Been awhile..

Yes indeed, along time since I sat here to write something, maybe before I went to Wales to say hello to Jon and Meryl or so...the truth is I do not find this an easy media, it feels to exposed to be a diary of thoughts yet uneventful enough not to be a diary of activity...

However, here we are, bright summers' day 18 months into our French experience...I think I am still adjusting!! It's as if we came on a big holiday and have decided to stay. In part, this maybe a classic response to something that is 'foreign' to our systems (not unable to speak the language being an effective agent for this)...so it is difficult to fit in, find a place etc. That being the case I guess another year and afew more phrases may make the difference!!

Very close to laying the wooden floor in the new kitchen and so this will bring to a close the messy, dusty side of the job and the focus to move the kitchen...for now we intend to move the old units etc. in by cutting them up to fit and for Pearce to come and Morrocan plaster the bench surface...sounds good to me...

With all the focus and energies poured into the house the outside, gardens etc. have suffered abit...so next year I am determined to reverse the trend...first up is a polytunnel so I can get going alot earlier in addition to growing many things that do not go well outside...then I need to rebuild the raised beds and extend the overal size. This week I have actually sent my application in for organic certification with Nature & Progress...no doubt my Google translate assisted form will give them a laugh but no doubt it should get the ball rolling....if we can achieve this it may go some way to feeling more stable...

Meanwhile back at the ranch, another sunny day, Monday morning, Heleen back from the Netherlands, C&L firing on all cylinders awaiting their porridge, maybe a long walk in the woods....all's well..

R