Le Couvent Diary

It's that time of year that I absolutely love. The sun shines, the flowers start bursting through. Everything is green and lush and we're back down to daytime tee-shirts. Whilst Ali works at getting the house in tip-top condition for our forthcoming guests I work on the garden and all the 'outside' things. Yesterday saw me getting the bikes ready. That meant replacing four collapsed inner tubes and a couple of tyres, cleaning the bikes and giving everything a good oiling. Here they are ready to roll:

The irises, roses and jasmine will soon be in full bloom

I'm delighted to see that we still have a full complement of bees hanging out in the crook of the virgin's arm way up on the roof:

And the vineyard vegetable garden's looking great: