Sleepy fawn

Awoke early, to find a fawn curled up under a tree, not 20 yards from the terrace –

It saw me, but didn’t seem too bothered as I tried (unsuccessfully) to get a photo from inside the house.  It slowly got up, stretched, and wondered off into the woods …… so cute!

Walnuts

Picking, washing and drying is quite time consuming –

when I’m washing them I wish I hadn’t picked so many – but when they’re dried and ready to eat, I wish I’d picked more!

Late September

The end of another summer, Cap del Bosc clothed in the turning colours of Virginia Creeper – the weather has been sunny with bright blue skies, making a late September visit very enjoyable ………..

Flaming June

This is more like it – welcome June! (Nice green grass though!)

Paella anyone?

2018 – The inclement weather in May (lots of rain) caused the branches of the climbing rose to hang down, heavy with wet blooms – so no guilt felt in cutting great bunches and bringing them inside ….

The pots of geraniums seemed to have relished the additional rainfall and are positively blooming ….

and a late supper of paella under cover of the terrace was preferred to a BBQ ….

Seasons in the sun ….

Easter 2017 – not a cloud in the sky

November 2017 – first frost

Can it really be March?

Sitting on the terrace, lunch time – glass of chilled wine, delicious bread and cheeses, blue skies and sun – can it really be March?

19/3/2017

Oh ‘deer’ missed it ….!

Jam – but not traffic

The fruit trees at Cap del Bosc are dripping with Mirabelle plumbs – little golden orbs of sunshine! They make delicious jam to enjoy later in the year, reminding us of the long lazy hot days of summer ….. had no jam jars to hand, but glasses will do!

Tepee in the garden?

Child’s imagination, bamboo and an old dust sheet = Tepee in the garden!