Today John had to request permission to go to the Dentist as he lost a big filling and a part of his tooth. Typical this happened the day after we had cancelled our regular check-up as it seemed unimportant during the lockdown. The trip was a success as John went straight in and got a temporary filling which will last until he can get a crown fitted. Work done quickly and efficiently and free of charge - many thanks Dr Harris at Perfect Smile!!
People often ask if they can bring me a gift when they come out to visit and I can never think of anything but today as I took a walk around the garden and looked at the beauty of the blooms that are gracing the borders it occurred to me that bulbs, and particularly Anemone du Caen, do really well up here and they are small and wouldn't weigh very much!!! Being home at the moment is giving us an opportunity to take a good look around the garden and make changes and plans for the future.
This week's lockdown art challenge has started and the theme was chosen by Drew/Bill and is Fruit which is a nice wide topic to allow people to produce something. I will submit a couple of pictures to get the ball rolling - nothing very exciting!! This week we are going to have special sections for children and for photographs which should be interesting - hopefully!!
When John returned from his trip out we tackled a new job in the garden - this time it was to sort out the gas store so that we could chuck out anything we no longer wanted. This included two wasps nests and some rather large carob-rat sized poo. Wasps nests over here are only about the size of a small orange - although lord knows how many wasps it supports when it is active - and so are not so terrifying as those which we encountered over in the UK. These two were small and empty.
We had heard earlier that David was not to have his operation today but later this week - good news and bad really, bad news because he needs it asap but good news because today was/is his birthday and Isobel had wanted to make it a bit special so when we had put in an order for some spare ribs from Mammas Grill in Paphos (on the recommendation of Stephani in the village) we added in two steaks for her and I made some peppercorn sauce and when John had been shopping yesterday he had managed to get a bottle of wine for Isobel which just so happened to be David's favourite so she was able to give him a really nice birthday meal and then later this week he will have had his operation and they can breath a sigh of relief. Mark has also been in contact with Isobel so that she can ask him questions and get an honest first-hand answer. (Sadly since I wrote this 3 weeks ago David's health has deteriorated considerably).
The ribs were good - we preferred the Jack Daniels marinade and thought that Mum would probably like these and the BBQ chicken wings they do so I am going to try and order some to be delivered to her. Mammas came all the way up to Droushia and didn't charge delivery which was really good.
An extract from the Ration Book
There was a growing feeling that the authorities were going 'over the top' bringing charges against people who had either committed a minor infringement of the law or had simply made a mistake - there seemed to be no common sense. For example, a rescue worker who, at the end of an exhausting shift, took a swig from a near-empty bottle of gin he had picked up from the wreckage of a bombed house, found himself in court accused of looting - just as if he had been loading the victims' furniture into a van!
This week's lockdown art challenge has started and the theme was chosen by Drew/Bill and is Fruit which is a nice wide topic to allow people to produce something. I will submit a couple of pictures to get the ball rolling - nothing very exciting!! This week we are going to have special sections for children and for photographs which should be interesting - hopefully!!
When John returned from his trip out we tackled a new job in the garden - this time it was to sort out the gas store so that we could chuck out anything we no longer wanted. This included two wasps nests and some rather large carob-rat sized poo. Wasps nests over here are only about the size of a small orange - although lord knows how many wasps it supports when it is active - and so are not so terrifying as those which we encountered over in the UK. These two were small and empty.
We had heard earlier that David was not to have his operation today but later this week - good news and bad really, bad news because he needs it asap but good news because today was/is his birthday and Isobel had wanted to make it a bit special so when we had put in an order for some spare ribs from Mammas Grill in Paphos (on the recommendation of Stephani in the village) we added in two steaks for her and I made some peppercorn sauce and when John had been shopping yesterday he had managed to get a bottle of wine for Isobel which just so happened to be David's favourite so she was able to give him a really nice birthday meal and then later this week he will have had his operation and they can breath a sigh of relief. Mark has also been in contact with Isobel so that she can ask him questions and get an honest first-hand answer. (Sadly since I wrote this 3 weeks ago David's health has deteriorated considerably).The ribs were good - we preferred the Jack Daniels marinade and thought that Mum would probably like these and the BBQ chicken wings they do so I am going to try and order some to be delivered to her. Mammas came all the way up to Droushia and didn't charge delivery which was really good.
An extract from the Ration Book
There was a growing feeling that the authorities were going 'over the top' bringing charges against people who had either committed a minor infringement of the law or had simply made a mistake - there seemed to be no common sense. For example, a rescue worker who, at the end of an exhausting shift, took a swig from a near-empty bottle of gin he had picked up from the wreckage of a bombed house, found himself in court accused of looting - just as if he had been loading the victims' furniture into a van!
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