Saturday 3rd May

Another pleasant mild and sunny day in Tuscana but, alas, domestic duties were once again calling!

With the recent sunny weather the grasses around the villa appeared to be growing a foot each day and as yet we have only had one visit from our Gardener, Carabino since first meeting him. Leon fixed an old push mower he found in the barn and we both had fun, trying to cut the grass around the path to the laundry and up the back near the wood shed. The grapes vines are also developing at an alarming rate. Charlotte has been enjoying the flowering rose bushes and is even making her own potpourri.

Later in the day we went for a long walk down the hill to pick some poppies that have sprouted all over the sides of the hills, but as luck would have it, when we arrived at a particular area that has had a mass of poppies every time we have driven past, today someone else must have had the same idea and they were all but gone! Allora! We had to be content with picking other wildflowers instead. Christin was driving past and stopped for a chat and offered us a ride back up to the top of via Tremonte, but we declined as we were enjoying our pleasant walk in the sunshine.