Teeny Tiny Baby Turtles

Great start to the day, carry ting baby turtles to sea and away from the street dog trying to stop them :) :)

Hebe making sure this baby turtle makes it to the sea

My 6 month old puppy Hebe making sure this baby turtle makes it to the sea.  Well worth being woken at 5 in the morning

Alanya Triatlon 2013

Short video of swimmers in the Alanya Triatlon 2013 this weekend.  View of the swimmers taken by a Scuba Diver

AT LAST

Well it has taken over a year but at last we have got the car changed so the 4 dogs have space in the back.  Also the unwanted door has been blocked in and I have now been able to decorate the room.  Now all I have to do is decorate the lounge and hall.

Boy has it been hard work to get things moving but now I have no excuse not to get the painting done.

DOG LEFT TO DİE ON BEACH

I found it this dead dog this morning while walking mine. İt had been tied up and left on the beach. It had tried to dig under the concrete for shade. Temp here is 30c by 9am, I will let you guess what temp it would be at midday on the beach. 

To make things worst it was not far from fresh water or proper shade.  It would have been kinder to have just let it loose so it would have had a chance.

This scene is not uncommon here in Turkey. So many dogs are just dumped when the family are bored with them and often this is when they are still young. There are very few dog homes here so they all end up on the street. I am forever finding dead dogs by the side of the road.

Pet dogs are not common and for a lot of Turkish the idea of having a dog live in the home is mad. 

My Other Life

I was asked the other day to write something about my hobby Scuba Diving so I thought I would also post it here you all to read.  I have been diving for about 15 years.  I started when the family got together to pay for my Mother to learn for her 60^th birthday.  My sister and I decided to go along as well.

Anyone can learn to dive and you don’t have to an Olympic swimmer just an average one who is happy in the water.  There are some restrictions on the depth that children can dive and some medical conditions can prevent you learning or may restrict what you can do.

Why do I dive, well it is not just for the marine life.  When you are under the water there is no noise apart from your breathing.  No television, telephones or music (although this is now possible).  It is very relaxing and time to just chill out.

I have been diving in Alanya, Turkey for 8 years now and although you don’t have the many coulourful fish that you can see around the coral reefs of the Red Sea there is still plenty to get your attention.  Along with the Parrot fish, Bream, Turkish wrasse, you get Moray eels, Pipefish, Calmar, Octopus, several different Types of Ray and the Nudibranch (colourful sea slugs).  Top on everyone’s list are the Turtles and the resident seal that lives in the Cave (experienced divers can enter this cave).

We have several caves that divers can enter and a couple of wrecks to go with the rocks that are always interesting to look under, you never know what you can find.

So if you want something different to do come diving, you can always do a Try Dive before you commit but I will warn you that once you have been under the surface of the sea you will not want to stop.

Interested then check out my site http://divinginalanya.blogspot.com/ or email: diving_in_alanya@live.com

All Change

Well things turned out differently then I expected the other day.  The morning started as normal, walked and fed the dogs, did the housework.  My friend Linda was due over for our normal weekly met.  So I decided to bake some new bread for us to try, dough started, all going well.

So here came change no: 1 -  Received a message from Linda around  9 to say that she was not feeling too well so she was not coming maybe if she felt better she would come later.  Oh well more bread for me.

No worries I think, I will just take the dogs to the Vet to get the first round of injections for Hebe and to introduce the others to the new Vet and then call into the greengrocer for a few things followed by a walk on the beach with the dogs.

Change no: 2 - just arriving at the Vets when I receive a call from Mustafa.  Can I take the dogs straight home when I had finished at the Vets and then go to his mother's.  I was needed to take her and his Grandma up to Grandma's village as his Great Uncle had just died.  Sure no worries but there was one more thing.  Mustafa's Mother looks after his 3 year old nephew Fatih in the afternoons so he would come with us and then I was to take him home and look after him for the afternoon.

Vets done and family collected.  We drive up to the village with Grandma alternating between crying and praying.  Dropped Mother and Grandma in the village and Faith and I go home.

No real problems as Faith and I do OK together once I put the dogs in the kitchen.  Just as well Linda did not come but then after Fatih had gone home and I had fed and water everyone.  Mustafa went of to play football and then I receive a call from Linda to say she was coming over.  So there when my quiet evening.

Maybe I will not plan my days any more.