(Actually, I haven’t been anywhere, I was just suffering a Doris Day earworm as I wrote that title.) Suffering from a bit of wind you see, Friday, with shutters rattling and roof tiles clattering, the olive tree outside bending and flapping about and the Blue Star ferry unable to dock. Apparently it left several hopefuls stranded on the quayside after almost making it in. Such is Symi island life in the winter.
We took a walk on Thursday afternoon, just up and out along the valley path, via crazy dog, passing a couple of dog walkers and their rather large hounds, avoiding the poo left by dogs, their owners (I mean as in, no pooper scooper… you know what I mean!), sheep and goats (such is rural living) and up to the monastery. It had become a cloudy day as you might see from the photos I took, but still, a pleasant walk. We checked the museum on the way back. The outside looks, to me, to be finished. I have no idea what is happening inside but I did notice, over the wall, that the facia on the roof of the old servants’ quarters/house was as it had been; un-renovated but not removed.
We also walked by the supermarket on our way home in case there were any boxes to be had, but there were none. I must find out the best time to pop down there and collect some. I’ve already asked George (at the ‘American’) if I can take them, and it’s not a problem as they only throw them away. There is often a truck load of the things outside waiting to go to the bins, but I can’t remember what time of day that is. Still, there’s been no word yet on when we will be signing the contract for the new house and no desperate reason to rush around packing just yet. Moving in is still three weeks’ away.
And so to the weekend and what does that hold in store? Well, not a lot so far. Perhaps some packing and box hunting, perhaps a walk on Sunday if it’s not too windy and wild, perhaps a quiz, maybe some housework and sorting out, perhaps some writing, and possibly attending the opening of the new Well Being centre in Yialos – more about that, with photos, after we have been. The weather is set to be cloudy and wet over the next week or so, with a day off on Tuesday apparently, but with this mighty wind due to have calmed and settling in around four or five Beaufort only. Here’s wishing you a good weekend and I should be back with you on Monday.
