So the beautiful summer weather ended,on saturday and five days of windy weather followed stopping most of the outdoor activity but plenty to do inside and today, christmas day, has sparkled in with some perfect sunny and calm weather.Its so clear you can see 80 miles in ether direction and its just warm enough to eat outside.The days are longer than in the UK so it doesnt feel like winter at all the flowers are blooming and the birds singing. but i think the next week will be the greek equivilent of winter but there should be spring type weather again after new year. >Inside the house it is coming together and the esse woodburner i brought from the uk is heating the house nicely its burning olive,almond and plum wood and although small seems adequate for the large living room/kitchen. the roof is 4 meters high at the apex so its a big volume. there have been some small uninvited guests and basil seemed oblivious to them but having caught one in the trap and introduced them he has now made it his mission to seek out any others ,he caught one yesterday and was very pleased with himself,bit of a come down from norfolk rats and rabbits but its work!
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so after a journey through europe taking in all the well known weather conditions the van with most of the furniture for the house plus tom and suzies stuff and rosie and james’s kitchen roled into skopelos on the ferry to be greeted by beautifull weather. autumn is just started here but the days have been jsut like summer is (in he uk only better) .got a good view of the house from the ferry in fact the only time you get to see the front of the house is from the boat as the rest of the time you cant see the roof from the front.which is something to remember if you are building on a slope!
you dont get a sense of the shape a volume of the front and i think i would treat it differently if i were to do it again. the back view is more important as the initial impact of shape and size but from the front its closer shapes and texture that are more important…although of coure we could just buy a boat when we want to see the house with its beautiful roofs! but still getting the house together as a living space takes time and slowly nearing complete but it is a joy to have a proper bed at last to enjoy sunrise and of course the sunsets are great too. and the clear and lovely weather gives many opportunities to see the distant mount athos in all its fuji style glory.
