More of Our Summer

 

Good morning

Kalimera

From our neighbourhood

Summer is here.  It has been a bit cooler this week but the Cicadas are trilling merrily away and I enjoy the birdsong at 5am.  Days are long.

It's midsummer next week, the summer solstice,  celebrated on the 24th June here.  There are different traditions in different parts of the country, most pagan.  It was once time to light bonfires at crossroads and burn the MayDay wreath.  Fires are frowned on now at this time of the year.  Our children and grandchildren used to jump the bonfire to bring good luck 

We have our TV outside for evening watching, with a cover to protect it from the searing midday sun. Our Greek MasterChef is coming to an end so it's less boring as we anticipate the winner and we watch Greek Chase and Who Wants to be a Millionaire. I'd be glued to CSI and Bones but...we have different preferences. 

My garden has become a toilet for nieghbourhood cats.  

I keep a bag of rotten lemons to throw at them and hose them when I can.  They hightail it over the fence only to return again a little later.

We used to feed 3 or 4. Then new neighbours moved in and gathered all the wild cats that roamed free. We estimate there are about 14 and lately we've been hearing kitten noises. 

The neighbours have a much larger piece of land but our garden is the main attraction 

Fly swatters. 

 Flies can be annoying when we are eating outside in the evening. My brother Tony suggested I tried these.  They're like fans and generally work well.  From a Chinese online shopping giant for a few euros

My solar fountain.  A present from my dear daughters.