My apologies for failing to Blog in March. We had a very busy month and despite lots of news to impart, I just didn't get around to writing. Much has happened since February so let's get on with it. Covid has been replaced in the news media by Putin and Russia illegally invading Ukraine.
It is already the middle of February and Spring is almost here. The days are drawing out, the grass is growing on steadily - in fact, it didn't really stop growing at all this Winter ! - the catkins are out and giving the hedges an early splash of colour and the daffodils and snowdrops and primroses are slowly coming to life again.
2022...... another year older, another year wiser. Hey ho then, onwards and upwards. After all the trepidation about the Omicron variant causing devastation, things have started to settle down at last.
All of a sudden it’s the middle of December. Doesn’t time fly, especially when you’re enjoying yourself. Well, we’re doing our best. We have the traditional Christmas tree up in the sitting room and some twinkling lights around the back door and porch.
Human nature can be a strange phenomenon. Much of the country is grinding to a standstill because garages are running out of fuel. Not because there is a shortage of fuel but because certain sections of the press are suggesting that there might be.
August has flown past again in a bit of a blur, as usual. It always seems to be our busiest month of the year, despite being fully booked from April until October. Keeping the pool up and running smoothly puts us both under extra pressure.
Following two weeks of glorious, hot, sunny weather it is finally raining again, at last. I'm sorry if you're on holiday, or gardening, or harvesting or something but I sort of like our temperate climate. As I was just saying to one of our guests the other day, 'you have to have some "bad" weather to appreciate the good days'. Everything is growing like mad.
June has been a reasonably 'benign' month, compared to the rest of the year. It has been mild, we've had some rain and some sunshine, everything is growing like mad so the animals are all fattening up nicely - in fact, some of us that aren't even dependant on grass are fattening up nicely, too. Surprisingly, it is now the last week of June.
Has May been yet another month of extremes ? After the driest, coldest April ever we've now had the wettest, coldest May for years. We have over the years had the swimming pool open in March and guests lying on the beach, sunbathing at Easter.
