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Thursday, 26 December 2024

Thursday, December 26/2024


Evergreen? This country is always green. Although the carob trees seem to be going through a quiet winter phase. Happily the citrus trees are just coming into full fruit. Told J yesterday we were going to need another lemon as I was making the apple crumble and he went out and was back in five minutes with an armful of lemons. Much as he could have done in Canada with chives or oregano.

Apparently general strike of public service workers begins today. Not sure who that involves although guess we may find out. Rubbish collection? Large bins everywhere although suppose they would fill up faster than one might think if not emptied. Does this mean that if there were a power failure no one would be working to fix it? Handicapped by 1) list of affected unions uses only initials; 2) relevant information mostly in Turkish; and 3) FB maddeningly continues to insist that the Canadian government is responsible for its failure to let me read news - from North Cypriot and Turkish newspapers on a tablet in Cyprus posted by a group based in North Cyprus. 😵‍💫