With hands still shaking from 2 hours on the bushwhacker this morning, I can hardly write this blog!
It was an early start as we were only doing a half day today as most of the team were a bit shattered from the day before. Dark clouds and rain met us as we came down to breakfast and there was some discussion whether it was a good idea to go up to the vineyard . Lizzie suggested we all took the whole day off, this was met with a resounding "no fear". What a brave, hardworking team!
The rain took a break as we made our way up and we got just over two hours hard work packed in before it started again. Linda did an excellent job of 'styling' the small garden in front of the mazet while Andrew started digging up little trees and repositioning them on the bank above the amphitheatre. More strimming and burning, more digging and hoeing.
Rain stopped play at noon and lunch was taken in the nice warm and dry kitchen at Le Couvent. It was a bit quiet as I think we've all hit the 'mid week wall' zzzzzzzz.
The lucky ones got to have a kip this afternoon, those of us with other errands had to dash off in the rain again! The grounds are all really beginning to come together as a result of our efforts.
Before our house is passed on to its new owners at the end of April, Sue and I have decided to dig up two lemon trees that are currently in our garden at Maison Vanille that my mum bought for us when she was in France in 2006 - our last holiday together before she died in the following December. We are going to christen them "Cissy's lemons" and plant them up at the mazet. They'll always be a reminder of my lovely Mum in a lovely place. I know that she'd really like that.
Sarah and Andrew are busily preparing tonight's meal as I write. Boeuf Bourguinon. Hooray!
Its still raining though. Chucking it down in fact!
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