Signs of spring at home
There are signs of spring out there, and some are starting to appear in our sparse collection of plants in the courtyard. The chilli is still deciding what it’s going to do, the one I call Heavy (plant) Crossing has a few shoots and the new bougainvillaea will hopefully start to put on weight soon. There’s one of those big locust things hanging around somewhere eating the succulent that has red flowers, and I’ll catch it and evict it as soon as I can. The plant doing the best so far is that pretty weed with the yellow flowers that grows at the base of the vine.
The hills are already starting to look green again thanks to all the rain we’ve been having. The sea is calm, there’s no wind, and we may be in for some settled weather for a while… He says. Last week Neil went and put in his paperwork for his residency card. We’ve had these since 2002, but he’s changed his to put it under his Irish passport, rather than his yUK one, just in case, and he should be able to collect that later this week and then re-register to vote at the town hall. We’ve still not heard what Greece intends to do about British immigrants if the yUK doesn’t get its deal, does get its deal or sees sense at the 11th hour, and I reckon they are waiting to see what happens, as are several other European countries. Lots of folk are confused and concerned as the British government (for want of a better word) seems to be more disturbed about preventing the rights of foreign immigrants to the yUK than securing the rights of its own people living in Europe, so it’s hard to predict what the situation might be in a few weeks. I reckon those here and registered, living in Greece with an income, health insurance and all the correct paperwork will be fine, but the point is, no-one knows yet, and it’s a very worrying time for many. The next few weeks may bring more news, until then, I’m just carrying on as normal.
