Wednesday June 6: Its raining again, so this is a good
day to vacuum up all those dead flies, disturb the daddy long legs and their intricate webs and of course update blog.
On Monday I planted
chard, aubergine, cucumber and courgette, and hopefully this rain will help
them to establish.
Weather is very
mixed here. When we returned from Ireland on Thursday evening, we had 3
beautiful, stunning days, then during the night on Saturday a massive storm
woke us up. Thunder, with noisy hail clattering on the skylights and
lightning flashes crashing around the valley. Sunday, grey and rainy. We tried an outing to an
exhibition in the grounds of a Chateau, but everything was too wet and muddy,
so returned here to have a restful day reading and a few chores, made some
bread and some tapinade and managed a short walk between the showers.
The garden here is
beautiful at the moment - I have never seen anything like the roses, the bushes
are weighed down with huge beautiful flowers. The fig tree is
suddenly shooting out leaves. I was scared that it was dead - it must
have really suffered in the very severe winter here. It’s an opportunity
to give it a good pruning.
My salad plants are
doing well, and first beans are up. Tomatoe plants are flowering and look good
and strong. Raspberries just changing colour, we were able to eat a few
yesterday. 
I am enjoying cooking
again - amazing how different it is here, always interesting to have a change.
I made some elderflower juice yesterday, again the bushes are laden, and it’s
so pleasant, fresh and lemony to drink
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