An early start
Monday brought me a very early start. 3.00 a.m., to be precise, and I have no idea why. It was only 23 degrees outside, there was no need for the fan, but for some reason, I was awake and raring to go, so rather than lie there thinking about it, I got up and set to work. I’d been to bed at 21.30 the night before which may have had something to do with it, or perhaps it was strange dreams brought about by watching Ridley Scott’s film, ‘All the money in the world’ before going to bed. Whatever the reason, it gave me a chance to hear and later observe the dawn.
The first cockerel sounded at 3.26 precisely, accompanied by the sound of my first cicada of the season. While having a cup of tea on the balcony, I saw an owl fly past. I assume it was an owl. In the first of the grey dawn, it appeared to have black wings, but it flew by silently with an owl-like motion. Soon after, more cockerels joined the rising cacophony, and later still, as a cloud rolled in over Nimos, the swallows set bout hoovering up the early morning bugs, and the interloper crow gave me a few caws. This is the first year I’ve seen and heard one in the neighbourhood, and I am sure it has scared the blackbirds from their nesting in the pomegranate tree next door.
The Blue Star was scheduled for 5.15, and I saw a few cars heading down to the port around then, but it didn’t come in until 6.00, so some people had a long wait. We’re doing well for ferries at the moment, with three Blue Star visits per week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday), the SAOS Ferries ‘Stavros’ (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday), and the Dodekanisos on a Monday, Friday and Sunday. Not that I am planning to go anywhere for a long while, but people still have to get to Rhodes and back for medical and shopping reasons, and the island needs its supplies. So, that was my Monday morning early start. Who knows what the rest of the week will bring…
