Thursday…
After another very pleasant evening (thank you again A&A), I was home just before a thunderstorm passed over. A quick dash around to unplug anything vital, like routers and computers, turning on the tap so that the sterna collected some rainwater, and then I stood and watched the storm for a while before turning in.
Thursday dawned with large clouds lit up by the sunrise, all very dramatic and colourful, as you can see from today’s photos from the roof. It was a warm day and when the clouds moved on, actually felt hot when in the sun. Not that I was in it for long. I popped down to the supermarket for some supplies, and to order some water to be delivered later. It was its usual madness and mayhem with George on the till, Sultana on the weighing scales (not literally), Habib and Stavros bringing in new supplies and hoarding them above the deli counter next to the song birds and Sotiris wandering around packing up bags for delivery to those who order by phone because they can’t leave the house. The wall outside was, as it often is, piled high with everything from flour to Flora and the place was a hive of activity.
Earlier I had been on the balcony watching the coastguard boats, the only two boats in the harbour, that I could see, when I noticed a couple of kestrels above me. As I looked closer I realised there were six, out catching the bugs and things following the night’s rain. Wishing I had a longer lens, I took a snap on my small camera, so the dot you can see against the cloud here is actually one of the birds.
There was no book work yesterday as I had things to do. Shopping and preparing a meal for Miss DJ who was coming for dinner. I made a start on tidying the house ready for Neil’s return on Saturday and did some piano playing in the afternoon. Such are my days on Symi now the season has finally finished. And it has only just finished, now that the Panormitis festival is over. I expect there are still pilgrims there and the boats are still coming into Panormitis as well as Yialos, though that service will stop soon enough. We had the Blue Star on Wednesday and a catamaran no Thursday, the Blue Star is due back today, so we are still being reasonably well served with connections. Let’s hope that continues.
And now, having prepared the blog, it’s time to see to the washing and sweep some floors. I will wait for the leaves in the courtyard to dry out before sweeping them up so as to avoid a mess, and then go and feed the strays, empty Jack’s litter tray and put my feet up for a short while. Have a good day.
