My hayfever this year seems to be worse than ever so I've had to abandon the garden for a while until I can either get it under control or whatever triggers it stops flowering. Hopefully I can get back to normal pretty quickly and enjoy the summer. The kids will be heading off the UK in a couple of weeks time to see family and friends so it will be rather quiet around here! And we've been told yesterday that hubby's oldest son, 2 of his friends and a friend of ours are booked to come over mid September for a holiday, so our little bungalow will be in use then.
Snotty the cat was allowed to stay in the house for the first time ever last night while we tried to corner and stop the Beech Marten, he wasn't too impressed though and had managed to knock over lots of things, pee on the bathroom mat, keep me awake for ages prowling around and sneezing (that's why he's called Snotty) and finally teaching himself how to open the front door to let himself out, twice! Never mind, he's much happier out in the stable yard. We seem to have been adopted by a dog too - he's been sleeping outside the gate, next to the cars since friday night and doesn't look like he wants to go anywhere. He seems rather sweet and shy, but is quite thin, has some general hair loss and one leg covered in pitch/tar. I have a sneaky suspicion that he's been dumped close by as seems to happen near where other expats live, and has happened to us before. We'll see what happens, for now he seems quite content to stay outside of the gate.
