Here is another crop of photos taken during the past week or two. Hope you like them…

Above gallery: Just a few more from our Pachi Ammos walk in December.

Above: I don’t think I’ve seen such a complete and vivid rainbow, and apparently at such close quarters, ever in my life. This was on the road out to Gra Ligia, and I just pulled over, stood on my door sill, and shot it. That’s why the roof of the car is in the below foreground!

Above gallery: In and around the vicinity of the house, just a few days ago.

Above: Part of our lounge, seen from the top of the stairs up to the ‘patari.’

Above: I took these on Sunday morning (Jan 14th), as we were leaving the village to go into town. The ‘kourabietha‘ finally has snow on it.

Above: Every night now, for the past week and more, a couple of Black Redstarts have been using the porch that wraps around the front of the house next door as their sleeping platform overnight. They’re there as soon as the sun goes down, and they take off at sunrise. While they’re sleeping I can take photos with the flash and they barely move, perhaps half-opening their eyes when the light flashes for a millisecond, that’s all.

Above gallery: Finally, from a walk we did on Monday 15th, which took us about two hours. I almost stepped on the tortoise before Yvonne alerted me to its presence. Sadly it wouldn’t poke its head out for me to take its portrait, which is why it looks ‘headless’ in these shots. In the first photo, Yvonne’s sitting on one of the stone picnic tables that Angla’i’a organised, whilst still mayor, to be installed under the pine trees at the bend in the road a few yards south of the village. There are several, and they encourage passing tourists to stop a while when driving past in their hire cars during the summer. We think they certainly enhance the area.

I’m glad to be able to report that Yvonne’s shoulder injury is much improved. She has full movement back again in her arm, although the shoulder blade still hurts, especially if you happen to touch it, or if she raises the arm for too long. I also still have to help her put a pair of socks on. The really good news, though, is that she’s back to fully functioning ‘cooking’ mode in the kitchen!! Only joking sweetie (can’t be too careful, after all, she reads this stuff!).

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