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New Dog and Cat Hotel

12/22/2012

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We are about to be provided with a lovely new Dog / Cat Hotel - ideal for peace of mind when off on holidays.

AETOS PET's HOTEL is at Platansikia Village, just off the highway between Kouklia and Pisouri. The hotel promises every comfort for pets, including 
  • regular walks in their large farm and surrounding areas
  • Regular feeding times
  • staff in attendance 24 hours

 AETOS PET HOTEL  also provides grooming, hair cut, training, nail clipping and shampooing, and have access to the vetinary clinic.
Rates per day are - small dogs - 8 euro - Large dogs 10 euro, they also provide for cats.

Knowing Dimitri who is one of the partners, I can say with confidence that he is truly committed to his own dogs, and indeed looks after the village ferrel cats also, and if his warmth and kindness is extended to the dogs and cats in his care, I would recommend this facility.

To contact  -
Call Dimitri on 26432016, (Good English Spoken) or call 97894076





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Season's Greetings

12/14/2012

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Here's a little something to enjoy for Christmas - some will have seen it before,but it's a favourite of mine - so something seasonal from the Noggin Clontith jingles collection which I have created to share with my blog followers.

We're getting close now to festivity time, and I'm busy with the paint brushes, completing commissioned work and sorting out some personal gifts - which of course MUST include some artwork or other!

We will celebrate with the traditional turkey, as many Cypriots have done now since introduction in the 1950's. I must look out my husband's Santa (Santa Vassilis) suit to delight the children, 
and ensure that we are well stocked with local wine, Chivas Regal, and Zuvaneer to complement our Christmas feast.!

We have white lights in the trees around our house all year round, but for Christmas we will add more, and a few festive trappings.

Christmas is a time when those of us ex - pats who aren't returning home for the holidays think about our family and friends in UK - great to have SKYPE. - Last year I managed to tour several UK Christmas feast times from our 'den' - the computer screen being the link across the miles.
The friendliness and welcome of local Cypriot people though brings a true warmth and sense of belonging as always, and I guess there will be dancing feasting and celebration at times in the village.



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Here comes the winter time

12/6/2012

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Here we go, heading for Christmas, and winter in Cyprus.
The ladder climb to top cupboards must be made, to fetch down the Christmas tree, and the winter wardrobe as we go from uninterrupted hot sunshine to a mixed bag of days which are overcast, wet and stormy, interspersed with periods of lovely warm sunshine - bit like UK summer really! - 
Houses here are not built for cooler periods, with high ceilings, stone floors and recessed windows, so it can get chilly indoors ( bring on the boot slippers) and hot water bottle!
Social interraction in the village at night dramatically changes - no longer are there tables with happy diners outside - meeting and greeting - everything now feels ' shut away' behind closed doors, and umberellas are used only for  'sometimes' lunchtime dining. 
The social community is also changing, with many ex - pats returning to UK for Christmas, and soon we will have Cypriot students, studying in UK, retuning home to be with families.

Christmas lights and decorations are appearing in the village, with a very lovely crib outside the bank. 

The hunting season is in full swing, with men in camouflage, accompanied by their well trained dogs, stalking the hillside s and fields around our house, the sound of their rifles a reminder of the time of year. - It appears hunting is a dangerous sport here, not only for the prey of rabbits and birds, but also for the Hunters - with a  number of reported accidents each year, and even sometimes fatality.
Being from a rural area in UK I'm used to hunting , which similar to Cyprus is for game birds and hare - so it's just another dimension to country life - the 6.30 am shots can be a bit of a pain - but hey ho, it's only Wenesdays and Sundays after all.

With just a couple of weeks to Christmas, planning and preparation is underway - for large family meals gatherings, gift giving and celebration - I have once again achieved most of my shopping from my chair - via internet - Amazon we love you - so it all feels rather unreal - but looking forward to our own festivities with friends and a nice wee dram of Chivas Regal to stave the cold evening

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Red Palm Weevil alert in Kouklia

12/2/2012

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Beware the Red Palm Weevil - we were shocked and dismayed recently when our once resplendent poolside palm, now 6 years old, suddenly dropped most of its fronds. Was it the recent winds? rain? lack of nourishment?  - we even asked local friends who know about these things, who were also shocked, and had not seen this happen before. - The crown of the tree was 'breaking up' into a rough dust, and the tree was giving off a pungent smell - what to do??
So we searched the net and Google came up with the answer, by which time, there was further evidence in the form of large red beetles, grubs, and you could actually hear sounds of activity in the tree base, in the from of scratching and rustling - UGGGGGHHHH!
So we suspect the Red Palm Weevil, which is bad news, - the tree will most probably die. Various Govornments have adopted measures in an attemp to stop wholesale destruction of palm trees - and we are off to the garden centres for further advice, - We are questioning also whether this condition is reportable, as many accounts reccommend pouring parrafin into the crown - which I guess is worth doing anyway if you are going to loose the tree.
To save anybody who is concerned for their palms scrabbling about on the net, below is a pretty good account -

The red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) is a curculionids beetle, a native of Southeast Asia. Since the early 80s and in some 10 years, it has invaded much of the palm trees on the Arabian peninsula, where there are numerous date palms, Phoenix Dactilifera. The jump to Europe has come with the massive importation of palm trees from Egypt; it was found for the first time in the province of Malaga in 1994. The Spanish authorities have intervened to try to eliminate the parasite, but apparently with little success.
The adult red beetles are reddish, 2.5 to 3 cm long. The female may deposit 200 to 350 eggs around cracks in the trunk or at the base of the leaves by digging tunnels within. Cuts in the branches result in a sap, which attracts the female; as a result it is best to prune only in winter. 
Once the larvae are born, they will begin to burrow into the soft heart of the palm tree, and each one will burrow about a one meter long tunnel. All these tunnels will reduce the amount of water the tree can take up, resulting in the palm tree eventually dieing. The adult Red Weevils grow to be about 3-5 centimeters long. If the Red Weevil is discovered before the leaves of a palm tree begin to wilt through lack of water due to an infestation, then the tree could be saved, and if you put you ear to an infested tree, you should be able to hear the red weevil larvae, tunneling.

The red beetle attack in general is followed by the death of the tree, as by three generations they reach the inside of the palm. A small proportion of adult beetles will leave the tree to find other trees to colonize; but the vast majority stay put until the tree is destroyed and completely dead.



To date, there is no way of detecting the parasite early, which presents a serious obstacle to the adoption of measures to fight the beetles and prevent the full grown palm trees from being infected; So preventive treatments are recommended to stop this dangerous beetle attacking in the first place.


In fact there are not two insecticides, but three, but one of them is 45% Phosmet and authorized only for professional use in palm nurseries and should not be applied in either private or public gardens because of its high toxicity.

Of the two authorized insecticides, one is a chemical, imidacloprid and the other biological, namely Nematodes Entomopatógenos.

The time of treatment is directly related to the insect's activity. In the coldest months (December, January and February) there are virtually no flights of adult and more treatments can be applied. The insect begins its activity in March-April and the population is at its highest between June and November.



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Remarkable Public toilets

12/1/2012

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So we have Aphrodite's temple, we have the museum and a delightful village square - however, I beleive that the Kouklia Public Toilets should be elevated to local landmark status and put on the tourist route.
A moment of alarm turned into a giggle recently in Kouklia public toilets. It's great that there is a public loo in the village, and I have to say that they are kept clean and tidy, but like many places in Cyprus , the ladies loo has a cartain quirkiness.
There I sat, in what I believed to be a very private place - when I looked up, and there pinned to the door was a notice - 'SSTV CAMARAS IN OPERATION' - (see picture) -well, as you can imagine, the thought of an SS (CC) TV camera, monitoring my abloutions was alarming to say the least. - I looked all around, no obvious cameras trained on me - was there a hidden camera? - somehow I doubted it
Of course the other treat is the door - which for some years has looked as if a bite has been taken out of it. (pictured) At first sight one wonders why there is such a large hole toward the lower part of the door. Then, on opening it, you realise that it exactly fits around the corner of the toilet pan. - Clever answer to cramped conditions.!!
The other thing here in Cyprus which I love is the ' Greenglish' language. There are large signs on the road to paphos for 'the best FEESHING spot in Cyprus' - which I'm certain is a clever strap line designed to market a local fish restaurant. Howver, not to be outdone, the Kouklia Public toilet has it's own attraction. The sign pointing the way to the facility says ' PUPLIC TOILET' = love it, and I'm really not laughing at my Cypriot friends, more laughing with them.
Please don't ever change !!


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