A night out in the Village

It was a bright start to the day.  Slowly the garden is returning to its former glory - I do a little every day just to keep it in check.  This is the view from the guest bedroom.  You can come straight out in the morning and sit in Wendy and Bill Corner on the steamers which Dad used to love.  We have some plans to redo the shutter area - they could do with treating and the mirrored panes replacing but it is not desperate and we have plenty of other things that need doing which are more urgent.

My first wild poppy in the garden has put in an appearance.  They self seed all over the place - usually where I do not really want them but I can never bring myself to pull them up if they have taken the trouble to make their home with us.  They come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and shades of red.  This one is coming up in a pot which houses my Duranta which has lost all its leaves - this is not unusual.

John was going to see Rob today for a coffee and I was on my regular Billy No Mates trip down to Paphos to see Mum.  It was more important than ever today because I want her to feel happy that we have all bases covered when it comes to her having her cataract operation next week. It is taking place in Limassol so I have to get her there for 11.00am.  With the current restrictions I couldn't go in with her anyway so would have to kick my heels for a couple of hours but Nicky may come with me as she wants to go to George's Material Shop and that is about 5 minutes away.

Mum and I discussed various things that were causing her concern, not least getting her bin put out twice a week even though it is never full and could miss at least one outing!  Still I think I have managed to sort most things and with the help of her neighbour Effie and her gardener Graham and her cleaner Kim she will be fine providing that the operation is a success.  We are always mindful that my Dad's first operation was a dismal failure which he never ever came to terms with.

So Mum and I ran through everything and whilst doing so we finished her current jigsaw puzzle which was quite challenging.  Well very challenging because in a couple of areas there were pieces in the wrong place!!!  

This evening we were very kindly taken out for a meal by George as a thank-you - we thought the wine from Vasilikon he gave us was the thank-you but apparently not.  John had arranged a full meze at Finnikas in the village and even taken down some logs for Phillipos to burn on the fire so that we could ensure George kept warm.  We had a fabulous evening.  The food was brilliant and we did indeed manage to keep warm.  In fairly typical Cypriot style the boys were at one end of the table and the girlies the other!   We had a lovely warming pomegranate and cinnamon infused zivania to keep us warm on the walk home which was very welcome.   The forecast for tomorrow is not good so it is fortuitous that Malc and Lou are going to take Alysia to Paphos to catch up with a friend who is out here on holiday and get some retail therapy.  They are keen to add some personal touches to 11B now things are beginning to take shape.