Well, we kicked off the month with the arrival of Sylvia's Sister, Pat and her cousin Mags for a break. The weather wasn’t wonderful, but we had a few good days. Went to the beach at Tocha, strolled round Coimbra, and of course there was the Boules and Darts day…
for which event Steve and I dutifully carved out a couple of Boules pitches from the field
Boules were pitched, darts were chucked and the food was excellent as always.
Pat and Mags also spent a day with Sylvi doing patchwork. All in all I think the ladies had a good break. The Boules and Darts day went well too.
We also had another visitor, An old friend of mine and my Sister’s, Nikki. She was visiting friends up north, having driven down from Somerset with her two Salukis. She came over for the afternoon with Sabbah, the female. Bugsy was a bit taken back by her aloofness…and height, I think.
The changeable weather has had one really good consequence – Our Irises have put on a spectacular show this Spring.
In fact, all of the flowers have done Sylvi’s hard work proud! Of course everything else is growing madly too, weeds, grass, brambles etc. At the moment I’m sitting here with a bad back (again) and am getting a bit frustrated at the work piling up but that’s life, I guess.
The pond life is doing well, despite Bugsy hunting Frogs..and Scraps regarding it as her private plunge-pool…though the little Sunfish could really do with a girlfriend.
Meanwhile, Sylvi has gone to England for two weeks of 'Granny Time' with little Lexa.
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