Bugün Erken Kalktım - I Woke Up Early This Morning

Kentli alışkanlıklarım son mu buluyor acaba? Yapacak işim olmadığında doya doya uyumak, geç yatıp öğleden sonra uyanmak devri kapanıyor mu? 

Bugün de erken kalktım. Üstelik hava yağmurluydu ve dışarı çağıran güneş görünmüyordu. Sahilde kahvaltı fikri sanırım beni ayaklandıran. Börek yeme fikri!

Sevgilimle Taş Kahve’nin önüne geldiğimizde köpekler karşıladı bizi. Her sabah börekçiyi karşıladıkları gibi. Günlük haraçlarını almak istediler ama bu kez olmaz. İçeri girdik, anca ısınan sobanın yanına kurulduk. Yalnız Hüsnü amca, balıkçı Derya ve birkaç kişi vardı. Selamlaşma. Böyle, bir avuç insan sobanın etrafında, iyice aile gibi oluyor. Böreğe davet.

Çay, daha biz söylemeden geliyor. Bu saatte kahvede biten kişi, hele elinde azığı da varsa,  başka ne isteyecek ki? Ohh, mis gibi bir kahvaltı. 

        Bu arada, ocağın duvarında hem AIMA hem !F yazan bir afiş görüyorum. Allah allah? !F geçen sene de buralardaydı ama başkaları organize etmişti sanki. Bu yıl AIMA, (Filiz Ali’nin başında olduğu) Ayvalık Uluslararası Müzik Akademisi girişmiş bu işe demek ki. 25-26-27 Şubat’ta film gösterimleri. Ne çok ve çok yönlü sanat etkinliği gerçekleşiyor Ayvalık’ta, bazen şaşıyorum. Bir anda, hiç olmadık bir zamanda, inanılmaz insanlarla, sergilerle, gösterimlerle karşılaşabiliyorsunuz. Uzun zamandır böyle. Sönüp gitmediğine göre, hep devam edeceğini umabiliriz *̮*

 

Madem uyandık, acelesi olmayan işlerimizi de halledelim bari, dedik ve Ayvalık’a gitmek üzere ayağa kalktık. Ama saat henüz 08:35. Otobüse yirmi beş dakika var. İyi. Biz de dolaşırız. 

Atatürk büstünün olduğu ufak parkta oyalandık biraz; çünkü oradaki ağaçlar her zaman ilgimizi çekiyor. İlk etapta, dutlar. Yaz başında meyvalarına dalmaya bayıldığımız şemsiye dutlar. Kupkuruyken kıvrım kıvrım burgaçları saçlarında kaybolan dutlar. Hepsi birer heykel. Ama biliyorsunuz ki içlerinde can var. Sanki bir sebeple taş kesilmişler de ha deseniz davranıp yürüyüverecekler. 

Onların hemen yanında, tuhaf, ilk kez görüyorum, bir kuru ağaç, yeşermeden çiçeklenmiş. Ne ağacı acaba bu? Daha önce hiç dikkatimi çekmemişti. 

Ve yerde, çoook eskilerden kalma bir ağaç daha. Ne yazık ki sadece kesilmişliğinin işaretiyle ağacın yokluğu kalmış geriye... 

Amaan! Bazen fazla mı duyarlı davranıyorum? Buranın insanları ağacı seviyor. Yalnızca bahçelerine değil, yollara, parklara bile ağaç dikiyor; yazın kovayla su taşıyor. Durup dururken kesmemişlerdir herhalde. Belki hastalandı. Belki kurudu. Gerçi, yanındaki yeşil arkadaşlar yalanlıyor gibi beni. Neyse… Artık gidelim.

Hâlâ erken. Otobüsü beklemeden taksi dolmuşa bindik. Ayvalık’a vardığımızda yağmur hızlandı. İşlerimizi çabucak bitirip Ayvalıkgücü’ne oturduk. Deniz önümüzde uzanıyor. Yağmur ve sis, en yakın adayı bile görünmez kılmak üzere. Martılar, yağmurun su yüzüne taşıdığı balıkları avlıyor. 

  

Sonsuzluk hissi veren muhteşem bir manzara.  Saatlerce oturabilirim. Ama uykum geldi. Evime dönüp uyumak istiyorum.

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I Woke Up Early This Morning

Are my city habits ending? Am I not going to sleep as long as I can when I have no work?

I again woke up early today although it was raining and the sun calling me outside was not visible. It was the idea of having breakfast seaside which made me get up. The idea of eating börek!

When we, I and my boyfriend, came in front of Taş Kahve (coffehouse), dogs welcomed us, as they welcome the börek-seller every morning. They wanted their daily tax but no, not today. We went inside the coffehouse and sat near to the stove. There were only Hüsnü Amca (the manager of the coffehouse), fish-seller Derya and some others. Greetings. Like a family around a stove. Invitation to the breakfast.

Tea had come before we asked for. Mmmm, a wonderful breakfast! By the way, I saw an add of AIAM and !F together. !F was here last year too but the organizers were different. This year, it seems that AIMA (Ayvalık International Music Academy) is arranging the activity. Films on February 25-26-27. How many and different art activities are taking place in here; sometimes I just get surprised. All of a sudden, you come across a peculiar artist, an exhibition or demonstration. It has been this way for so long. We can hope that it will last forever. *̮*

“We got up early, then, let’s finish our not-urgent works today.” we said and stood up to go to the center of Ayvalık. But it was 08:35 and there was twenty five minutes fort he bus. OK then. Let’s walk a little.

We spent some time in the park with Atatürk bust, because the trees there always attract us. First of all, the mulberries. The umbrella mulberries to which we love to be coloured by their fruit in early summers. When dry, their curly branches get lost in their hair. Each of them is like a statue. But you know that they’re alive. They seem as if they will move suddenly if you call.

Just beside them, there is a dry tree which had its flowers before its leaves. What kind of a tree is that? I haven’t seen it before.

And, in the middle of the pavement, remnant of a tree. Unfortunately, only its non-existence was left behind…

Ooof! Sometimes I am too much sensitive. People here like trees. They plant trees not only to their gardens but also by the roads, in parks. They carry water in summers. They don’t cut off a tree without a reason. Maybe it was sick. Or maybe it died. Though, the greenness around its root dnies what I say. Anyway… It’s time to go.

It’s stil early fort he bus. We got on a taxi-dolmuş (an ordinary car for transportation, picking up five people at most). The rain was heavier when we reached at Ayvalık. We finished our work fastly and went to Ayvalıkgücü (a coffeehouse. Its name comes from the football team of Ayvalık). The sea was lying in front of us. Rain and fog disabled us to see even the closest island. Sea gulls were catching the fish which rain brought on top of the water. A wonderful scene that gives the sense of infinity. I can sit down and watch for hours. But I’m asleep. I want to go back home and fell into dreams.

I Woke Up Early This Morning

Are my city habits ending? Am I not going to sleep as long as I can when I have no work?

I again woke up early today although it was raining and the sun calling me outside was not visible. It was the idea of having breakfast seaside which made me get up. The idea of eating börek!

When we, I and my boyfriend, came in front of Taş Kahve (coffehouse), dogs welcomed us, as they welcome the börek-seller every morning. They wanted their daily tax but no, not today. We went inside the coffehouse and sat near to the stove. There were only Hüsnü Amca (the manager of the coffehouse), fish-seller Derya and some others. Greetings. Like a family around a stove. Invitation to the breakfast.

Tea had come before we asked for. Mmmm, a wonderful breakfast! By the way, I saw an add of AIAM and !F together. !F was here last year too but the organizers were different. This year, it seems that AIMA (Ayvalık International Music Academy) is arranging the activity. Films on February 25-26-27. How many and different art activities are taking place in here; sometimes I just get surprised. All of a sudden, you come across a peculiar artist, an exhibition or demonstration. It has been this way for so long. We can hope that it will last forever. *̮*

“We got up early, then, let’s finish our not-urgent works today.” we said and stood up to go to the center of Ayvalık. But it was 08:35 and there was twenty five minutes fort he bus. OK then. Let’s walk a little.

We spent some time in the park with Atatürk bust, because the trees there always attract us. First of all, the mulberries. The umbrella mulberries to which we love to be coloured by their fruit in early summers. When dry, their curly branches get lost in their hair. Each of them is like a statue. But you know that they’re alive. They seem as if they will move suddenly if you call.

Just beside them, there is a dry tree which had its flowers before its leaves. What kind of a tree is that? I haven’t seen it before.

And, in the middle of the pavement, remnant of a tree. Unfortunately, only its non-existence was left behind…

Ooof! Sometimes I am too much sensitive. People here like trees. They plant trees not only to their gardens but also by the roads, in parks. They carry water in summers. They don’t cut off a tree without a reason. Maybe it was sick. Or maybe it died. Though, the greenness around its root dnies what I say. Anyway… It’s time to go.

It’s stil early fort he bus. We got on a taxi-dolmuş (an ordinary car for transportation, picking up five people at most). The rain was heavier when we reached at Ayvalık. We finished our work fastly and went to Ayvalıkgücü (a coffeehouse. Its name comes from the football team of Ayvalık). The sea was lying in front of us. Rain and fog disabled us to see even the closest island. Sea gulls were catching the fish which rain brought on top of the water. A wonderful scene that gives the sense of infinity. I can sit down and watch for hours. But I’m asleep. I want to go back home and fell into dreams.