Tuesday, November 27/2012

The road in front of our flat is fairly busy - a dual carriageway - but the median is crowded with rose bushes full of thick bunches of pink roses. On the way to the greengrocers we see dates on the sidewalk and look up - at a giant date palm heavily laden with dates. It's quite common in cyprus to find trees - orange, lemon, palm - planted mid-sidewalk. Must be a nightmare for people in wheelchairs or even pushing baby buggies. Usually they're planted and even tended by people living nearby. Nearer to us there's an olive tree overhanging the pavement, but most of the olives are still green.