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Friday, 11 April 2025

Friday, April 11/2025


Bottlebrush trees line the road heading down to our little supermarket. We used to see them in Larnaca but much less frequently. Here they’re a common sight. About ten to fifteen feet high and really cheerful. Oddly, I used to think of them as bottlebrush trees since that’s what they look like but was surprised to find that actually is their name - well, not the Latin one obviously.

Wind continues. Gale force 7. Not enough to prevent our usual Friday trek down to the Blue Song, though we do wear our windbreakers. As protection from the wind - it’s not cold or raining. J notes that the two flags on the mountainside that we use as weather vanes are missing. Damaged by wind or possibly taken down to prevent damage?