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No. Not Poros!
Our supermarket is selling Xmas trees
20 euros for that scrappy little one on the end.
We want a smaller tree this year. K first of all is going to try and shorthen the tree we've got. I'll let you know what happens
Decorations and gifts
I did buy a small gift.
It's coming, want it or not
I actually started writing this a few weeks ago. It was quite a shock to see Xmas decorations in October on our little island. I went out yesterday and took the photos and looked aound the harbour. No other shop or cafe seems to have followed their lead and the Municipality isn't putting up Xmas lights yet.
Maybe the world hasn't turned upside down .
We got our first load of olive wood a few days ago.
It's getting colder. I put the electric blanket on our bed as well.
Tomorrow I cover our chilly tiled floors with a big carpet and rugs.
We are prepared for cold, so bring it on.
Rain is forcast this week.
Will it, won't it?
I was shocked when in Pirarus in October to find Jumbo stripped out and the Christmas tat being moved in - nearly three floors of it. Something Xmas in every department! Let's hope Poros keeps it in proportion. Enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteJumbo is always the first. I remember too, going into the big Jumbo at Corinth at the beginning of October and they were emptying the shelves of the back to school stuff and filling shelves with xmas junk I was shocked then too!!
DeleteFar too damn early especially for Greece.
Ha... our shops started in September!!!
ReplyDeleteI shall be glad to escape the frenzy.
Thank goodness there is no frenzy here, says me crossing her fingers. How nice to be able to avoid it all.
DeleteIt’s getting earlier and earlier. Soon they won’t stop stocking Christian decorations at all. They will be on a shelf along side Easter and Halloween with Valentine’s Day right at the end
ReplyDeleteI’ve never burned olive wood. We don’t have an abundance here. Does it burn for a long time,or do you have to keep adding to the fire ?
Olive wood is good for burning in the stove. It's not quick burning. Pine is good and there's plenty of that but it gums up the chimney with resin. Gum tree wood is great too by the way. There are fights when the gum trees here are lopped down
DeleteChristmas ads already on television. Way too early.
ReplyDeleteThere are a few ads on tv for toys and its obvious its because of xmas but so far that's about all
DeleteWe have even received our first Christmas card!! I had to ask the person what they were thinking of :)
ReplyDeleteChristmas card??? Heavons to Betsy. I haven't even thought ofsending them yet, though numbers get fewer and fewer every year.
DeleteIt is all go for Christmas here too, and would you believe I saw hot cross buns alongside Christmas cake in one supermarket last week!!!
ReplyDeleteHot cross buns and Christmas cake? That's plain ridiculous. But nowadays there's nothing special. So many things are available all year round
DeleteHere it's supposed to be getting WARMER this week. It's best to ignore all the early Christmas hype, or it spoils it for later.
ReplyDeleteWe are supposed to get our first decent rain tomorrow. I hope we do. The garden is still so brown
DeleteI was telling B that I think I will order firewood over Summer so that by Winter we will be well prepared. Christmas music has alredy started at my work last week.
ReplyDeleteOur local wood supplier brings in piles of logs all through summer. Now he's busy every day with his chainsaw and his delivery truck. The earlier you get that wood the better. Avoid the price increases for a start
DeleteI saw mince pies in the shops up in Bowen….for Christmas in July.
ReplyDeleteThey’ve been in the shops down here for a couple of weeks now, goodness knows what preservatives are in them - or maybe these one’s aren’t supposed to last until December but be eaten now
I had forgotten about Xmas in July. You could legitimately be eating mince pies just about all year round. Maybe there's such a demand that they are making endless pies. Or maybe they're full of preservatives. I have to make my own
DeleteI wish we had a pile of logs like yours. Are they expensive? À garage near us wanted 9 Euros for a fertilizer bag of logs. Ouch!
ReplyDeleteA ton of wood, which is more or less the back of a pick up truck piled high, cost us 180 euros this year. That's a friendly price. If we bought it elsewhere it would be 200-220. We are lucky to have 2 neighbours who sell wood and are good friends
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