new chicks

We have had a hen nesting free-range under some branches near the house. It's the second time she's chosen to nest outside the coop- the first time we moved her and her nest, inside the chicken ark, but she wouldn't continue sitting, so this time we've left her alone.
So far she's hatched three chicks- lets hope she hatches them all quickly and we can get them moved safely into the ark.

fun, festas and filth!

Big job this weekend cleaning out the well. The neighbours and their family members helped us and we thought it would be a pretty straight forward job. Actually it was bloomin' hard work- all emptied out by hand and bucket- we estimated about 5cubic metres of rotten vegetation and soil was dug out.

Lunch was a huge pork and potato stew and lemon meringue pie.

A very good job done- now we have to be very frugal with our water until it fills up again. It's very dry here and we haven't had rain for a couple of months now- so here's hoping!

After a well (haha 'well'- geddit?!!) deserved glass of cold Pimms (courtesy of Rob!) we walked up to the square to watch the dancing.

(apologies for photo quality- due to poor light if you click on the photo you can see the image much more clearly!)

side terrace

Paul's been working hard while I've been away and we have a lovely new side terrace- I just have one more thing to plant on the left hand side(a dwarf indian bean tree).