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| This is our April market. Traditionally it's the market for buying plants. I bought a few strawberry plants and some tomatoes , Rosemary and another Thyme. I was struck mostly by the wonderful Asperges (see below) George reckons I have Asperges which he calls the Shed Syndrome. The part of the spectrum I recognise is loving Asparagus and sheds. |
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| Blossom buds stretching up to the sky. |
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| Animal faces in the stone |
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| On the way the Autun there is a group of sheds that I always like to see. I think one of the sheds was a van. |
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| I like this shop in Autun. I like this shelf with crackled paint, I have a bowl like the one on the top. One day I will open a small online shop for brocante finds, I have so many things. |
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| Shop window. |
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| Among all the old houses there are neat tidy houses like this too. |
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| Seedlings everywhere. |
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| Planting shallots and onions today. We have Black Red Start birds here. They were being very noisy this afternoon, they have a very strange whistle and a rustle. I heard my first cuckoo today in the valley. |
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| Italian leaves lasted all winter and off again. |
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| Forget-me-nots are everywhere |
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| Old marble just inside the door surround. I noticed for the first time today. |
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| I walk around the lake most days. Unfortunately I have a hip problem, so I am a bit limited as to how far I can go. Still, it's wonderful to get out and check out the progress of the plants. |
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| Reflections, like inky spiders. |
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| Solomon's Seal growing wild. |
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| Beech hedge and bracken. I started to look at textures today while I was out. I love drawing, and wild free sketching- so I was quite excited by the way the 'weave' was developing here. |
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| Toad-Flax is so sweet. It loves our stone walls. This bit is under one of the cottages. There is a flight of stone steps that leads to a 'cave' or kind of cellar where wine bottles, and all the jars of preserves were stored. I went down to the 'cave' today and collected a few jars. Gradually I am putting them in the dishwasher and reusing them. |
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| More Honeysuckle or Woodbine.As I child I lived next to a wonderful house that was called Woodbine. It was a tiny brick cottage with a couple who were my great freinds.They were quite elderly, and I was still at Primary school. They had a market garden, and sold cut flowers. |
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| Cloud and showers |
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| Wild Gooseberiies growing above a great stone. |
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| We had lots of rain yesterday after a very dry spell. |
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| Grape Hyacinth |
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| Cowslips everywhere |
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| Marsh Marigolds We lost Meg the day I went to Dijon. She was the quietest goose we had, already Fred had fought off the Fox or Pine Martin. It's tough having animals around the farm. They become your friends and you become very tuned to them. We accepted 2 geese from a neighbour who had a tiny space so at least while Meg was here she had a lovely time foraging and using the pool to swim and bathe. |
