18th August 2026....walking up the mountain

Nice to be able to walk up the mountain in a comfortable temperature.

The boys think so too..

15th August 2026....RAIN !

The day started with mist/smoke obscuring the view.

Around 3 in the afternoon the heavens open... complete with large hailstones!

We managed to collect 3000 litres of water, and the plants all got a good watering 😁 

Last rain of any consequence was May 10th.

13th August 2026...Olives and Butterflies

Well.....with all this heat, the olives are doing very well, both trees are loaded!

A frittilary butterfly on small flowers on the budleja bush.

10th August 2026..... plastering

Sun rise... another hot day ahead 🥵

Bérengèr comes to do some more garden wall...

Just the interior of the walkway walls to do now.

At 7h he arrives and at 10h there is a shower of rain 🎉🎉🎉 unfortunately not enough to put more than 300 litres in the reservoir.....but at least no watering tonight 👍🏻 

Garden side

Walkway side 

Must strip those gates !!!

8th August 2026...dying ash trees

7th August 2026.... llama?

A new resident in the lower village....

1st-6th August 2026....Hot, Hot heat damage

Monthly pic.

Our lovely, and now dying lavender.

Temperatures soaring from 35 to 39 ish often....and a few "storms" yielded 350 litres...(one nights watering)...which we are doing every other night.

Last good rain 10th May! 😱😱

Many berries and fruits are way ahead , these are sloes... usually turning blue in September?