The very last day of a very interesting 2006.
It’s 10.30hrs just now, the barometer has risen steadily to 1037mb and it is 21 degrees out in the sunshine. After breakfast (we have it very late these days) we will pick more olives and prune more olive trees (what a life). This afternoon, after olive cropping we might have forty, or perhaps forty five, winks. This evening we will get scrubbed up in readiness for going out at eleven o’clock partying the new year in. If you are going to call us in the morning, please make it late ;-))))
It’s 16.00hrs and we have just arrived back at the caravan. We have collected probably only 5kg of olives from two trees, but most of our time has been spent in pruning. It’s quite heavy work involving climbing up into the tree and working from there with a hand pull saw and a bow saw and then clearing all the branches away. With the day being very warm anyway (25 degrees in the sun this afternoon) it was hot going. We have got all the olives that we are going to get this year (about 40kg in total). One more session of pruning on the very last tree and we can leave them alone until December next year, except for sitting under them with a good book in summer of course. By gum we are ready for a nice cup of tea when we get back.
Elayne and I would like to wish every single one of you, that has visited our blog during the last five months, a Very Happy and Peaceful 2007. Writing this blog has become a habit (this is the 155th blog that we have written) that is very enjoyable especially in the knowledge that our family and friends throughout the world (yes it really is throughout the world) read about our day to day adventures. It makes us both feel a lot less isolated from you all. Don’t forget, if you get half a chance to come over here during 2007, we‘d love to see you, just give us a ring or email us and we will discuss it with you.
The pictures are just to prove that it really is a fabulous sunny day (you may have thought that I was kidding, would I ?????).
BTW I have taken the moderation element off the blog so when you make a comment it will appear straight away. However anyone can now comment openly so if there is interfearance from spammers I might have to revert. Let me know your views about this if you have any.