Tomorrow

 Wednesday 22nd March 2023



Avrio, that’s their word for tomorrow and thankfully it’s one I know. It’s  what Marinos said when I tried to buy my coffee today. I could not pay yesterday either. I bought him a small bottle of Whisky liqueur when I was in the UK, labelled Stag’s Breath or something like that. It went down very well. I was in the Coffee Shop a bit late, as I was out helping my friend catch cats earlier, as the volunteer cat Neutering team are on the island, their last day today. Today was my first day of helping trapping cats, well trying to as it’s a very delicate process, as I have learnt. You have your target cat, that you are trying to entice into a trap, while trying to make sure the others around don’t end up in it. 

We were out early to try and avoid other people wandering around and scaring skittish cats, I was armed with wet cat food, making sure the other cats, were kept out of the way, while my friend was feeding the target cat, getting it into the trap bit by bit until it triggers, hopefully with the cat inside. You have to be very patient and quiet, but I think I  did ok, we got a boy and a girl. All together, I think the team will have neutered about seventy cats, which doesn’t sound a lot, except the main population, have been neutered so the population is under control. This isn’t the only time cats are neutered, my friend has caught others at other times and taken then to the vet, when they are on the island, they are neutered for free.
 

Before I left, Marinos’s coffee shop, I got another present. Some lovely fresh Serifos eggs. It’s good to be back.




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