Finishing on a High Note

Yesterday was the last of our Sunday openings and we started with a garden club coming to see the garden at 10am … 24 interested gardeners on a weekend of garden visits.

As a measure of our integration into French life, Sue didn't do too bad guiding this large group around the garden for over an hour, all in French.

The rest of the day was not too hectic but it was good to think that we've completed our efforts for charity.  We had convinced our friends Bernard et Bernadette to open their garden as well this weekend, so we, their neighbours Mike and Irene, and our neighbours Jean-Jaques and Nadine were able to unwind at our house with apéros !

Thinking that we would take things easy, I was alerted by J-J of a minor crisis this morning … a swift had tried to enter a very small hole at the top of their house and was struggling to get out.  So, out came the ladder and up I went.

He was in this hole with his wingtips sticking out …  I think he had tried to turn around and had got stuck so I was able to gently pull him backwards until he was free and could go into the hole.

We left him to recover and about 10 minutes later J-J shouted to me that he had appeared at the entrance, fluttered his wings and then flew off.  Mission accomplished!

Hopefully the excitement is over now and we can just concentrate on keeping the garden alive as we have summer … 30°c today and hotter tomorrow !