Summer is nearly here!

A lovely start to the week with plenty of sunshine and lots more to come.   The end of the fire burning season must surely be coming but this morning there was a large plume of smoke heading straight up into the clear blue sky.  No wind at all, but there must have been some breeze up there because the column of smoke suddenly turned left - or as I saw it  from the pista at Yegen.

Looking in the opposite direction,

the rocks above the olive terrace seemed to really be catching the morning sun.

And with a weather forecast of blue skies and highs of 19° or more,  we've started to empty and clean the pool.  The water drains down to our bottom olive terraces,  and  we try to brush the dirt/dead leaves/grass cuttings from  the pool walls  as it goes - it's far easier to do before it all bakes dry.  I'd just about finished the walls this morning when some friends arrived to visit, so have shut the tap and will sweep the floor clean tomorrow. 

Neither of us was dressed for  visitors,  I was in an oldish 'round the house' dress,  the sort that I just pull on and take the dogs out for a walk in, or potter on the land, nothing smart but not too scruffy,  but ok for pool cleaning too.  Add to that a pair of ankle socks and welly boots - for the sludge on the pool floor - and you'll realise that it was not smart clothing.  John was no better,  he was on his hands and knees tiling the bathroom floor when I heard a car  outside and called to him  'visitors!' 

So,  lovely as it is to see friends,  we need to finish today's jobs tomorrow and then the day after that we can start to fill the pool for the summer.  :)