Spring

I leapt out of bed full of vim and vigour today (that'll be the benefit of having a day with no alarm clock and no snoring in the room - first time this year!)

Lots of sorting, making beds, chasing homework-avoiders and a very fine amount of sitting in the burning hot sunshine.  Gorgeous day.  Of course I forgot to take any photos until the sun was nearly gone, but anyway here's the olive tree with a hint of the blue sky we've enjoyed.

Later (very much later than hoped) the skiers arrived, ate lots of cheese, drank some fabulous wine (and some ropey local wine*) and headed off to their icy bedrooms for a few scant hours of sleep.  Mr B had elected to work from home tomorrow, so he could smugly avoid the 5am alarm call.

* with the benefit of backblipping I can see that the rest of that bottle, after a couple of days of 'opening up' was genuinely delicious.