And back to the weather
Another storm is passing over us as I write (early Sunday morning). Saturday was all about being rained on, and the wind was up to force nine at times, according to my weather site. Judging by the rattling roof and the vibrations through the house which is exposed on its north side, force nine sounds about right. The door to the storeroom above the kitchen still lets some water seep in which then runs through the boards and drips on you as you enter the bathroom like a pre-swim shower at a municipal pool. The porch between our two buildings was a couple of inches deep too, but otherwise, we are quite dry inside. The weather is to continue a bit wet and cloudy, but with less wind, and by Friday, it should have gone completely, which is just as well as we are going to Rhodes for the day, possibly the night too, for our annual health MOTs.
We (Neil mainly) has been giving they inside of the house a paint up, and Thomas A Basket, the cat who lodges in our laundry has found the paint tray and thrown it upside down on the floor, just to give us something to clear up first thing on a Sunday morning. The huge cardboard box my office chair came in, which was waiting in the courtyard ready to go to the bins, is now a soggy mess. So, plenty of clearing up to be done when it stops raining.
There are more visitors back on the island, most of whom are house owners who have arrived to check their properties after the winter, and other long-stayers are coming back this week for the summer. Neil is expecting to start work this week or very soon after, and I have booked myself a writing retreat on Tilos for a week in May. I choose Tilos because a) I like it, and b) it’s easy to get there and back with the Blue Star on a Friday (and for only €10.00 each way). Other than that, I don’t think there is any great news.
