Home from the holiday

Farmer and family have been away on holiday.. to a place in the sun..

where the neighbours build bonfires very close to the walls of where we are staying...

where the small town graffiti is mysterious..

where the fruit and vegetables selection is awesome...(and arranged so beautifully)..

where there are lots of little fishes in the harbour...

and fishing nets spread out on the quay to dry...

where the swimming beach is not always inviting...

where we get garden envy.. and inspiration..

not to mention gate inspiration...

where they sell freshly squeezed juice from freshly picked fruit...

where they knit round trees..

and make beautiful doorbells...

where the trees are olive...

and the sheep wear bells...

While we are away we miss wild gales and road closing rains..

We got back last night.. and woke at 3 in the morning to see the aurora borealis at 3 but was too tired to go out with the camera..

The softest of sunrises woke us a few hours later and all in all it has been a lovely day.  Lots of activity at the bird feeders..

Thimphu the 17 year old farm cat was glad to see us, and then skulked off to the garden to hunt amongst the fennel.

Farmer spent the day checking up on all things farming.  Everything seems to be fine, and having survived the weather.

We walked the dogs with some visitors this afternoon and made sure the islands were still there.

Thankfully they were.