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A full moon party
The grandsons did a change of lock on our car. It's handy having mechanics in the family. The electronic locking system has been faulty for months. The doors were fixed and we hoped that included the boot. It didn't. Last week we filled the boot with 6 packs of water, got home and the damn thing would not open. We were in the middle of a heatwave and couldn't leave them there. Down came the back seats and we dragged them out.
K immediately ordered a new lock. He wasn't going to trust the garage where the other work was done.
Grandsons climbed in over the back seats and opened the boot, unscrewed, replaced, and sat down for a beer. Problem solved.
Thanks kiddos.
More grandchildren arrived and Papous began bbqing. More beers, lots of tzatziki, and Pitta bread.
Daughter Elli and husband turned up with a bottle of Marlborough Sauv Blanc.
She's an accountant , a good one. She has most of the island's english expats as clients and they know what to bring her when she sorts out their tax problems.
Elli and I are very happy and toast them as we drink. This bottle was full of bold fruitiness.
We ate on our terrace, and watched the moon rise above the olive groves around Poseidon's temple
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I love that final meme. You have it all!
ReplyDeleteIt sounds idyllic. A little blue and white house beside the sea. You need to be young and full of enthusiasm
DeleteA wonderful afternoon. It is great having a mechanic in the family. I have two! And one ring in. As he has been working for us since he was 17 and he is now knocking on his forties. He kinda is family
ReplyDeleteThe full moon looks stunning
No wonder I’m up out of bed at 4.30am. It’s that moon energy
Even last night the moon was really bright and it's definitely waning now. 4.30...no way! No wonder you get so much done in a day
DeleteWonderful mechanic rescue! I assume you treated him v-e-r-y kindly. Love the full moon photos. I was just reading a blog that was done in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and they had the same moon you had. And I LOVE the philosophy in the last meme. But then, Greeks are known for philosophy, aren't they.
ReplyDeleteIt's getting that mechanic up here that's the problem. He's 23 and has lots of other activities to fill up his days, and nights!! Once he's here it's fine. Beer and a BBQ!
DeleteYesterday morning when I got up (5 am) the moon was red. It's been so bright at nights recently, it was like having a street light.
ReplyDeleteThe moon is still extremely bright....at night. 5am is a wee bit early for me
DeleteI was up in Broome Western Australia a few years ago up there it is called stairway to the moon and just as beautiful as yours and hundreds of tourists turn up to see it making it a lovely atmosphere. From Shirley in Perth OZ.
ReplyDeleteShirley, I love that name, stairway to the moon. I wish we could have got a better photo. It's magical.
DeleteWalked Scully through an enormous olive grove today (back of Blenheim) and told her lots of tales of seeing cyclamens under the olives and how people picked olives in Greece. Good memory trigger. The place was teeming with bird life - do birds eat olives off trees?
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of birds eating olives. They're probably too bitter. I love it when the cyclamen appear. Those and the red poppies.
DeleteWe seem to have had similar car lock problems!
ReplyDeleteMarlborough Sauvignon Blanc - very moreish.
Beautiful moon and sunset photographs.
Those electric locking systems are darn frustrating. When they don't work properly they can't be fixed easily and cause big problems. We've had problems on other cars with windows which wouldn't open or close.
DeleteIt's a great sign and so true.
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