Busy, busy, busy

Summer is here. We have temperatures of nearly 30 daily, and have had a few thunderstorms, which is great to get rid of the heavy humidity we have had. Plus it is giving extra water to the garden!

It has been very busy here in many ways.
The rooms have been quite full, and we have people from all over the world: from Australia to America, Belgium to Holland, Norway to Singapore. We start having 'regulars', people who come every year, and it is very nice to see their faces time after time!

We are busy 'up-keeping': several of the rooms have gotten a cote of paint - there are always marks from the suitcases on the walls and stains that do not come off. This has been quite a challenge, to find a day when the rooms are empty and the painter has time, at the same time!

Mainly we have been busy in the garden. We have planted 60 new fruit trees: apricots, peaches, lemons, passion fruits, apples, pears, grapes, oranges... (In these pictures they are still waiting to be planted.) To add to the ones we already have! Also the watering system is being extended. The newly discovered and recuperated rosary has given a lot of work but is also looking good: I am particularly happy that we have roses blooming at different times, and in various tones of reds and pinks.

The garden is coming on nicely: our guests are already enjoying the fruits from the older trees
and the agapanthos are starting to bloom, so lots of color is being added to the green! The rocks around the pool have been power-washed, the net around the chill-out sofa has been changed, and now we are re planning the lighting of the garden.
We have also started a recuperation building work on the grounds, but more of that later.