We pottered this morning before meeting Christos from the village and showing him where John and Liselotte live so that he could deliver them a load of wood for their fire. This was quite convenient as it was en route to Emba. Christos was not a happy man because last night someone had taken parts off of one of his trucks which was parked opposite his house. To be fair the truck did look like it had been abandoned but nevertheless it was his truck and now it is minus lights, bumpers, wind mirrors etc etc. Not a nice thing to have happened and not a nice thing to have happened here in Droushia - he did make me laugh because he said he was informing the police and hopefully they would come and dust for fingerprints - that truck was about 100 years old (slight exaggeration) so I am guessing they will have their work cut out. Anyway we drove cross country with him hot on our tail through some pretty stunning scenery - the island is so green at the moment and so full of spring flowers it is beautiful.
We got home in good time and I decided I would go out for a walk to enjoy the remaining sunshine and John was watching the football and I wasn't too bothered so I picked up the camera and went for a wander across the road where I had picked some asparagus previously as John had asked whether there was still some around.

Take a long hard look at these few insignificant spears of wild asparagus - they have just cost me the best part of €500 because when I went out to pick some I was wearing my new glasses which I had asked to be made with Transition lenses because I thought I would benefit from having some sort of sunglasses as I never wear them. I couldn't get on with the Transitions so every time it was a sort of half-light they would go black and I would be unable to see. This happened last evening so I tucked the glasses into my sweatshirt and then having tramped around two fields suddenly realised they had gone and I had absolutely no idea where. I ran home knowing that John's immediate reaction would be to shout at me and then he calmed down and helped me look but no joy so, as I cannot manage without them I am going to have to go and buy another pair. SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT - just when we didn't need any extra expenditure. I shall see whether the household insurance will cover me but I am not hopeful and having just claimed for my old pair the medical insurance isn't going to pay up again. Very expensive asparagus...
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