Tiredness and Thunderstorms...

It had been our intention to go walking along the Avakas Gorge today and leave Trev at home sunbathing but we were all feeling a bit jaded and Vix was recuperating from her headache so we decided to spend the day in Droushia and chill out - the BDITFND (bloody digger in the field next door) wasn't digging so it was all pretty quiet and a day at home was just what the doctor ordered. 

I had a pot of Stifado bubbling away on its second day of cooking which we were having later for tea so there was nothing left to do but relax!

Vix sat in T&V Corner and I decided to paint the driftwood I had collected from Lara Bay and make some signs for the fruit trees.  I decided to use the opaque nail varnish that John had got me from Balsall Common as it would stand out well and I did a sign for the Lime, the Lemon and the Clementine.  I shall probably have to go over them again at some point but they looked pretty good by the time I had finished them.

The day started brightly enough but as lunchtime approached there was a real shift in the weather and we started to hear ominous rumblings of thunder coming from the Troodos mountains.

I dont know if it is the fact that we are moving into Autumn or it is the change in the weather but the Garden is now inundated with strange wildlife.  This moth with what looks like huge ears which are actually feelers has been in the front garden for a couple of days.  John fished out this humungous centipede from the pool next door (those are John's toes you can see - I shall tell him that he needs to get the scissors/clippers on his nails!).

The boys watched the weather deteriorating from up on the roof terrace - there was thunder all around and some of it pretty close by but fortunately no rain.  The weather remained like this for a couple of hours but ever the optimists we kept on looking to the skies and declaring that it was 'improving' and sure enough it did so Trev was able to get a couple of hours 'panic-tanning'.

John and I walked down into the village to check the post.  Even though it was Sunday if the Vrisi Coffee Shop has its doors open then it means we can go in and sort through the box holding the mail.  We are waiting for our solar spotlight to arrive so that we can light the pathway approaching our gate.  Nobody loves us so there was no post.  We returned to Villa 10b to the fragrant smell of an almost ready to eat stifado. 

A couple of games of Wii bowling took place whilst we got the potatoes and salad ready and then our evening meal was complete.  We slobbed out catching up on the X Factor before admitting defeat and going to bed.

Tomorrow is another day as Scarlett O'Hara said and that means a day on the beach.