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.

The butterflies are fighting – 2025/22
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The butterflies are fighting This week: Repairing the Arbour; Just a five minute job…; Internet Radio; For the next two months mornings are without doubt, the best time of day. The northern sky begins to glow red and orange not … Read More

Lemon is no balm – 2025/21
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Lemon is no balm This week: View from my kitchen window; Lemon is no balm; The weather this week has been perfect for working outside in the orchards. It has been sunny but with some cloud and not too hot. … Read More

First bite of the season – 2025/20
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First bite of the season This week: Dismantling and painting; Potting up Pups; We have enjoyed another lovely week of weather this week. The days have been warm, but not too hot and we have had some overnight rain as … Read More

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