Day 86...

Well my little Blogeroonies the wind has been completely taken out of my sails - I was just about to do my normal little blog when an email came in from Vix and Trev to say that they have booked to come over to see us at the end of September - John is leaping about the room - he cant wait for his Mucker to arrive and I am feeling very very emotional already - I dont think we had realised how much we have missed our friends back in the UK.  We are already planning what we are going to do and what jobs we need to complete before they arrive...

... back to the blog then - and last night we had the pastichio which Galadia had sent round and it was absolutely fantastic - far too much so Mum will get to taste a bit tomorrow! 

On walking across to go to bed this little fellow was trying to jump through the glass doors - he is a tree frog - one of the noisy little buggers that strike up the chorus at about 8.00pm each evening and he is only the size of a cocktail sausage.  I hadnt managed to see one before and they are charming.  We opened the door and let him out into the front garden.  Hopefully he will find a new home away from the birds.

We were staying in today because we were expecting Savvas the electrician (the man of few words) to come today to do the remedial work in order for the inspection to be completed.  Not much to do really it was only to put some insulation between the fan cabling and the wooden ceilings in case heat is generated and starts a fire.  John decided that he would do the job himself so that he had some control over the finished product and also took the opportunity to balance the fans to try and make them as quiet as possible.  You can tell by the way I said 'were expecting' that we waited all day and Savvas did not turn up - he may come tomorrow early or late or possibly Friday ... welcome to Cyprus timescales!!

Because we couldn't go very far and didn't want to do any DIY jobs which relied on electricity (just in case Savvas turned up) we filled our time doing exercise.  Wimbledon has nothing on the Wiseman Wii tennis challenge!!!

In the middle of the singles final we had a phone call from Charalambous inviting us to go for supper tomorrow night as they are lighting the 'house oven' which is the Kleftiko oven which slow roasts hunks of lamb to the point where it just falls off the bone.  They did invite us a couple of weekends ago but we couldn't go because Nicky and Mark were visiting so we were delighted to accept as both John and I really like a good Kleftiko and if her pastichio is anything to go by then it will be fantastic.  We had to rearrange our visit to Mum and Dad tomorrow and so will be going for lunch rather than dinner.

Another little job that we did was to get 'Joani and Roger' planted in the garden as the roots were bursting through the pot.

We hope J&R will like its new home which is at the edge of the outside shower.  We have chosen this spot because this plant likes water and it should benefit from water soaking away when someone showers.  Fingers crossed that it will settle in as it is really beautiful when it flowers and withe the leaves can look a bit ragged sometimes.

I also planted my home grown Morning Glory along the back fence to meet up with the Bourgainvillea - purple and shocking pink together - that should look interesting!

Whilst moving the plants this little fella appeared - I have no idea whether it is the same one as appeared last night.  What is certain is that I had to move this one along as it was right outside our bedroom door and for a wee little thing it can make one hell of a racket!!  It is probably just as well we cover the pool at nights now otherwise he would probably set up home there!

We had planned to walk into the village this evening but what with one thing and another time has run out on us and we are gonig to have a drink or two at home and start our visitor planning!