Cats, Donkeys & Fishermen
Kelsey Edwards • Dec 13, 2019
All back to its beautiful self on Hydra
As anticipated, in spite of more heavy rain, even louder thunder last night and though Jimmy and a few others were still cleaning off mud, today, Hydra was more or less back to its normal beautiful self.
The harbour cats were out in force along with locals to enjoy our winter sun and to welcome the fishing boats back into port.
I gather from Nikos our resident weatherman, that we've had more rain over the last 48 hours than we had during the disastrous storm of October 2015. But this time it wasn't as damaging because everyone had been more mindful to not leave obstacles in the streets.
Having said that, most of the houses that were flooded the night before, woke this morning to a repetition. I met quite a few harrassed house-managers rushing to check their charges and do it all again. I hope all you absent homeowners remember to show your appreciation. The responsibility of looking after someone's house is not easy!
Today was great for me to get some animal clips too. In the port, one of my favourite gingers obligingly rolled over in the sun showing his appreciation for his lunch and then I met a cute baby mule on the way home. He was out being trained with his mother and was particularly interested in my camera which made for a cute clip.
And the rubble that had collected in front of the football stadium steps had been beautifully cleaned.
So life on Hydra is back to normal.
I love living here - there's always something inspiring going on, even though nothing ever seems to change!
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