My stickman friends
Petros wasn't planned.
One day in 2012 I picked up a piece of driftwood, gave it arms and legs, and somehow he became a character.
I posted a photo of him getting a Christmass tree on Facebook and my friends immediately adopted him.
Since then, Petros has been quietly accompanying me through life on Crete.
He has celebrated Christmas, visited mountain villages, sat in cafés, watched the sea and occasionally got himself into trouble.
He has lost most of his hair over the years, but then again, so have some of my friends.
I never expected a small driftwood figure to stay with me for so long, but here we are.
And if you've been following Driftlove for a while, you've probably met him and his wife Koukla already.
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