Chit chat
More photos today of walking on the hillside the other day. We were going to go out on Tuesday but rain stopped play. In fact, it was a day for keeping the shutters shut, the internet unplugged (as there was thunder about) and for staying inside keeping warm. Yesterday was not so bad and I opened my office shutters for the first time in a few weeks, giving me the view of the sea, grey with clouds hanging above it, and the harbour where I can just see a cargo ship moored up on the other side. I must go down there soon – to the lonely sea and the sky – and I’d take more photos but I’ve put my camera down somewhere and now can’t find it. Ah well, age…
We’re still celebrating over here, not Christmas and so on, but the award for being one of the top 25 blogs about island life on the net. (Seems a bit of a small category, but actually it’s not, I just checked. There are hundreds of blogs about there about people living on islands.)
Talking of islands… The island, Symi, will be celebrating Epiphany on Friday, 6th January, the official end to Christmas, I believe. This will be celebrated throughout Greece with church services and the diving for the cross in the cold waters, as the boats and seas are blessed. Check out previous posts about ‘Epiphany Symi’ on Google, or on our Symi Dream, search box. It’s in the right-hand column with all your other useful links. BTW. The links to the 2017 calendars will soon be going, so if you’re short of one, click through now before they do.
Here’s an aside: A friend of mine contacted me to ask about how to book tickets for the Blue Star ferries. She had been trying but was unable to find cabins to book. I thought this was odd so I looked online and sure enough, there’s no trouble and their schedule is up for well into this year. It turned out she was using a Blue Star app on her phone so, if you have the same trouble, try looking online on a PC, as that’s what I did. Just thought I’d mention that.
There’s no other great news to tell you. I’m doing that ‘on a diet thing’ (though I am not) where I say I will start on Monday and then when Monday comes say that I mean the next Monday – but I am talking about getting back to the books writing here. I really do mean to start next Monday. At the moment, after lunch and some housework, I am more tempted by the sofa, the heater, the blanket and six series of Downton Abbey (which I have seen before, but…) so I am being very lazy. In that respect.
