Monday morning and it’s a bit rough and windy out there, but not that cold. The news of the weekend is that Jack came home so we have had our 6.00 a.m. alarm calls reinstated. No idea where he’s been or what he was doing but he looked fine and was in fine voice when we saw him in front of the house on Saturday. I now have to go back to sleeping with earplugs in.
Here are some shots from Friday/Saturday. Firstly, continuing our theme of things in trees, here’s a kitten in a vine.
As you can see, down in Yialos the Fish market is being painted up in its usual green. You do see some fishermen here selling their catches on the stone slabs. You also see them around the edge of the harbour with their polystyrene boxes of ice and fish, swiping away the wasps, as they sit with their weighing scales
waiting for customers.
There’s a flock of pigeons down in the harbour as well. From up here in the village you can often see them sweep across the sea, low down, as if they were someone’s flock of racing birds set free for daily exercise. They were feeding on some grains thrown down for them by the supermarket guys when we passed.
And here’s a shot of Harani, the island’s boat yard (one of them). As you can see, we had those kinds of clouds that look like they belong behind a galleon sailing through high seas in a painting-by-numbers kit; shades of grey and blue, heavy but not dark. It pretty much looks like this on Monday morning as well. Looking down below I can see the surface of the sea being blown along, not only in ripples but also in spray.
And then, finally before I get on with Monday, a cat with all the mod cons. It’s easy to take a snooze when you can rest assured that everything is in its place: the air-con, the sunshine and, most importantly, the Catellite TV. Have a good week.
