Frog on the Blog Plus other things

John and Lesley (of lending us their house fame) arrived for the summer last week and John set about pruning his shrubs. Soon Lesley was calling us to see our first European Tree Frog - we didn't know they existed. For such a tiny little creature they make an enormous noise when they "sing" in the evening.

Today my John made the obligatory visit to the village market. He said it was heaving with tourists but standing calmly in the middle was Daisy (or her French equivalent) a Fresian Cow, who was allowing all the children to milk her. Sorry he didn't have his camera with him.

We went to Cahors very early yesterday as I wanted to go to the market. We nearly collided with a deer as she lept across the road in front of us, having had a drink from the river, but fortunately we arrived without further incident. However we were shocked to see a lot of trees with brown leaves which appeared to be dying. We just haven't had any appreciable rain for a couple of months and they are under severe stress. We are supposed to have a storm on Tuesday- but the forcasts are NEVER right.

I am equally under stress trying to keep my plants alive. Out watering at 7.30 this morning to beat the sun!! This retirement lark is so relaxing. John was out at the same time mixing cement to finish his repair of the ruin wall and start renovating the house wall.

There is a patch of the house wall, in the courtyard, which used to be below soil level. A number of stones have gone missing and he's got to repair it before we get to the point of levelling everything.