Life in a Dol house BLOG

This Blog began in 2014 as a way to keep in touch with family and friends. Gradually more people wanted to read the Blog and so it went from being a weekly email, to an on-line page.

Over time we used different platforms until in January 2019 when we moved to our own dedicated pages. Past years blogs will be added, but it will take time…


Life in a Dol house is about the daily trials and tribulations, successes and failures and the mundane minutia of modernising an old Croatian farm house and smallholding. This is on a beautiful Adriatic island, and is about our making it productive again.

Each week you are invited to join us in our adventures on a small plot of land in this quiet backwater. Here, where the pace of life is still regulated by the passage of the sun across the sky each day and the season of the year.

Below are our most recent Blogs. Just click on any link to open a new page.

Bee orchids – 2026/14
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Bee orchids This week: Easter rituals; Bee orchids; My Bluebell Wood; It’s Easter, so in the shops there are East Eggs and chocolate bunnies. I didn’t need to buy any because I have my own “Easter bunnies”… And a very … Read More

Break out the NATO sweater – 2026/13
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Break out the NATO sweater This week: Home for a Sivi Ćuk; More orchids; Wild flowers; This has been a week of two halves! At the beginning of the week, there was warm sunshine. It was tee-shirt weather and felt … Read More

The final cut – 2026/12
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The final cut This week: It’s finished and in use!; The final cut; The week started a little cool and damp, however as soon as the sun came out, everything has warmed up nicely. This is typical of both spring … Read More

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