Dear Friend,
I thought I would show you a bit of the village today. Almost every morning we take a shortcut to the bakery. Each day we see something new... a cactus shaped like a heart, a skinny cat perched in a nook in a stone wall, a brightly colored doorway or some neighbors passing by saying Καλημέρα (Kaliméra - Good Morning) Τι κάνετε; (ti kánete? - How are you?) We reply Γειά σας (ya sas - Hello) εντάξει (endaksi - o.k.).
One morning we stopped and talked to an elderly gentleman. He talked for a very long time. We smiled and said Ναι, Ναι (Ne, Ne - Yes, Yes). He needed someone to listen. We are good at that. I think he was complaining about his hip, but it could have just as easily been something else. So, here are some things we see along our morning walk. Wish you were here to join us...
XOXO,
Karen June
Road outside our house
Our shortcut to the right
Tree-lined Path
The hill that seems much steeper in the hot Mediterranean sun
Heart-shaped Cactus
Cascading Bougainvillea... my absolute favorite plant
Mediterranean blue gate with white flowers in the drive.
These flowers are more common in some of the neighboring villages.
Every year before Easter, people do their Spring cleaning
and paint their steps walkways, walls and tree trunks
in bright white to make everything clean and fresh.
Vivid potted plants line this house's veranda.
You can see the solar water heater on their roof.
Our house has one too.
You can see the solar water heater on their roof.
Our house has one too.
A Greek flag proudly displayed on a house
Firewood stacked along a drive
Houses closer to town
Local Taverna
Kolya running ahead anxious to get to the bakery
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