Not quite finished

22 - 24 March 2020

Much to our excitement, we found a whole new batch of toadspawn in the pond this morning - wrapped around one of the grasses.

 This batch seems a lot healthier than the first one, in which many of the little black spawns turned white and didn't hatch.  

 This is a self-seeded nectarine tree, which has come out in flowers very exuberantly this year.

 Two days of squeezing paint brushes into spaces they were never meant to fit, and with only four bars to go - we ran out of paint.

This was on the second day of Greek lockdown for Covid-19.  All hardware stores are now shut for the duration of the virus, so we will have this gap-toothed look for quite a while, it seems.

 After we 'finished' the gate, Dave came to the rescue with the plumbing, and the raised stones over the sink waste were re-seated and stabilised.  So now we can continue with the gravel shovelling, barrowing and sweeping.

 All done, bar the washing line path, but ...

 ... no reason not to enjoy a ginger beer in the sunshine, despite lockdown.

 With a chilly north east wind blowing, we found a new place to put a table and chairs, in the sheltered south west corner by the front door - where it is all newly gravelled and very smart.

The view of the veg beds from our cafe table.