Foxy is having a ball. She has learnt new things this week; how to dig, how to bury special things and how to get muddy by rolling in freshly dug earth. It was cute watching her the first time but now nothing is sacred as she has turned her attention to our newly tilled and seeded salad garden. There’s going to be trouble ahead. The stray cat who visits for food and water each day at 4.30pm has begun to spend a little more time with us, albeit at a distance. She now suns herself on the decking and drinks from the pool when she needs to.
Jeff has spent the week having the most enormous bonfire on the road outside our land where the hut used to be. He has slowly burnt all the builders rubbish getting the area ready for the excavator which will arrive on Tuesday to clear and flatten the road and dig a trench on the other side as drainage, which will be concreted and hopefully that will take most of the water away when the rains come in a few months time. He has also made time to go up to our friends building site, where our team have now moved onto, and cast his eye over everything. We will be overseeing the finances and material invoices for them as they live off Island.
The next big project will be the garden. I have just been out and bought a selection of bougainvilleas to put along the fence by the drive. That will be it for now until the rainy season starts as it would be too costly on our precious water reserves. We are down to 5000 gallons so may even need a top up from a tanker if we get critical. We are investigating the possibility of running a pipe to the village supply but need permission first. The salad garden has been started and after two days seeds had germinated and could be clearly seen in neat rows.
Tomorrows a sailing day and next week is most likely going to be spent between the boat and the house as well as celebrating Jeff’s 60th birthday.
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