Another Manic Monday...

It is Monday and that means my day starts with a visit to the cemetery which I find hugely comforting - it is a calm and tranquil place.  Today I got John to drop me at the main gate so that I could walk through - when I do this I take time to read the headstones.  In the main it would appear that the residents of
Droushia seem to live to pretty good ages.  The majority seem to be in their 80s and 90s when they are laid to rest - there are some exceptions of course, there is a small baby that shares the grave of Stella who died from CJD and there is the memorial to Andreas who was 15 when he lost his life as a result of an accident driving his grandfather's tractor and today I came across the grave of a young woman who died on the day I was born - 9th March 1960.  She will be forever remembered as being 26.  I wonder who Evgenia Petsa was - that surname is quite common in the village.

Sheila and I had a good morning - I am enjoying the challenge of the artichoke and think it will make a great companion to the poppy head.

We are going to Jumbos later in the week to get a couple more of the big black frames with the mounts inside so that the two other pictures I have in the lounge (which I did previously) can be put in them.  They are currently in nice frames but they are small and don't match the other artwork in the lounge so John suggested we swapped them out.

Sheila and Klaus have very kindly offered to have Mum over for lunch again on a Sunday which is fabulously kind of them and I know Mum will enjoy a change of scenery and somebody different to have a chat with plus Klaus is a great cook!

I always enjoy my Mondays with Sheila and Klaus and those few hours absolutely fly by - it doesn't seem like I have been sat down for two minutes before Klaus is giving us the 15 minute warning that lunch is ready!!

John kindly came and picked me up - I was quite pleased because it was another hot and sticky day.




On our return John wanted to get 2b sorted out as Lakis and Argy were returning from Athens where they had been attending a wedding.  They were flying back to Larnaka and then picking up Kia from Limassol before getting back to Droushia.  We put the outside furniture back in its normal place and John gave the pool a clean so that when they did finally walk through the doors it would look nice for them.  Argy had suggested picking up some food from the Paps Bakery at the top of the Mesoghi Avenue on their way home which we could share.

On the subject of food, Charlie is seriously confused because there is no-one in at 11b which means that his recent diet of ham or lounza has gone out the window!!!



We went off in search of Bassam, going via the horse so that John could check she had water and to give her her regular treat of cucumbers and carrots.  The horse seemed super happy to see John and as it was a very hot day we were pleased that we could top up her water supply.  To be fair there was water in her container but it was probably very warm.  Bassam was nowhere to be seen so we didn't stop and I sent him a text asking where he was but then realised he probably didn't understand it as it was in Greek as my Lebanese is non-existent!

It was quite late before Lakis and Argy and Kia returned home but Argy had done as she suggested and picked up a selection of food from the bakery and we caught up on all their news sat outside eating and drinking.  It was a beautiful balmy evening and even though I know they had had a fabulous time at the Wedding it was good to have them back as they will be returning to the UK next week.  We were pleased that Lakis and Argy had been given the opportunity to get away together and that they had enjoyed themselves so much.  Looking at the photographs it certainly looked like a fabulous venue and a fabulous few days and Lakis had clearly enjoyed spending time with his brother and his niece who just couldn't do enough for them - they certainly deserved it.