Yesterday was a strange weather day; cloudy, a little cold when the breeze was up, sunny, warm, then repeat in uneven measures. We were also covered by a dust cloud, as we still are.
If you want to keep an eye on that and the weather over Greece, I recommend https://poseidon.hcmr.gr/
Click on the weather section and then choose if you want to see wind, rain, cloud etc. Fascinating.
Here’s the view yesterday morning…
And in the evening…
This was after we popped down town for dinner and were heading to the bus at eight. Apart from that pleasant couple of hours, I did very little yesterday – some writing and not much else, and I’m in that kind of mood again today. I think I am recovering from Monday when I tidied and dusted my office. It can take a long time to recover from that kind of madness.
Well, I was going to share some photos of feasting, festivities and fun but for some reason, my photos haven’t uploaded to the place I usually find them, and I can’t get them off my phone and onto the laptop, so that will have to wait. Instead, I can tell you that, in our house, the past few days have been something of a festival of chocolate. I’m still finding it in the most unlikely places. Neil made some Easter eggs that wouldn’t come out of the moulds, so he made some Easter chocolate bombs, a cake, decorations and other things from half a hundred weight of the stuff, and the fridge is still rammed wit it.
This is one of the aftermaths (he didn’t stick that rabbit on it, someone else did that).
I made bread, which is what these two cake-like things are.
Over the weekend, from Friday until the stillness of Monday morning, there were church services, celebrations, solemn processions, bangers, fireworks, dynamite, dancing, you name it, it was a riot of sound and light. Apparently. We slept through the three nights of dynamite and majestic firework displays, being in bed by nine most nights. I know, I know…
However, we spent a glorious Easter Sunday with the family and friends feasting and laughing, and now we can settle into the season. As often happens when we have an early Easter, there may be a lull for a couple of weeks, but we have sailing boats coming in, the day trip boats are already doing a brisk trade, the Sebeco is running a few times a day, and the tavernas have been busy. It will be interesting to see how some businesses fare this year because, for the first time, everyone now has to clock in and clock out of work. This is, I assume, to protect worker’s rights and ensure people don’t end up doing what people have been doing for years and are still doing, which is working from nine in the morning until midnight without a break. How people who do flexible hours are supposed to manage is yet to be seen. I.e. those employed to meet guests from boats at all hours, or who only need to service properties for an hour here and there, rather than for eight hours a day in one block. We’ll have to wait and see.
Oh, I found this photograph of Limehouse, London taken in 1893, and it got transferred to the blog gallery by accident, so you may as well see it.
I’m going to leave you until Tuesday, so here are a few photos to take you over the Easter weekend. Good Friday has started, as it always does, quietly, because no work is allowed (except at my desk where I have chapter eight to quietly type up). If I am awake for the celebrations over the next couple of nights, I will do my best to take some more photos for you, but I can’t promise. Happy Easter!
A new addition to the courtyard.Wednesday afternoon.This was meant to be a shot of Sam at work, but he was too quick, and disappeared behind the wall on his way back to the kitchen. Maybe next time.Wide shot from the balcony yesterday.The summer chairs are out.
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It looks to be another warm and sunny day this Easter Thursday. In a rare moment of ‘could be bothered’, we called down to Yialos yesterday evening, so we were able to view the harbour in its own particular pre-sunset light. The buildings take on a warm glow at that time of day, and the hillside turns pink. The ferry came and went, as did the pedestrian traffic of locals and visitors alike. Later, after dinner in the village, we discovered that Neil might start his summer job today, or he might not, because we’re dealing with village life, so who knows, but we shall see.
Today, there’s not a lot planned on my side of the screen; some writing this morning, a piano lesson, maybe watching ‘Boiling Point’ with the shipbuilder now the ship has been launched, and an early night whether Neil is working or not. Tomorrow is Good Friday, as I am sure you know, and then we have the Easter Weekend, where the dynamite will go off, the fireworks will be lit, and that is on top of the church celebrations. We think the temporary garden shed in this photo has something to do with Easter Sunday, no-one down town was too sure.
Meanwhile, in the village square you can see nothing of any interest whatsoever.
Everywhere is so green at the moment. There are poppies among the Marguerite daisies, the hillsides are covered with herbs and shrubs, and the valley if lush with grass. Yesterday, I put on a pair of shorts and went for a walk, so there was some white among the green. Eek. I also wrote more of my next story which is to be called ‘Holywell Street’, and if you want to know what that’s all about, take a look here.
Today, I am hoping a picture I ordered arrives. It’s only a digital file, but for some reason, it takes the London Archives five working days to find the file and email it. I don’t mind though, as it’s coming from the Museum of London, and I wouldn’t have found it anywhere else. It is a drawing of Holywell Street, London, in 1900, just before the street was knocked down to make way for Aldwych. The street, you see, is to play a major part in the next book, and it used to be known as ‘Booksellers’ Row.’ The nature of some of those books however…
Anyway, also today, I hope to be colecting a delivery from the courier in town, I aim to finish chapter seven of this said book (first draft), and I aim to enjoy the sunshine as much as possible, because it looks like it is here to stay, for a few weeks at least. In the meantime, enjoy the green!
