Symi cold, windy, now calm…
I sound like the shipping forecast. Rising Dogger, Blight, westerly…
After yesterday’s long and winding ramble, I thought just a few photos today. I am actually in the middle of some Donkey work and thought, ‘I must get a blog ready for tomorrow.’ Then I realised I am running low on images, so apologies if these are all a bit samey these days.
I’ve not been out much, it’s a bit chilly. Over the weekend we had all the shutters shut against the wind – the wind which pulled the eye from my office shutter so I can’t now hook it back; the wood looks to be a bit rotten so I need to think of an alternative. I won’t use a rock as we do on other shutters as the soldier next door hangs his underwear and uniform out to dry directly under my window and we don’t any accidents. I feel a wedge coming on. (Nothing to do with the soldier’s underpants, I mean for holding the shutter back.)
The house is pretty dark without the shutters open and if I keep my office ones closed I don’t see any daylight, apart from that which leaks through the small kitchen window. There’s keeping warm and there’s enjoying the view, but the two things are not compatible when there is a north wind in January and it’s down to around five degrees (minus temperatures and ice are reported from the Pedi valley). But, I’ve been brave, I’ve had a shower first thing in the morning – no mean feat when the water pump decides not to work willy-nilly, as it has been doing of late – and I’ve spent today so far in thermals, five layers, gloves and hood. I may well finish this now and then go and camp out in the sitting room where yesterday we had both heaters running full tilt. The room was just about warm enough to take the blanket off my knees about half an hour before going to bed.
But, in other news: Symi had its ‘Vasilopita’ party on Sunday – the cutting of the new Year cake; that took place down at The Opera House function room. Georgio’s is still open and we’ve been saying for weeks that we must go there; we’ve not been since before Christmas. Every time we come up with the idea of going for dinner we then discover that we are holed up in the siting room and too warm to want to go out. One day soon! And while out and about, as I must be at some time or else I’ll go bonkers, I shall try and take some more interesting photos.
