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Hedge strimming
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Cleaning up downed trees
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A new light for the library
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We lost 5 more trees in last week’s storm 🥹
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The first of this years new veggie starts are going in. So far: tomatoes, peppers, strawberries, red currants, broad bean and zucchini. And last years kale is just going to seed.
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We put up the outdoor lights in the Gite courtyard. A year of planning, three days of after work work, and hey presto. Pretty!
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And in the kitchen.
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Feather duster at the ready.
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The new chandeliers are finally going in!! Yay!!✨👍✨❤️
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My new willow walk is starting to bud!!
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Strangely beautiful deteriorated old plaster and in the workshop/ garage.
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The mowing begins. 😆
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Our garden is full of early spring wildflowers.
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Racing to be finished before the storm, and before the very ripe nests hatched: We removed and burned 60 processionary caterpillar nests from the pine trees. It was quite the race, but I think we got most if not all. 🤞 They are such destructive, dangerous little beasts.
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Such a beautiful place, even in winter.
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Carnival in San Sebastián this weekend. It is a combination of Halloween, Bay to Breakers and traditional Spanish culture. It is fabulous!
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Mushroom soup.
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Bit by bit.
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Work in progress: The friezes continued - so far you have seen the plaster work applied, and the primer coat. Now I’ve put on the ‘aged paper’ undercoat and begun the gold paint.
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Prepping and priming the little downstairs toilet for a new coat of paint. It’s just a tiny room 1m x 3m, but it has four meter high ceilings and a little medieval door. It taking some serious gymnastics to get the 3m ladder in there, and some deep breathing to calm my nerves at its top.
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A brand new wood pile. We managed to use up the store of aged wood in the woodshed and had to buy some more. Next year we will have our own, but for now we are cranking through 4 steres of beautifully dry oak.
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It’s been ages since I made my seed bread! Such a winter favorite!
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Another burn…
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The chandelier for the front hall, is coming together beautifully.
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