This morning dawned bright and sunny so we decided to venture out in an effort to compensate for last night's excesses. We drove out to the village of Paramali to check on our friends' house as they were away all through the rainy days and had had damp damage the previous winter. All was well so we parked the car on the edge of the village and set off to see what we could find.
The first thing we found was a distressing sight, right outside the boundary fence of one of the houses. Whether by accident or design several agaves were growing. They were very mature and producing offspring in abundance, It won't be too long before they become a veritable forest, spreading into the surrounding countryside and choking out the anemones growing there.
A few native plants were out, not many, but we did see our first asphodel of the season.
The ancient olive tree was fighting hard to survive but an unknown species had obviously lost its particular battle.
We did come across a small church out in the middle of nowhere, one we had not seen before. This is not unusual as there must be hundreds, if not thousands, dotted around the island. This one did not look especially old, certainly not of ancient vintage. What was interesting about it was the nearby water point with mosaic. The wording below roughly translates as: 'wash your mistakes, not just your face'. The really fascinating thing though is that it is a Greek palindrome. At least it should be but the carver has made a slight spelling mistake. Can you spot it?