The Gambia is all well and
good, but it doesn’t feed the passions and therefore there’s nothing better
than a summer of recuperation in the Alps to give yourself a boost.
The
first thing that needs to be done is to cut the grass that had reached shoulder
height – not an easy feat as it’s quite tiring but very fun. It’s not only the
nice flowers that poke their noses above the mêlée but also the stingy nettles
so long sleeves are a must. How nice it looks once it’s all done and tidy !
The grass gets its cut, but also the underwood. Oh how quickly the trees
grow in our Chartreuse ! What seems to have been taken care of one year can
easily be back in the shade the next. The advantage of this ‘lightening up’ is
that wild strawberries develop and we can therefore see them grow. Only grow
unfortunately because an “evil spirit” comes to eat them even before they’ve
completely become red and we’ve been able to taste a single one. Strange, as
they’re meticulously eaten, leaving the peduncle behind. The earth around them
isn’t trampled so it’s not even the deer that we see from time to time passing stealthily.
A mystery that is yet to be solved !
To each day it’s decor ! We never get tired of it… except when we’re under the rain, then
it’s not the best. The unstable weather hasn’t been entirely disadvantageous to
us and several times, the rain has had the kindness to fall only at nights to
water the grass seeds – that we’ve been sowing on the areas devoid of grass –
and leave us with a sunny tomorrow.
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