What happens when too many people turn on their air conditioning at the same time? This:

At least, I assume that’s what’s been causing our power cuts these past couple of days; overload. Still, it gave us and our nephew an excuse to go out and sit on the balcony watching stars and satellites, while chatting about all and nothing. That was at the end of a home day, and after a nephew-cooked lasagne which took him several hours to put together due to the heat in the kitchen.

I have to say, I can do without aircon. We have two units here, one in my office and one in the mousandra for some reason. You can’t stand up when you’re up there, and we only use it for storage, but there’s an aircon unit gathering dust. We use fans to blow the warm air around, and that works for us.

I’m not sure what the plan is for today, apart from my penultimate piano lesson of the season this afternoon which will be the nearly last rehearsal for my pupil who will be playing for his dad (for the first time) next Monday. This morning, though, I think the boys are going swimming, and I’ll be publishing a book – you know, as you do.

This photo may not show you how hot it is here right now, but it should show you that the harbour is again filled with boats which were about the only light down there for some time last night.

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Today has already started oddly. For a start, I didn’t get up until nearly seven, and now it’s just after nine (so I am very late), the boys are still in bed, and the boats have come and gone. It’s a day for being at home, avoiding the midday sun, and chilling with the fam, as the neph would say. It’s all young-person speak around here right now, which is refreshingly different. I have a book to send up to the Great Zon today (that’s Amazon where I publish), so that should be ready for you in a day or sooner, Liz, and other loyal followers to whom I am very grateful. For now, though, thanks to my late rise, and need to tidy the kitchen and courtyard, I’ll leave you with a few photos that found their way to my collection yesterday.

If you were wondering what weather channel I use, it’s this one: https://poseidon.hcmr.gr/

I also use Wind Finder when looking at sea conditions.

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I woke up this morning to note that Mr Bezos had left the building. There were two ships in Nimborio yesterday, one, a three-masted schooner, the other, a great big grey thing with a helicopter on it, and both belonging to Jeff Bezos. Harry and I examined them from the balcony after piano yesterday afternoon, using the binoculars and various internet resources, and had a good old chat about the famous who had visited the island over the years. We decided that it’s not the famous, the alleged ‘celebrities’, international ‘stars’ and so on who visit who are important, but the loyal visitors who return each year, get off their boats and spend their wealth ashore like normal people.

Hard to see in my photo taken on the way to Yialos, but one of the ships, the three-masted schooner, is out there somewhere. (Above Evangalismos.)

In other news… Roadworks were/are taking place on the Pedi road, because, clearly, now is the perfect time of year to disrupt traffic, the bus and taxis, and we had to walk down to the harbour yesterday morning. Not a problem for me, but my 87-year-old mother had to go very slowly and carefully down the steps and slopes. We could have waited for the bus up at the windmills, but there’s no shade, it’s a fair old climb, and we might only have had to walk down again if we’d missed it. I’m not sure how long the works are going on for, whether they have stopped, or how they will affect the bus, but I am sure the town hall will have posted announcements somewhere, so if you find one, let me know.

In home news, I am beginning work on the next book while I wait for the last one to be made ready for print. The next one is going to be interesting and I’ll tell you more about it in due course. In the meantime, if you’re up for a good thriller or a historical adventure, I’m plugging a couple of promos again. These links will take you to a couple of pages where you might find some new authors and titles to follow. You’ll be able to find all these on Amazon (cheers, Jeff) either on Kindle or in Kindle Unlimited, or both. I’m in there somewhere too…

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My weekend in brief: Mother and nephew arrived on Saturday. Walked to Pedi on Sunday, crowded 7.30 bus back for music in the square. (God) Father’s Day message from the boys to bring a tear to the eye. Chatting with nephew until far too late, thus, late getting up on Monday, a day during which we need to find the washing machine guy, I have a piano lesson and we’re supposed to be down town for lunch. More news another time. Meanwhile…

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Today, I have a varied collection of photos for you. These are from my OneDrive, where, I noticed this morning, there’s a thing that says, ‘Last week through the years.’ I clicked on that, and all kinds of things came up, but not all of them took place during this second week of June. It must have been when I uploaded them, or last looked at them or something. I’ve put them up with only brief texts, and it’s a handy, quick thing for me to do because I have a lot going on today. While Neil arranged the fixing of the washing machine (I hope), and while I arrange the fixing of the water pump (I hope), we also need to tidy the house, prepare my nephew’s room for his arrival tomorrow, clear up the pile of books and other unwanteds in the laundry room, hoover, dust, do the floors and courtyard, edit a book, go to the gym (Neil), take a walk before it reaches 30°… Just had a look, and it’s already 31° out there and it’s 6.40, and make potato salad. So, instead of wasting time telling you all that, here are some photos to see you through the weekend.

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