It’s mosquito season in our house right now. Woken the other morning at four with an itchy foot, and attacked under the desk yesterday. We have a plug-in deterrent in the bedroom which seems to work, and as I wear earplugs, I’m not disturbed by the buzzing, only by the scratching which always seems to be on my feet. Now the weather is warmer, the duvet is half-on and half-off, but I’m not sleeping with the window open, not until after spider season. Mind you, I think they live above the bedroom in the mousandra, but if that’s where they are, we could do with them below, catching the mosquitoes, not that I want either in my bedroom while I am asleep. Anyway…
That was yesterday’s sunrise. A few clouds around as you can see, but more or less gone by seven. You might also be able to see there are two private boats in the harbour. The catamaran has been in and out for a few days now, but the other one is, I think, a new arrival. We can only see this part of the harbour from the house, so can’t see what’s going on at the busier end. Apart from there being no boats out in the bay, the scene doesn’t look very different from other years. Sometimes, even when the island is busy, boats go out early, leaving this end of the harbour deceptively empty, though I am pretty sure there aren’t any other boats lurking out of sight right now.
Everyone’s talking about ‘after the 15th‘ a date which may or may not see tourists returning to the country, and therefore, eventually, to the islands. Tbh, I can’t keep up with the changes. What’s happening on the 15th, when this is going to ease, when that is coming into force, what’s happening with tests and when we can expect…? And all that. I’m keeping my head down over my ‘typewriter’ apart from the occasional walk or afternoon drink at the bar. The photo, by the way, was the bar view on Wednesday, and I took it not to show the lack of tables, but the newly painted steps. Yes, I didn’t notice at first either, not until Yiannis pointed them out to me.
