It's been a hectic few weeks and I don't seem to have had time to write although I have managed photographs, so here we go.
Firstly two lots of sad news. My son and friends usually come over to stay in June and this year they were coming with Brett's parents, Val and Colin. Colin had been undergoing chemo and was not well enough to travel so the trip didn't happen this time. Very sadly Colin died on 22 June and I returned last week for his funeral. The wake was at the Carlyon Bay Hotel where he had worked and it was a beautiful sunny afternoon so we were able to sit outside. The photos are of the venue, me with my son, Matthew, the flowers for Colin and lastly Matthew with friend, Phillipa. By some horrible twist of fate our friend Phillipa's father, Chris, also died on the same morning as Colin.
June always seems to be a busy month in the garden as everything starts to grow and need dealing with. The elderflowers were on good form and I made twelve litres of cordial. I used to make elderflower champagne but had so many bottles explode that I now make cordial and top it up with sparkling wine. This year's cordial tastes divine ...
The garden flowers in my own and my neighbour's garden have been beautiful - this lavatera in Paulette's garden is the most heavenly colour.
Poppies in my veggie patch
Butterflies on the chive flowers - the bees love them too.
Lots of these last ones in the polytunnel every day.
This is a yellowhammer in my field - not taken by me - what a colour!
These four ducks needed a home so they came to me - my Indian Runner on the right of the photo took them in hand and showed them the pond straightaway.
The strawberries have finished now pretty much, but they have been good. The raspberries too have been a lovely taste every morning while I stand and watch the sheep feeding. I haven't managed to get any peas down to the kitchen - I've eaten them all on the field - so sweet!
A very Breton way of announcing a happy forthcoming event.
The shearer came to deal with my two newly arrived animals, Rachel and Rebekah. They were a real challenge to catch and I was surprised and grateful that he didn't give up. How lovely they looked when they were sheared. I gave the wool to a friend here who had last year's wool too. When she collected it she brought me wool spun from Ricardo's fleece for knitting socks - a lovely surprise!
I have a Workaway at the moment who is getting to grips with sorting out the overgrown veggie patch and painting furniture. Tonight I collect two English lads who are going to help me for three weeks so hopefully we'll get lots of things crossed off the To Do List.
Three things I like:
1. Catching up with everyone in Cornwall last week.
2. Being back home again and getting everything back into order in the garden.
3. Looking forward to harvesting the summer honey probably next week.
