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| Painting chairs - a seasonal occupation. |
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| Symi's iconic clock tower and police station. |
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| Down in the Pedi Valley - a pretty patchwork of tiny terraced fields defined by old dry stone walls. |
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| There are at least 3 Easter chicks in this photograph, progeny of the free range family that hangs around the skip at the end of my road. So far Mother Hen has managed to keep them safe from the dozen or so cats that are also part of the colony. |
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| Rural chapel with poppies. |
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| The shoe shop and dress shop near the square in Chorio. |
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| The new Village Cafe in Chorio is now open. |
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| Wild chamomile growing among the flagstones in Chorio |
The April showers have caught up with us just as the first tourists and day trippers of the year are arriving. The photos in today's blog were taken earlier, when the sun was shining. It is a murky overcast day today and this unsettled weather is expected to continue tomorrow too. The forecast for the Easter long weekend, however, is for fine sunny weather.
The general strike on Wednesday was not as disruptive as expected and everyone arrived on time. As I write the
Panagia Skiadeni has just come in with day trippers from Rhodes. With the showery weather the shops and cafes should be busy. Meanwhile the Easter baking marathon has started. The grocers and supermarkets have great mounds of cheese, sacks of flour, eggs, sugar and all the traditional ingredients. This weekend the lanes of Chorio will be scented with vanilla and mastic. There are little sachets of red dye for eggs, sachets of ammonia to use as a raising agent and bottles of orange flower water for flavouring traditional short breads. Most people do their own baking, using recipes that have been passed down from mother to daughter through the generations. Plates of homemade delicacies are then shared among friends, family and neighbours, always accompanied by traditional red dyed eggs to break for luck.
Have a good weekend.
Regards,
Adriana
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