Quinta das Abelhas

been hearing cuckoos for the last week, at first a welcome sound of the arrival of spring that soon drives me mad and i just wish they’d shut the hell up!

the valley is looking lovely in shades of green and yellow as all the mimosa is in bloom.

yesterday and today step-son and i have been adding more stones to the wall and we’ve completed another step up the ski slope. have reached the mid-point now. so progress is slowly being made. also i’ve at long-last started on the mosaic around the office doorway. so far i’ve done just one side (it makes my arms ache) and i’m pleased with the result although in hindsight it would have been better if i’d been energetic enough to go into town for black grout instead of using the grey we already had. still, looks pretty good though, and has turned out to be a kind of an art deco style - pale cream, blue & grey with a little slate and some big red glass circles.

i also cemented in the mimosa poles next to the doorstep that i put my wellies on, and stuck some nice pebbles into the cement that i’d found lying around, and i’m pleased with this too.

with a bucketful of left-over cement i had a go at fixing the wobbly gate post but forgot to tell anyone i’d done it and not to open the gate until it had set, so that hasn’t really worked …

Stumble it!

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