What a difference a day makes

Took Friday off from harvesting olives and shredding as planned and packed away the Christmas decorations, did some cooking including some for the freezer and as the sun was still out in the afternoon, I hoed some of the broad bean beds and planted peas in between the beans.  The peas will cling onto  the beans for support as they grow.

Yesterday was beautiful as well, so I decided to carry on with the hoeing and pea planting - half the top terrace is now done, and when those first peas appear, I plan on starting another section.  That way, they shouldn't all be ready in the same week.  During the afternoon we moved all the branches that we'd pruned out over  the past few days  into one big pile  and  cut them up for storing for next years firewood.  It was almost 17° in the shade yesterday at lunchtime and I was still out in a summer t-shirt at gone 5pm.

However, it rained last night and must have been windy too as this morning 2 garden chairs were floating in the pool!   There's a cold wind today and although the thermometer says 11° it feels much cooler.  I've just lit the wood burners and have a large rice pudding cooking which will be ready for later on this evening.  Comfort food, just what you need on a chilly day.