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This page shows some photos taken recently at the villa and hopes to capture something of its character.
We are just starting the page today (Thursday 27th July 2023) and will be adding more pictures as time unfolds.

The pool deck.

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    A family of three sand cranes. These and other sand cranes are frequent visitors.

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This flamingo liked our pool. She flew away to avoid the encroaching thunderstorm!

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Our four palm trees are getting taller!

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Dawn.

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Dusk. Now it's time to relax and make up the cocktails!

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    A view from the lounge, through the kitchen to the dining room beyond.

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The lounge from above. The accent chairs are turned in to the coffee table which seems to have some crisps and dips on it in this photo - we must be expecting guests for drinks.

The Hammond organ is set up in this photo but please note that this is not in use when our guests stay at the villa. The bass pedals are packed away in the owners cupboard and the bench is normally used as a lamp table in the dining room making a little more room in the lounge. The organ itself has the electrics deactivated for safety reasons when Merlin is not there to play it.

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The lounge from a different angle showing the 65 inch Roku TV side of the room.

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Just looking at the TV here we see live coverage of a Space X rocket launch from Cape Canaveral. These have been quite frequent recently. As soon as it takes off we pop outside to see the rocket in the distance away across the lake. I don't find these too impressive during the day - just a white vapour trail leading up into space but at night the bright glow of the flames from the rocket are a sight to be seen!

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