Photos From Our Home

 

Smerna (roll the 'r'), the mediterranean moray eel

Not 1 but 3 

This type of moray eel is dangerous. These ones were almost a metre long and 2 or 3 kilos each.  Their bite can be very nasty and fishermen aren't happy to see them in their catch.  They give them to K for nothing because he takes them off their hands.

Not many people eat them but they are a good fish to eat.  They have firm white flesh, with a few big bones.

K discards the head, chops them into steaks and fries them, in olive oil of course.

Now you can see why they are dangerous.

Their jaws are wide and those long sharp teeth tear and crush their prey.

We have a reputation as 'collectors'.  To put it politely.

The council truck stopped outside our gate last week and the two guys yelled for K.  Treasures, delivered straight to the door.  What fun.  For someone.  I don't know whether he asked for these or someone thought our house was the perfect dumping place.  He's not admitting anything.

One of the big pieces of  shelving was 'gifted' on to a friend who says it will come in handy.

So K is not the only keeper of treasures on the island.

And we have the other shelving unit taking up precious  space inside the house.  It's empty now but I know it will soon be full.

None of that....... 'if something comes into the house, then something must go out'..... rule here.