Woke up this morning to the sound of something dripping in the kitchen and thought ‘that doesn’t sound good’. I’ve not been able to fix the roof as it’s been raining and there is no point in repainting it while it’s doing that. I think we need new plastic sheeting over the skylight so we may have to pick some up when we’re next in town. That may be Wednesday or Thursday as we still have the dreaded visit to the police station to get a residents’ card hanging over us. It’s just an inconvenience is all – probably more so for the police officers who have better things to do, and it all seems rather unnecessary… for those who live and work legally; but I guess it’s to help prevent false IKA claims and so on, and to keep an eye on who is where. Anyway…

Looking down the Kali Strata

As you’ll see from the rather dodgy photos in this post I took a little stroll yesterday and then joined up with some friends at the kafeneion. Later we had our Sunday dinner party back at home and followed it with an interactive DVD quiz while the wind rattled things and the rain started. The Symi steps are slippery and dangerous and made more so where builders sand gets washed down making the steps slippery when dry as well as when wet.

Looking up towards the village square

I’m sure I felt a tremor just now too, a quiet but prolonged, deep shaking and something rattled out on the balcony, perhaps we’re in for more earth moving…

But today on Symi is ending bright and sunny, if not warm, and the only clouds I can see from the desk are hanging white and large over Turkey. The sea is grey/blue and calm unlike yesterday and the day before when there were loads of white tops to the waves. I’ve been writing all day today and my fingers aren’t going in the right places so I’ll stop and think about having some down time. Maybe with an old film on the TV or a good book. (Am still ploughing through a social history of England from 1066 onwards – the things I do for fun eh?)

Cloud over the hills