Just a quiet day

Since my mentioning yesterday about the African Hoopoe in our garden, we saw three together this morning pecking with their long beaks. So managed to capture all three of them with my camera, can you spot them? They seem to like the insects in the newly cut lawn. We have been working on the garden the last couple of days as good weather has finally arrived again so perhaps this has encouraged them to stay.

This morning however, we both woke up with backaches, due to the long afternoon of weeding yesterday, so we will not be doing much out there today. It may be a good time to sit and watch the world go by for the afternoon.

We always thought when we got to France we would be sitting out in the garden with a glass of French wine in the afternoon, soaking up the sun, but I don’t think alcohol in the afternoon has ever passed our lips.

Easter weekend without the family around, doesn’t seem to mean much to us here in France, its times like this that we miss England and the family. What with the house market being very quiet due to the elections here, we think it will be quite a time before we can return to England. However, we are trying to make the most of the space here, as once we do return we will not have such a large garden with these outstanding views of the countryside.

The other thing I am sure we will miss are all the animals around us, the field at the back has all the cows in, all tagged in their ears ready for the market. The retired farmer opposite has all the Sheep, and the Chickens, although we have noticed the Cockerel never crows early in the morning, only early evening do we ever hear him and it never bothers us.