Yellow trumpetbush (Tecoma Stans - and goes by a number of other names) growing next to our deck. Locals say it can be messy and needs to be cut back. Probably right, but for the moment just enjoying it, though not at its most luxuriant. Nor are bougainvillea and the other flowering trees in December. Cyprus’s concession to winter. Fair enough, as citrus fruits flourish in winter.
Getting used to cooking with gas again. Virtually all professional cooks prefer it and can see the advantages. Full heat there instantly, and when it’s off it’s off immediately. Does seem a little less willing than electric to putter along just under a simmer. Here it’s not only cheaper than electric but unaffected, obviously, by any power outages. And this hob is new and has a modern instant on feature. No finding empty lighters or dripping candle wax by the burners.
Buy eggs at our little supermarket. And note with interest that there is nothing sacred about eggs coming in multiples of six. As indeed why should there be? Have long suspected that the near universal use of base ten in mathematics is down to humans having ten fingers. Twelve is divisible by 2,3,4 and 6 but ten only by 2 and 5, so logic should have dictated, were it not for the convenience of counting on one’s fingers….Anyway, here eggs may be in cartons of six or twelve - or eight, ten, fifteen, twenty or thirty. Or, as we have bought them at markets, in bags of any number you choose. Though those can be hard to get home unbroken. Come home with a carton of ten.