I was partway through my evening meal when lots of noise at the gate alerted me to the presence of visitors. They turned out to be Bona’s boys bearing a ginger kitten. I had abandoned my meal leaving it on the counter top inside the van.
Having sorted the kitten I returned to find that, during my absence, Sasha had consumed much of it! I told her off and chucked her out but not in the same way as I did with Luis when he stole my bread one time. He had flying lessons: Sasha is a little on the large size for that.
I’d put the cat in one of the cat boxes with some food and water. He/she seemed quiet when I went back later. Old enough to be able to eat but still young enough to require its mother and siblings.
I went back to get something else to eat despite the cupboard and the fridge being quite bare. Sasha was not my favourite dog! However, she redeemed herself during the night as there were no nocturnal rodent visitors. I discovered two rodent corpses the following morning. Indeed, Isabella and Sasha spent the night outside coming in around 03:00 following a small disturbance which got me out of bed.
It was windy for our early walk. The sky was black and cloudy with only a few stars poking through. The wind was particularly strong on the beach as we battled our way to Plakaki and Azzuro. But at least it wasn’t cold. I could see how high the sea had been as there was a broad area of hard sand which make walking much easier. All of the dogs managed to make it to both ends of the walk the appropriate number of times and all of them went the full distance together today.
Having fed the cats, I went straight into Paleochora for some bread and some food for the DDs. Fortunately, Petrakis was not busy so I was soon on my way. There was plenty of machine activity as I arrived at the rockfall to see traffic queueing in bother directions. An excavator was chucking dirt and rocks off the top down the side to where other boulders are resting at the side of the road. We watched patiently as the work continued but I was the first to get going being on the cycleway and knowing the nice lady who is responsible for traffic management. She seems to spend much of her time on her phone smoking. But, this is Greece.
I came back to discover the kitten dicing with death wandering aimlessly around getting under everyone’s feet. I took it to the bar to get a little attention from the staff and customers which it seemed to enjoy. I spoke with Panagiotis about the till problem and it transpired Zoe has some information which he will acquire from her in due course. Panagiotis is finding life difficult at present.
I left the kitten free in the storeroom with Moggy, the FIV cat, watching from above. He, unwittingly, shared some of his food with the kitten. I got the DDs on the go and made some tea. Eventually, I got to sit down and chill out for a little while.
There was a brief, but occasionally heavy shower, which amounted to around 0,8mm of precipitation. The kitten was making a racket in the storeroom and I discovered it had been returned to its box but decided to bathe in the water I’d left in there. I removed the kitten and sluiced out the box which was wet and messy. It now has a plastic tomato crate and an old T-shirt as a bed and is sleeping peacefully outside the storeroom in the dappled sunlight. Previously, I introduced the kitten to Isabella, Sasha and Oskar whose interest was more culinary than anything. Isabella was the calmest and Sasha didn’t know what to do with herself. Meanwhile, during all of the commotion, the kitten went to sleep curled up on my lap. For Isabella, I think the kitten was a curiosity, for Oskar, a potential snack. Sasha just didn’t know.
Bona asked if I knew of anyone who would take Maya as she is making too much noise and a neighbour has complained. Interestingly, she didn’t ask me. Lovely as she is, I don’t really want another [large] dog as I’m quite happy with a mere six. Finding someone to take poor Maya is another matter.
The remainder of the afternoon has been a mixture of sunshine and cloud. I feel the customers are rather disappointed with the weather as I discovered earlier whilst wandering around with the kitten visiting families with small children who appear to like kittens for some reason. As of writing, the kitten is quiet so probably still asleep snuggled up in its tomato box on my old t-shirt.
I’d planned to do other things today not including animals. Best laid plans and all that.
Next weekend will be the feast of St John the Blacksmith which is the second most important nativity of the Orthodox calendar. If the weather is fine, the camping will be busy.
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