Long, long days

More cleaning and then a revisit to Can Puput. The view of the mountains from the garden there is spectacular, but I didn't have time to catch that as I was translating instructions to the gardener Miguel. He's worked in the garden for 20 years for various owners, so he knows his onions oranges. And he quotes Russinyol - when discussing people, he said, "Well you need cats. Without cats there would be no books.... They eat the rats that would otherwise eat the books. "