Images from Velagota

Bad weather has stopped play this weekend but we are trying to get our olives picked- there's alot this year- some of the trees are apsolutely loaded and we're getting a whole sack full of olives from one tree. 

I love the olive harvest- Paul isn't quite so keen- up and down the terraces with ladders, long beating sticks and large sheets. You can guarantee the wind will  pick up as soon as the sheet is down but not quite secured-  blowing it off onto the terrace below. I have found this is easily rectified by using a handy dog- in this case The Weasel to sit on the corner of the tarp (just need three more Weasels and we've sussed it!)

 The boxers just can't understand what all the fuss is about- ''it's not like they're growing dog biscuits- these things taste awful!''

Elsewhere things carry on as usual- apart from the rain the land is so beautiful at this time of year. Lots of foraging for wild mushrooms- we've managed to find some Ceps or Porcinis, and plenty of parasol mushrooms. I've identified lots of others- Slippery Jacks, Boletes and Chanterelles but neither of us are knowledgable enough to be apsolutely certain and we only pick the ones we are really sure about!

 

 

The chickens really aren't impressed with the wet weather, although we are still getting wonderful fresh eggs daily, but the geese continue in their usual destructive manner- trashing anything that I have planted but forgotten to put a net or fence around.
In fact some of them will certainly be going in the freezer soon- look out guys goose is back on the menu!

Inside- progress plods on with the house- Paul has been working hard on our study- building some beautiful shelves so we can finally get some of our nick nacks out of boxes!

Flooring is going down and ceilings are going up- it's really feeling like our home now and not a building site!