Today's forecast was
for rain in the afternoon/evening, so Johannes decided it was time to
harvest his olives. So while Kate, Egle and Flora went off to get cat
supplies, the girls started helping him strip the trees - Zoe still
in her onesie. This involved using special electric beaters - long
aluminium poles with some rubber prongs on the end that vibrate
rapidly, shaking the olives off. Johannes also cut lots of branches
off that the girls then combed with small rake-like implements. After
a while, Johannes's nephew turned up and the five of us spent the
rest of the day making our way through the trees around the house,
eventually building up a pretty impressive pile of olives.
Luckily, the rain
held off until we had finished, but when it arrived, it arrived in
volume. After dinner, a thunderstorm settled in over the island, and
we all stood around on the verandah watching the lightning flash all
around us as wet cats rubbed themselves against our legs.
Hi looks like u r having a fab time !!! So many cats!!!!
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