Early Morning Call...

We had an unexpectedly early morning call from Sofoklis this morning when he arrived pre nine o'clock with our railings for the roof terrace.  It was a grey old start to the day and John and Sofoklis look like they are either doing a rain dance or the funky chicken - difficult to tell really!

As I was getting ready to go to art at Sheila's things seemed to be going well with a lot of the work being done in situ - including the welding.  The cats were terrified of Sofoklis and Minnie was running around on her knees everytime she heard his voice - no idea why because he is a lovely genial man.

As you can see from the series of photographs the weather improved steadily as the day went on so a by the time the railings were fully installed it was a bright day and this is the view that you get from the roof terrace - with no danger of falling off!  Even if houses are built in the field we will still be able to enjoy the view of the bay and the mountains from the roof terrace but as Vix had just said on Facebook there is a danger of falling asleep and getting a stripey tan!!!

Last year when Sofoklis came with our roof ladder he brought me a melon - a melon which he said would not be ripe until Christmas (several months later) - and he was right!  This time he brought fresh cherries which he had picked from his trees in Kathikas and which he said were a couple of weeks earlier than those that would be appearing in the shops in the next week or so.  They are fantastic and so full of flavour that I doubt they will be around for very long!  John says that Sofoklis wanted to make sure that we would be attending his daughter's wedding in June and we have agreed that we will!

I left the men to it and went to Sheila's for my art lesson.  Today I was to start a new project - it is a bit daunting starting again from scratch - I had got so into the Portholland project.

For my next picture I have opted to try and do a picture of the clematis flowers that I photographed in Sheila's garden the other week.  Sheila and I worked together for several hours, she on her wolf picture and me getting to grips with the foliage in the background - it doesn't look much but it is a start!  I can't tell you how much I am enjoying this new past-time and how much I appreciate Sheila's patience and encouragement.  Poor Sheila, no sooner has she sat down to try and work on her own piece than she has to get up and give me direction!  Once again I was treated to a lovely lunch before I had to set off for my Greek lesson.  I am now going to Sam's apartment in Prodromi for my lesson and having it on a one to one basis.  Blimey we managed to cover a lot of stuff in one hour - I am really going to have to do my homework to make sure that I remember everything I have learned.  I am not sure how often I am going to want to say "I am not from Argentina" but you never know!

This evening we got the opportunity to catch up with Hils who arrived here on Saturday.  She has come over to do a number of band jobs and will be joined by husband Keith who arrives on Wednesday.  We love Hils because she brought us CHOCOLATE.  John and I went down to her mum Eileen's and between Hils and I we sorted out Eileen's internet and email as she has changed internet service provider and set up her laptop so that she can access internet TV.  We are hoping that Hils and Keith will find some time in their busy programme to come to Droushia and see the house and stay over if they can.