The birds are singing early; The trees are budding; The flowers are showing their shy heads; And it is Spring…
Apr 082011
Aug 252010
Time for another few words from your correspondent… Since the last blog, there has not been a great deal of activity. I have been out with Anike and Zula a few times – things there are slowly getting better. Anike still has more trust in me than in Zula but that will slowly change; we [...]
Well, after a cool weekend, the temperature has shown a marked rise following the summer solstice. Yesterday we hit 29 degrees and the forecast for this weekend is even higher. We did get to go riding at the riding school on Tuesday – it was still only around 22 degrees – but the horseflies were [...]
Jun 182010
Yesterday was the last warm, sunny day for a little while. Still, made the most of it; spent a reasonable amount of time in the sun and in the later afternoon I helped Anike again with her horse. She is having a lot of trouble leaving the farmyard and the horse gets nervous because she [...]
Jun 022010
So, the first day of June also appears to be the first day of summer… Yesterday was not bad weatherwise, temperature in the high teens and a reasonable amount of sun. This morning was glorious, clear skies and sunshine, just a little haze. It is now 20 degrees and, out of the wind, hot (well, [...]
