Heatwave

Market day

It's the weekend already - Friday and Saturday here. The 1st working day is Sunday. Tomorrow evening also begins the Muslim feast of Eid al Adha - the sacrifice of Abraham of Ishmael on the rock that stands the Golden Dome mosque. Christians and Jews believe it was Isaac who was to be sacrificed. Anyway in both cases, nobody died. A sheep was slaughtered in its place ... hence tomorrow Muslims will sacrifice sheep and the meat will be shared out to feed the poor. 

It's very very hot. Scorching hot. Although the weather stations say it's 37 degrees, it actually feels like over 40. Under direct sunlight, your skin feels like burning. It's very intense. Even the wild birds - crows, sparrows, bulbuls - all disappear. The only birds out in this heat are the mynahs - an invasive species from Jordan that has taken over most of our ecosystem.  They're very aggressive. They eat the eggs and chicks of others birds, thus slowly killing off local species. There's no culling practice here ... unfortunately ... so crows and mynahs now almost decimate our local birds and small mammals and insects.

Fresh village produce

I'm still getting sharp headaches in the mornings, fever and giddiness throughout the day. And I still wear the mask indoors because the docs are not sure when the contagious period is over. I don't want to be blamed for spreading Covid in the house. Better safe than sorry.

Despite the heatwave, market day goes on. 2 days ago I saw village women selling fresh fruit and veggies in the street. It's a lot more expensive than before. Still people buy some of these seasonal fruit ... they're nice to quench thirst in this heatwave.