A New Beginning

I can honestly say "the grass is greener" here now. Three days ago I was astonished to see that some blades of grass in the courtyard had germinated and were an inch high. Following the weekends rain we now have a green haze in the courtyard. Very promising. Unfortunately there is no similar success under the pergola. The ants are obviously still active and have harvested the seed again; evidenced by piles of grain the size of saucers in various places along the length of the pergola.


















I am delighted to report that John has started tiling the floor in the ensuite of bedroom 3. His heart medication seems to now be the correct balance. One never imagines that some one receiving a course of "chemo" has so much get up and go. We are of course not counting our chickens but it is lovely to have the "old " John back.

Yesterday was the start of cycle two, so we set forth at 6am in driving rain, having first fed and toiletted five cats (ours and our friends 3 in the porcherie). We joined the Toulouse ring road at 7.30 and immediately found ourselves in a traffic jam. We normally encounter a lot of traffic as people are going to work and it takes about half an hour to get from the motorway to the hospital. However yesterday we got into the hospital at 10 o'clock. Apparently the Fair People were demonstrating about the disruptions caused to them by the new tramway. Its a good job we're not going today, there is a General Strike!!