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With Simon swanning off to Singapore with Lufthansa to try and earn some money to pay for the olive trees, Lovonne had a hectic week.

Chilling in bed and deep into the latest Ken Follett, she suddenly heard the sound of chain saws and on investigation found Giles (the gardener) and his mate scything away at the trees around our pool.

Alors! Our pool house construction had started - and a few weeks early! Fortunately, we have our wonderful neighbours Jean-Pierre and Genevieve as project managers, confidants and general translators.

Then, as the sun rose over the mountain to-day, roaring up the road came the bobcat, a smaller tractor, two trucks and a van: Jose the builder had arrived. Who said the French don’t work on a Monday?

In the pic below, you’ll see Jean-Pierre trying to work out what Lovonne wants - the faces of the two builders tell the story (what does madame want now?):

Then, Lovonne discovered the nursery (should I say nurseries?) and the flower bed behind the kitchen was quickly turned over by the loyal Giles and Julian and, voila!:

For those of you who like toys - what could be better than this?

Now these are big boys’ toys!

And the herb garden has started:

As the cherry blossoms start to burst out of the trees in the valley and the garden, we’ve found paradise!

Tout a l’heur (till the next time, or for the Aussies - see you later)

Simon and Lovonne

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