Friday, January 13/2017

J and Bill transplant a mulberry tree from its large pot to the hole Bill has dug for it in the adjoining park. A male tree, Bill says, so that it won't cover the ground with an endless mess of berries. Then a lunch barbecue with skewers of marinated pork fillet and veg. Cypriot barbecues are normally fitted with grooves for several skewers and a small motor so that they turn as the meat is cooking. Dessert is oranges picked fresh from the tree after we've finished eating the kabobs. Lovely. As soon as the sun goes down B takes out his telescope and we take turns looking at Venus, bright in the sky but much larger and more complex through the lens. They drive us home and stop in for a bowl of soup, which J fortunately made yesterday.