Scorching Along

The weather continues very hot. I've just been out to check the thermometer and it's showing a maximum of 33 degrees in the shade at the rear of the house! So, we're trying to get as much done as possible in the mornings. I'm therefore very pleased that we've today finished the 'rectification' work on the 'serpentine' path. We're a third of the way along, so, now that we know what we're doing, hopefully we can 'scorch along'.

Having said that we try to do as much as possible in the mornings, this afternoon I put some stones behind the courtyard wall (back-filled) to create a stable surface for the next level.

Not to be outdone, Sue hoed the 'long' bed and then went into the Porcherie to prick out some of her seedlings.

BIRD WATCH

For the last two evenings we've seen 'our' Barn Owl fly out of the Pigeonnier. We're so pleased that 'she' is still there. We are still hearing the cuckoo every day and the last couple of days we've heard and also glimpsed a Hoopoe. We also have Swifts circling the houses of Mas de Bouye, but this morning JJ told us that he has a pair nesting in a hole in the wall of their house ... and so do we!