Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Blue skies

Revitalized front garden
What a lovely day ................ with warm sun reaching 78F in the afternoon and blue skies with white fluffy clouds. The very best of a UK summer day here in Cyprus.  Not bad for the middle of November!

After a morning of internet and work it was bike ride time in the afternoon.  It seems a long time since I have ridden and we took a slow pace along our favourite route beside the sea.  After the strong winds of the previous days the sea was relatively calm and looked beautiful as it sparkled in the sun.  Whilst it looked inviting it is probably too cold for swimming.  A great way to spend a 90 minutes.  7.8 miles cycled with a top speed of 10.2 miles per hour, according to my little gadget that gives me all sorts of data.  It shows the fastest ever speed as being 22.4 mph.  When I commented on that she replied that it was Steve who was the 'Boy Racer'!

Back home it we enjoy more pottering in the garden.  The latest project has been a complete revamp of the front area which had no stones and had become a bit of an overgrown mud patch with many of the original plants not surviving and those that had gone rampant.  So dig out and start again.  With white and green stones from the beach and small red stones to match the existing it is now becoming Lillian's herb garden and starting to take shape and things grow.

Darkness arrives now at about 5.30 pm so G&T as the sun goes down becomes earlier each day!  A lovely end.  Dinner at home followed by two more episodes of 'The Killing' - two to go!

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