It is lovely to come back to the farmhouse and rediscover the old walls and the peaceful sounds. It’s holding up pretty well under the rigours of Airbnb usage.

It needs a deep clean and the garden needs some love, and they are both things I can do.

I think the apple tree has died 🙁. It wasn’t looking good two years ago and no leaves now despite it being summer.

I will need to trim the fruit trees that I planted several years ago. I found a single pear on the tree!

It has apparently been a funny summer, quite cool and rainy but with a recent heatwave. The plants look a bit unhappy. The roses did not get a decent prune when they should have and are a bit overgrown. We wanted to make the most of the sunshine and so we did a lot of gardening today.

Lavinia was quite concerned about the ponies next door. We have always loved them as a feature of the place. There only seems to be one now on her own. Lavinia noticed she didn’t seem to have any water so she filled up her water bucket.

Lavinia got the hang of the big trimmer.

The council is not keeping up with the mowing of the public path to the Seine which is such a shame as it’s a lovely path. I did my bit after wrangling the whipper snipper. A nice change from wrangling Teams meetings 😁.

At the end of the day we walked down to the Seine along the path, which we both agreed is quite magical. It has been a lovely peaceful day. Perhaps one vehicle went past, a few boats on the river and some families going for a walk. It’s definitely a restful place for the soul.