Hello from Bulgaria (Silly Yak's Thread)

[Silly Yak]

Hi, my name's Cassie or Kaci as i'm living in Bulgaria. I'm an ex civil servant and truck driver (not at the same time).
Got diagnosed July 28th 2001 at Canterbury hospital after my mom was diagnosed a couple of weeks before and we had the same symptoms.

I help run this message board and the main GF message board with a great team of Coeliacs. Met another Coeliac, Frank (also admin) and we lived together in Scotland before emigrating to Bulgaria and separating.

I love languages, particularly Welsh and Bulgarian. I dabbled a bit in Scottish Gaelic but it was too Norweigan sounding and didn't enjoy it much. I am starting an O.U welsh beginners course this November 2011. I took up the Scottish Bagpipes and am at present studying towards my level 3 with the college of piping in Glasgow. Well, that's me.

Pleased ta meetcha.

Photo taken in cumbernauld xmas 2009

[kt2tk]

you certainly keep yourself busy, I work full time in an office and a mother and grandmother

[Silly Yak]

I work at doing as little as possible. lol
This is my family: lol
Niki and Kric, my babies who i'm trying to teach rude words ending in 'off' to, with 'Steve' on the end.
Here's the furry buggers from hell watchin' em. Magi (black) and Mimi (Coloured) they ARE the kittys from HELL


and here's my beloved Squishy from my house (i'm living in Banevo with Kraci at the mo whilst mine's being done up).

and Pitch (means 'dude' in Bulgarian)

[Silly Yak]

This is Roska, one of many abandoned dogs that Frank and I have rehomed, i've kept her cos she has learned to wag and smile at the same time lol

and her playmate Emma who's the size of a small planet. (wasn't when i found her abandoned at the side of the road).


This is Terry the Turkey as a baby

and this is Terry doing his first strut in January this year

[Silly Yak]

Kraci and Magi

and Kraci holding one of his chickens with feathers all down the legs, we've bred some with 'caps' on their heads too but can't find the photos.

[Silly Yak]

And here's the gang last winter (2009) at my place in t'village. They're in the outside porch where we keep the shoes. My lemon tree on the left Kraci managed to kill lol and my 2 breadmakers on t'right.


Pitch and Squishy are the 2 at the front

[Trevor]

Gordon-Bennett looks more like Battersea refuge centre.

Only kidding well done you for giving a S*** about something.

Thanks for sharing with us.

Blimey 7 cats in one basket, good job there not all gluten free.

[Silly Yak]

They are gluten free lol, haven't tried eating one yet tho'.

Trying to find all me chickens n ducks photos too.

[Silly Yak]

My wack wacks.
VERY noisy mommy wack wack (only the females quack, betcha didn't know that) with baby wackwacks hiding. Bloody hundreds of 'em
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ok about 18 but they LOOK more. lol

a couple of weeks later.

[kickingfrog]

Hope they leave a small area for you to live in, Cassie!

[Silly Yak]

I've eaten most of 'em. The cats were particularly delicious. heh heh

[pauline123]

Hi silly yak don't believe a word of it, quite a menagerie you have there, I have a rescue dog too. Just been out for a walk with my dog and my daughter( she had surgery on her discs on new years eve and is now excercising) and my edgy dog has threatened everything with four legs that we have passed ( shes only small) soooo embarassing.

[Silly Yak]

The word for 'dog' in Bulgarian is 'kooche' like in coochy coo. lol
Think it's an apt name for something so sweet. I have a passion for dogs i must admit. I miss my walkies with my mom, (with the dogs i hasten to add lol) we'd talk for hours, very theraputic.

[Silly Yak]

My mother in laws eggs and Magi sniffin' em lol

[Silly Yak]

Latest pics of my shack in Bulgaria, before and after weeding a small part of it.
Before i weeded the vines:


and after:


and from the vines looking down, also weeded by moi, took nearly a month, there's the front garden too that's been done. Cats are Magi's babies, Rooney in the foreground, then Bandit and then Spot.

Customer toilets (just bricks with plumbing in) to the left of pic and my new kitchen and bathroom to the right.

[Silly Yak]

A view from the Kitchen looking up towards the vines and my kolelo (wind mill for water).


My weeded fruit trees with the big bank of weeds (waiting for rain so we can burn without a village fire).

[Silly Yak]

Had an enormous gale about 5 days ago and lost one of my almond trees. So i've been sawing and chopping wood for the last few days. Place is starting to look really good.
Got a new addition to the furries family last night in the shape of a black kitten now called Jo (thank god it's a male for a change). It was abandoned in the village church grounds. Was mewing for literally hours with everyone walking past and ignoring so stupid, softy moi takes teh bloomin' thing 'ome.
Here's a pic or two. Meet Jo