Hi everyone!
This is just a short post since thing have been pretty quiet here the last few days.
For most of Friday, Saturday and Sunday things were pretty easy going - i fed and took out the donkey, sorted out the dogs, then did a bit of weeding before it was too hot. After that the work was better suited to the heat. On Friday it was mixing up and using the eco-friendly weed kill that I used at Anne and Tom's:
1litre vinegar
50g salt
2 tspns washing up liquid
Saturday was the day for cleaning the terraces since loads of dead leaves had fallen all over it again. And Sunday was spent making the place look good for Pedro and Linda's return that evening.
In the afternoons we were free to do what we liked and I spent most of the time drawing or watching old episodes of Monarch of the Glen - a TV series based on an old family estate in Scotland.... a little sad I know!
During the evening all we had to do was water the flowers, vegetables and lawn, then look after any customers.
Now the first two evenings were fairly quiet but last night brought something a little different. We had a Swiss- Philippino guest called Alex who was interested in nighttime photography. After chatting away for a while he invited both Jon and I along with him when he went to get his photos later in the night. Jon wasn't too interested but I opted in so around 11pm off we went to find a good spot to set up. It took a couple of attempts since he couldn't get the right lighting or the right foreground but eventually we found a perfect spot where we could get a nice pond, a small tree covered hill top and the Milky Way (not the chocolate bar) all in shot. Of course taking photos of the stars isn't a quick and easy thing to do, especially if you want to capture their progression across the sky, so with the camera set up to do its own thing Alex and I simply sat and talked, swapping travel stories and discussing the wonders of the Universe - at which point I realised I needed to brush up on my astrophysics knowledge... again. It really was a beautiful night - not a cloud in the sky, the Milky Way was bright and clear and meteors shot through the sky as they always do at this time of year during Perseid's meteor shower. This usually occurs from late July to early August and is peaking around the 11-12th of August this year (so keep an eye out)!
Anyway by 2am we were both getting tired so we decided to call it a night and drove back to the motel where I promptly went straight to sleep. Alex on the other hand apparently stayed up until 4.30am taking pictures from the terrace!
This morning I had a bit of a lie in after the long night but after a good coffee, a welcome back to Linda and Pedro and a 'pleased to meet you' to Jan - Linda's original hitchhiking buddy - it was on to work. I fed the donkey and dogs then swept all the terraces (it's harder than you'd think) and by that time I was shouted in for elevensies. Because everything's only just getting back to normal today and people were tired there hasn't been as much going on today but we should be back on track tomorrow to get some proper work done.
Anyway I'm currently trying to work out the best way to make my photos available to all of you so as soon as that's done you can finally see where I've been lately - I know you'll all be struggling to contain your excitement in the mean time but I must dash as I need to figure out where I'm going after this and when....
See you next time!
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