First up another video. (also see links right – Pages on ‘Casa Azul’, then videos). It was taken over three weeks ago so I am a bit tardy putting it up but I thought ‘what the hell’. Also, I’ve noticed the place looks a lot different now, so I’m going to have to get back down there to make another one – which will feature fully tiled rooms and an almost complete bathroom! Can you contain your excitement? As a taster here is the freshly tiled living room and tiled bedroom.

I am now counting the days (weeks??) until I get sick of courgettes as our four plants are going crazy and threatening to take over the veg patch. I thought bamboo was the fastest growing plant – this has been superseded by our triffids. Every time I turn my back a new green cigar has appeared and is ready for plucking.

Have you also checked out the ‘Recipe’ page? Jackie has put up a recipe for elderflower cordial which is great. We are also waiting for a batch of elderflower champagne to mature – hopefully the bottles won’t explode which is apparently a common occurrence. The elderflowers are almost finished but I expect there are plenty of them in UK at the moment. Although our cherries have almost all been taken by the birds, curiously there are two trees on an empty patch of land next door which are laden with the things. We’ve already had a delicious cherry clafouti (note to Jackie: get the recipe up on the blog) and have also experimented in making a kirsch which should be ready in a month or two. Meanwhile, our entire redcurrant crop was eaten in five minutes.

As we have about a dozen raspberries, methinks they will go the same way. Just wait till next year!