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Sisters

By Terry Cripps

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Back from Crete

The studio in Zakros

Took Eric, in Greek, to Crete and gave it to a few friends in Zakros, Erik's home. It was greeted with customary Cretan delight. And a compliment to Elga and her friend in Athens for such a good translation.
I was asked several times how I had managed to learn such good Greek with more than a touch of irony as they all knew I did not speak a word.
Have come away with sketch books full of, hopefully, the next installment and the outline of the story. So its back to the studio and a winter of working through it all in time to publish and take with me next autumn.
As I will be showing in October in a joint exhibition some of the originals it looks as if we will be going at the height of the Olive harvest.
I hope to be able to roll up my sleeves and get stuck-in but I am told its a lot more skilled than it looks. As stripping the olives off the tree must not damage the shoots that will be growing for next years harvest.
In Zakros they have had a bad attack of the Dakis fly which reduces the yield considerably.