Bits and pieces
Just a few bits and pieces of news today.
The Oxi Day parades have been kind of cancelled this year – it’s Oxi Day today, btw. I heard that the parades are not taking place, but smaller memorials are. We may be treated to stirring music through the town hall speakers as we have been on other memorial days this year.
We did have a power cut yesterday, but not for long, and we’d been warned beforehand, so I had the gas burner ready. In the end, I only had the chance to use it for one cup of tea as the outage was so short. It was a reminder of possible things to come over the winter when much of the improvement and maintenance work is done to the supply. Another ‘here comes winter’ reminder came with a weather warning. Apparently, there’s a storm coming, though one weather channel shows it over us, and another doesn’t, we’re due for wind and rain tonight. That reminded me to get the old towels ready and close the shutters later today, just in case. We’ve also got to paint the bathroom roof (still not done that yet), cover the outside table and do a few other pre-winter bits and pieces.
We were out last night for a farewell meal with friends, and for a while were the only customers in the taverna, a sure sign the season is slowing. Mind you, Neil is working until November 8th, so has another week and a half to go before he has the whole day to himself.
And an observation. I looked out of the bedroom window yesterday and thought, ‘I’m living in a farmyard.’ The window looks onto the lane, and towards the bin station which is set back from the path so out of sight. It’s home to a colony of stray cats, who were out and about, along with a tribe of nomadic chickens and their chicks. Walking through them were two goats, one the size of a pony, I swear, and the sight made me smile. So rural, pastoral even, it was a pleasant thing to see but did remind me to keep the gate shut for fear of losing our few plants to the marauding goats.
