2012 review, spain and more

2012 has been a long, hard, life-changing year.  New house, new school, new work, new dogs, new dreams, new friends and new beginnings.  I plan to blog again soon but for now some pics will have to do.  In November we went to spain to visit a wonderful clever friend who is building an off-grid eco house for her and her daughter.  Up in the hills emersed in the olive groves we stayed and enjoyed time-out, fun, laughter and fantastic food, thank you Jean and Gabri.

More pics in next post...........

Summer with Love

Where has it all gone, the months of sun have zoomed by in a haze of huge work projects, homework, holidays, daytrips, family and friends, trips to the pool, museums, picnics, moving house, an episode in hospital, healing (still), jam making, hornet stings, surnburn, BBQs, bowling, sleepovers, puppy training, tooth fairy visits, time with Grandma, the warm sea, Rugby camps, Circus Camps, Riding, making new friends, festivals, concerts, baking,  making christmas creations, packing, knitting, sewing, reading and talking.  Not long ago I thought we had really done very little this summer, but when I really think it through it has been a very, very full 3 months.  Now we are moving gently into Autumn and I love it, with it comes water, something we have a scarse supply of, and I will be able to give my plants the attention they deserve.

This week my eye has been drawn to conkers, sloes, blackberries, grapes, figs, bee eaters, swallows, bats, hawks, wispy clouds, forest views, walnut trees, ripe lemons, sad tomatoes, swelling olives, summer rain, grasshoppers, Oleanders, terracotta, ceramics, flat peaches and pomegranites - signs of September.

I am trying very hard to upload pictures in logical batches, so here goes... FESTIVAL time at Monteriggioni.