March 2021

    Here comes March bringing Spring with it!

Feels like we're galloping through the year. Days are lengthening and the sun is warmer. Sadly, my resolve to get myself to bed and make more of my daylight time hasn't held up. 

A bit of spring cleaning and and making a start on cleaning up the terraces.  The superfluous  vegetation, moss, sandy deposit from  the Sahara winds more recently and dead leaves have become an embarrassment. Not exactly shouting  "use me". The everyday stuff continues; crosswords, daily papers, magazines, 3 weekly trip to the supermarket and an unhealthy amount of tv continues. As does the 6pm curfew.

Of course there have been lunches and apéritifs with my usual circle of friends. I imagine by now you're fed up with such a catalogue so will leave out the details in favour of a few photos. I hear the collective "phew" from here.  By the way, the number of photos don't correspond to the number of invitations. 

 

 

 

There isn't any photographic proof of Rowena and then Jacques's visit chez moi for lunch.

The weather has been kind to us and walks have been a pleasure whether around here or farther a field. Up the back track (as I call it) white heather was in full flower and violets were starting to make an appearance. we've also taken to walking through the extensive grounds of a spiritual retreat. Luxuriant vegetation that includes cork oaks some of have been harvested, a waterfall and views that stretched far and wide. 

 

 

 Nicole and Anna  brightened up the street to welcome in Spring and after the clocks changed the curfew was pushed back an hour to 7pm. Signs that better times are ahead. Let's be positive!

 

 

Michel's birthaday came at the end of the month so I invited my 3 musketeers for an apéritif dinatoire. The apéro went well once JJ arrived; he'd not seen my 2 messages. Because he'd already had a good apéro elsewhere, neither he nor Michel who'd been out for a long lunch could do justice to my efforts. Luckily, Jacques went above and beyond! Come to think of it, so did I!

Just as well the weather was fine and there were regular walks uphill, down dale and along the coast to set against the over indulgence; a wild boar lunch at Jacques's and afternoon tea at Brian and Dani's as the last of March came and went.