Heating up
Well now, I had a look at the thermometer in the shade in the courtyard yesterday, and it was 36 degrees at four in the afternoon. While I was doing that, I was attacked by the vine because it’s the time of year already to start chopping bits back, taking off the grapes and keeping it from going where we don’t want it to go. The grapes aren’t ready, but I take them off when they are small, so we don’t later suffer from hornet invasion and dropped fruit which then gets trodden into the house. The vine goes over the road too, so we have to keep an eye on that to make sure it doesn’t garrotte people on mopeds.
Yesterday morning, I went for a wander up the road at six, seeing hardly anyone on my way, but saying hello to those I did. There was some chicken congestion at Leoni, some wary cats at the bins above, and a few young goats pottering around near the quarry. That was about it. On the way down, I was passed by the army officers heading up to work in their camouflage and in a variety of vehicles, mopeds, cars and the army truck for those without transport. The sun was coming up over Pedi as it tends to do, giving everything down there a golden glow, and by the time I reached Campos and the bus stop, the day workers were there waiting for their lifts to farms and building sites across the island. A usual, summer morning walk and already hot even at that time of day.
