The Colours of Spring

The weather was obviously very hot here whilst we were in Paris and everything is out in bloom. In fact it has been so hot and so dry that the irises only lasted about a week and the Wisteria, which was in bloom when we left, had dropped it's flowers and was in leaf when we came back! Also the trees, which were bare branches, were out in leaf upon our return. And the grass! We were pleased that I'd got the garden and the grass back to looking cared for in only 2 days. So we are now continuing with the garden maintenance, the ongoing program of constructing Sue's plans for the hard landscaping, and I want to start doing some work on the pigsty whilst we wait for our Planning Permission. At the same time we are coming to the time of year for the local Flower festivals, Wine festivals, nature walks, etc, etc...... it's a good job that we don't have a deadline.