In the last 30 days, I’ve had a birthday (again? I’m beginning to see a pattern here), we’ve packed up and moved into a beautiful farmhouse a couple of kilometres away (and are currently enjoying a life filled with breadmaking - that’s why these kitchen tables are so big – wood cutting for the log-burner, fruit picking for jams and jellies, not answering the non-existent phone, seriously high levels of peace and quiet, and a whole lot more), driven to the bottom of Spain and back for the wedding of one of the Daughter’s soul mate’s parents, returned to discover I’m not allowed to use the Interweb at work (and seeing as my lunchbreak coincides with that of the Interweb place in town, blogging has become nigh-on impossible), overdone it with the strimmer, had to cope with a broody hen, paid a couple of speeding tickets (gotta watch that road from the Spanish border back to Bergerac), and witnessed the end of the beginning of the end of capitalism.
Oh yes, and I saw a snake.
I was taking the dog for a walk round the fishing lake (did I tell you about the fishing lake? I’m sorry – you’ll be telling me I didn’t mention the swimming pool next - or the orchard) when I came across it. Or more accurately, it came across me. Don’t know what kind it was, but it was dark, fast-moving and about five metres (yards) away. Seeing it was easily as shocking as accidentally touching an electric fence, and makes you realise that shorts and silly rubber clogs are not ideal for a stroll in the garden. If several acres can be called a garden.
Whatever next?
3 comments:
How's Pepito's field doing?
Will send pics soon(ish) . . . .
Slowly filling up and emptying of poo. Looking forward to seeing the pics - looks like we'll be opening next year after all...
I only see snakes when I'm on the tractor or in the car - but I do wear steel toecap boots and stamp the ground before I go into long grass!
It was probably a grass snake, they get rather big here and range in coulour from dark brown through to green. Just watch out for the ones with the zig-zag stripe down the back - they have adders here as well as the grass snake.
I know they have other snakes that are venomous but I think they are more Mediterranean than here but who knows with global warming they may venture this way.
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