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Checking the apple tree.11:05:43
Blossom on the orange tree (which never really comes to much as it's left outside all year round).11:37:11
The vines, I had started to set up these strings for the vines to train on.11:37:25
Grapes!
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Chie doing some pruning with her new gardening gloves.
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16:09:29
I found out Fingal Rock had some more stock of this - possibly the oldest UK sparkling wine currently on the market, so had ordered a couple of bottles.16:10:32
Cork starting to give up a bit but still more or less intact.
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Here it is amidst the vines. This bottle was in better condition than the one I'd tasted last summer - or perhaps I was just more prepared for what to expect - but still an unusual sweet Sherry sort of character, with honey and beeswax. Interesting for a glass or two but not somethng you'd want to drink a whole bottle of!16:21:05
A little caterpillar on one of the apple tree leaves.18:29:48
Pizza in the garden for dinner. Erika ate hers in the tent.
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They're possibly a bit overly generous with the olives and capers here - I dread to think how much salt there is in this pizza - but it is also delicious.18:46:05
Erika and me.18:46:08
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Attempt to get a picture of all three of us.
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Just being silly now.18:47:44
Erika of course always looks photogenic.18:47:53
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19:06:21
Heading out for an evening stroll.19:15:51
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I've been watching a lot of bushcraft videos and was reminded of the firelighting potential of birch bark.
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A squirrel.19:25:42
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Erika climbing a tree.19:35:25
The squirrel again.
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A rather nonchalant fox exprerssing terrible ennui with its urban surrounds.19:40:27
Foxtrot.19:40:35
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Back at home.