Wednesday 7th March 2012

Picture taken at 0700 - this is why we love it so much.

Back to summer days ......... from 45F in the morning to 78F in the afternoon.  This is more like it!

So shorts on and T shirt and most of the day spent on garden related tasks, including sitting in the sunshine.  

3 trips to the beach for stone collecting although restricted t one bag only as the second, whose handles had broken last week completely disintegrated with a huge hole in the bottom.  Too much weight I fear.  This means I did not make the far corner as i intended but the black underlay is down and pinned so it just means a couple of more trips when I return in April.  To complete that section anyway.  There is still the pool wall to go and some of the ‘front garden’ wall.  Collecting the winter dead leaves that have fallen between the stones is a time consuming task, however with all the time in the world and the sun shining there is no hurry.  It is quite therapeutic and satisfying.  Everything looks neat and tidy

The last four bamboo poles were cut and fixed and the fencing is finished.  Little disappointed that some of the poles that I cut were slightly bent, but I think I got all of the best in the first two rows when I had no intention going to four.  Anyway its complete and now I am hoping to see lots of new leaves shooting on our return.

Lillian spent time on the phone with the complex maintenance company.  It seems it was not them that switched the electricity off but the electric company for non payment of bill.  As a number of owners on the complex have not paid their fees their are insufficient funds in the account to cover.  I help by firing off two assertive and stroppy emails to the two Brits that own houses but are yet to put in an appearance or pay any money!  There are too many that have not paid at all. This is of course worrying but I am sure with Lillian on the case we will get it sorted.

It was ‘Greek Lesson’ night so for the last time I dropped Lillian in the car to the Pervolia school.  Last lesson for nearly a month but also it will be back to walking to the village when we return in April.  Home for a while and then back to the village to meet Lillian in Bar Coast for what is now a ‘traditional’ weekly curry.