The sun came out, the wind died down. A marvellous day for walking beside the sea. I put on my mask, sent my SMS no. 6 for permission, made sure I had pockets for ID card and phone, put on jacket and gloves and off I went. Such a palaver.
Wednesday, 20 January 2021
Suns Out!
Monday, 18 January 2021
Another one of those Days
Ooh baby it's cold out there.
There is snow falling all around us, so it seems, but up where we live it's just plain icy. I went out this morning to throw out yesterday's ashes, fill up the wood box and give my wild marmelade cat some biscuits but that's all.
I quickly put together dough for a loaf of bread and got some fasolatha, traditional bean soup, out of the freezer. The rest of the day has been spent toasting bits of bread and cheese in the oven of the wood fire, changing channels and sipping red wine.
And this is a photo taken from the house by the sea . A slightly different view from the blue skies of last week
Saturday, 16 January 2021
Leandros
I didn't walk outside today. The icy storm from the north named Leandros, Leander to you, reached us in the early hours of the morning .
I lit the wood fire at 10am. The house was cold and damp. Now it's warm and cosy.
We have stacks of wood around the room and are all ready to hunker down for a few days. It's snowing in the northern suburbs of Athens.
I made chicken soup and we had a few glasses of red wine. It's television and crochet time.
Thursday, 14 January 2021
Family Walk
Wednesday, 13 January 2021
Sun Shiny Day
Fortunately these last few days have been warm and bright. We have been out for doctors appointments and filling out of papers. Today I was in short sleeves with just a light jacket so I didn't have to roll up my sleeves for a vaccination. We both got a pneumococcal shot at the local chemist. 6 weeks ago we got an ordinary flu shot and it looks as though sometime in May we may get a covid shot. Covid vaccine is now being given to over 85 year old. There were a couple of over 85s in the pharmarcy when we arrived and they were rightly displeased to find out the island doesn't have any vaccine and probably won't for a while. If they want to get vaccinated they must go to one of the hsopitals in Athens or Piraeus.
Tuesday, 12 January 2021
Walk
Some photos from today's walk in the fresh air.
Sunday, 10 January 2021
Hobbies
In these strange days when you're more or less confined to home it really helps to have something interesting, creative, to pass the time. I thought I would be able to read more books, watch more TV programmes of my choice but it rarely turns out that way. I have a hundred things to do everyday and there still isn't enough time to to do it all. I still have to cook and clear the ashes and get rid of a few cobwebs. Clothes still have to be washed, but not necessarily ironed, beds changed and carpets vaccumed.
However, that's morning stuff. Afternoons, after the essential siesta, there is more time for me. Thanks to my daughters I have begun a regular walking programme. The festive season was too much fun and food and I seem to now carry a few extra kilos. Those have got to go and I need to get fit. My summer exercise is swimming but I twisted my ankle and sank down into that couch and rarely rose from its depths even when the ankle was healed.
We have a treadmill which has the evil eye. The xmas tree was set up on top of it this year through lack of space. We took it down on New Years eve. Before twelfth night. It seems that is unlucky. Ye, right. But when we turned the treadmill on it came to a grinding halt. So I have been pushed outside to get exercise. Dragged and pushed, not quite screaming. What better place to walk. We live in the wop-wops. Fresh air and no-one else to encroach on our space. The thing about walking is that when you've walked half an hour or so then you have to turn round and walk back again the way you came. Boring. Which is why I liked the treadmill. But with encouragement I am overcoming that. So many ways to go, so many different turns to make. I'm getting to enjoy it. Or I will.
One of my many hobbies is crochet. And knitting. But crochet is faster and all you need is a hook, a bit of yarn and imagination. If you make a mistake it is so easy to pull it out and continue on. Unlike knitting