Symi rain
There’s not a lot I can show you today apart from a couple of views from the house, and one of them is from the porch and only of the courtyard (rather blurred) because I’m not going out in this. These images were yesterday morning. It’s been raining more or less solidly since Sunday and shows no signs of slowing down, though the forecast says Tuesday will be better. (This site is turning into a Symi weather update channel.) The forecast also shows force eight and nine winds for Thursday, so we have that to look forward to. Hey! It’s good for the crops and reservoirs.
Of course, with our sterna out of action, I can hear the roof water running into it like a waterfall but know that we’re not going to be able to use it and, not long after the rain stops, it would have gone. I could take the top off the water tank I guess, but it the water on Symi doesn’t cost much. On the plus side, there’s been no water dripping into the bathroom, and the house remains dry inside. There is a bit of a drop right outside the study door under the lean-to which baptises me each time I go in and out, but it’s not much. So, at least we’re dry and reasonably warm… until we need to venture out for shopping. If this rain carries on, it will be a week of ‘freezer surprise’ meals and tea without milk. It’s not that we mind getting wet, it’s that it then takes everything days to dry and the paths are very slippery. You also need to be careful of the run-off from the mountain and the lanes can get to wellington boot level within minutes. The advice: stay indoors and put safety first.
Just to cheer us up (not that I am not cheered up, I like Symi in all weathers), I thought I’d dig out an old photo form summer. Now then, why is our neighbour building an ark?
