The Kitchen!
Boo, we’ve started on the next floor!!! The living room; it’s not as daunting as the kitchen as it’s only 12.5’ x 20’ and Brett seems to think it’s easier going than the kitchen. There is a strata of rock at one end and to dig that out might compromise the foundations so we will leave a raised area and construct a window seat if necessary (but it won’t be noticeable).
The Living Room!
We had an email from Gary; he’s coming back on Tuesday to “fight his corner”, good for him. We really don’t feel that this is a vendetta against foreigners; we’ve had nothing but friendly overtures from the villagers we’ve spoken to (so William you can stop worrying!) – it’s something he has done to upset someone.
Our grapes are swelling daily (and that’s without us watering them) and some of the peaches are close to ripening; we’ve got at least fourteen different types of fruit growing here – loquat, grape, peach, nectarine, orange, fig, tangerine, olive, plum, apple, pear, blackberry and two fruits we have yet to identify. We’re going to put in lemon, lime, cherry (we’re surprised there aren’t cherry here already), avocado, and kiwi.
We feel very lucky to have found this place, it really is idyllic. I saw the yellow bird again today, so it must live on or near the farm. And look at the caterpillar I rescued out of the water tank – it’s about 3” long and ¾” thick, what size will the butterfly/moth be? I didn’t touch it as it looks poisonous!
Don't look at my short, dirty, unpainted nails!
I can’t wait to get all our reference books here there’s so much flora and fauna that I want to look up.
Tonight we watched ‘The Town’ (Ben Afleck), it was ok.
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