s house in León where we have spent the night. So, got to be q...
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