Symi Saturday Photos – a mix
Here we go again with a mix of images from my file to give you something to look at over the weekend. We have a few plans afoot for the next couple of days. Friday – as I write this, Neil is in Rhodes with Miss DJ doing some Christmas shopping at Jumbo, and elsewhere, I have got the boys off to school with no fuss. It’s like looking after two young gentlemen – or rather, they are looking after us. We’ve ordered the Christmas turkey from Christos at the village butchers. I love the way things work around here…
Walk in and the place is empty, but someone is downstairs, so you call out ‘Yassou!’ Cristos appears through the floor from below, ‘Ella Dobby!’ A quick chat about how we both are, and I explain that I’d like to order a turkey. No problem, it will be delivered next week. That done it was on to how we are doing looking after the boys while mum is away. Some people might not like everyone knowing their business, but I think it’s wonderful. It means you have people looking out for you. Even those you’ve not seen for weeks know what you’re up to. We ended the conversation with when I should come an collect the turkey and arranged that Christos would send me a Facebook message when it arrived. Modern-day village life.
Rather antiquated village life currently comes in the form of our water supply which, although fixed temporarily – for which we are very grateful – gives us a water flow that is more of a suggestion than a statement. The shower, for example, gives us a trickle reminiscent of the last drops from a watering can as the tank is only a couple of feet overhead and there’s not a lot of gravity in play. I will ask a man who knows and see if there’s a way of fitting a booster pump somewhere along the pipes to help. Meanwhile, have a good weekend and here are a few more photos from Symi.
