When I arrived in Emporios at the beginning of our holiday, I took off my watch and pulled out the winder - leaving Snoopy having to hold out his arms at 2:46 pm for the next two weeks!
There were two reasons for doing this: firstly because I don't want to be constantly reminded that time is passing - especially in a place where time pretty much stands still - and because I actually enjoy telling the time (when I
need to know) without mechanical aid. You'd be surprised how adept one can become at this: and when I am checked by others, I am invariable little more than 10 or 15 fast or slow and quite often spot on.
And, yes, so little do I do when on holiday, I actually took a photo of Snoopy
not keeping time!
To be honest, I'm no longer sure sure why I take a camera when I go on holiday to Kalymnos since - over the course of the past nine years - I have photographed pretty much everything there
is to photograph. But then that has, in itself, become one of my traditional holiday activities.
For example, this year, I,
once again, photographed George playing his guitar...
...and, as before, I dutifully snapped my regular breakfast of fresh fruit, yoghurt and Kalymnian honey...
...managed, yet again, to catch David early morning skinny-dipping...
...and, for the umpteenth time, photographed the little red row boat at the end of the bay...
...knowing, even as I did so, that I will never
take one better than
the first one I ever took!
Still, we all need the occasional challenge - even on holiday and however modest!
