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These bright yellow wild flowers have appeared, here and there amongst the dried grasses and rocks, alongside the pink crocus. I don't know what they are but the splash of yellow is a burst of much appreciated brightness .
Cats lined up along a wall. There were other cats around and a line of feeding bowls.
On our last taverna visit
About a dozen cats wandering around the tables hoping for a handout.
They weren't annoying, just persistent.
The taverna closed down for winter the next day. I think someone comes everyday and brings them food
A very clean and shiny old VW van parked outside one of the tavernas
A bottle of thick green fresh oil on the left and the lighter, year old oil on the right.
Both are local and full of taste
Cleaning last year's soot from the wall behind the wood stove
The wall will have to be painted next summer. Most of the black soot was scrubbed off but the wall has changed colour.
We have started having fires most nights now. The fire and chimney have all been cleaned so hopefully it won't smoke as much. So far so good
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That's a good looking wood burner you have there. I miss a real fire in the winter.
ReplyDeleteIt's sending out a lot of heat right now. I'm sitting a metre away, in short sleeves. It's great
DeleteThe stove looks like it can burn big logs in it. Do you cook on it sometimes?
ReplyDeleteThe logs are a decent size. They give off a lot of heat. We often cook on it but have to be careful with the heat. The oven gets very hot.
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ReplyDeleteWhat kind of wood do you burn in Greece? Here, we burn maple, ash, oak… and whatever comes down in big wind storms. -Jenn
ReplyDeleteHere it's mainly olive. That's what we've got around us. If you've got an open fire pine is terrific but the resin blocks the flues of our wood burner.
DeleteThose are some very lucky cats, to be so well looked after. Strays here are treated like vermin.
ReplyDeleteThere's a society here which looks after strays but the actual daily feeding is usually done by someone in the neighbourhood. They strays group arranges sterilisation but they still seem to mutiply
DeleteI haven’t even done the big clean after winter this year because we just haven’t stopped using the fire. Hubby did clean the flue so at least it draws well again.
ReplyDeleteOurs is drawing well too but still does let out a bit of smoke sometimes when we open the door. Wind direction ? I don't know.
DeleteIt's almost December, cross fingers it gets warmer for you
it's so nice to see the odd burst of colour when nature is in the process of going to sleep, I wonder if it's some sort of wildflower.
ReplyDeleteNature seems to wake up in the winter here. It's much greener and later on we will get a lot more colour from wild flowers. Summer is dry and brown
DeleteCan you please show photos of people falling over on ice-covered roads, of wasp infestations in your kitchen, or rivers of red-hot lava flowing towards your house. You're making my life seem very boring.
ReplyDeleteWell, how about rain coming down the walls, no damn internet and hordes of annoying flies . The best I can do but I bet the rest of the islanders can conjure up a few disasters .
DeleteAt least the olives have been picked and the grapes fermented
Sternbergia,This is the scientific name of the flower.
ReplyDeleteThank you Yael. I shall look that up
DeleteI love wood fires, burners, open fires of any sort……in other people’s homes. It was always my job to clear the grate and reset the fire and I loathed it and swore blind once we had another form of heating we’d never have one again.
ReplyDeleteYours looks nice and toasty
That's my job, clearing and resetting. It only takes a few minutes but it's still a drag. Long live central heating!
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