Catching up.

On and off during the winter so far, we've had snow showers forecast and although it has been cold and sometimes drizzly  no snow as yet.  But it's on the forecast again for a few hours tonight and again for tomorrow night.

This week has been a bit of a non-event as far as outside work goes.  I love working in la huerta, there's a huge satisfying feeling when all the time and hard work pays off and we are still eating fresh vegetables such as red and white cabbage, brussels, kohlrabi, rocket and fresh chillis from last years planting, apart from what is still in the freezer.  But even I draw the line at hoeing, weeding and planting when it's grey and threatening to drizzle.  We've peas in but not up yet  and I want to get the next lot in soon,  so I'm waiting for a sunny day.

Yesterday was such a day, blue skies, sunshine and a good gusty breeze  (the sort that blows the sheets over themselves and they all get tangled up)   but after 4 cold grey days there was a backlog of washing so that was the priority. 

So this week I've tidied cupboards, sorted out wardrobes, baked pies for the freezer,   while  John is re-learning old skills and has started painting again.  Painting, drawing and photography have always been a part of his life but until recently he hasn't had enough  time to do much.  This week  he has started doing oil paintings  of the local area.

We had a problem with the phone recently,  land-line didn't work but the internet did so after testing the handset at our neighbours (he has the same  setup as us) we phoned the company to report the fault.  They rang us back on Monday evening at 8.10pm to try and reconfigure things but it still didn't work.  Thursday afternoon, the technico rang to say he was in Cádiar and where exactly did we live?   John drove down to  Yátor to meet him,  the technico followed him here and having tested things he  replaced something - the router I think but not being technically minded I'm not sure!!   It's a box with leads going in and out and the new one is about half the size of  the old one.

Why do things suddenly stop working?   That is a question I have to ask of the washing machine as well,  as it is not happy either   - they say  things happen in 3's -  so  what's next?