Changes

We have seen a number of changes since we’ve been here. The swimming pool, sports hall, padel courts, starter homes, street lighting etc. There is generally one big project a year and this year’s big project looks like being a tantoria. This is a sort of funeral parlour, however it is run by the council. This is the first time that there has been any facilities here which is why people are buried so quickly. Although this new building will only hold one person, it does signify quite a change. Needless to say, this hasn’t be universally welcomed, with it being seen as quite a major change in tradition. Again, this is a village run building project with people from the village doing the work.

It is still cold, but with lovely sunny days. The cold depends on the wind, with a biting wind coming down from the north, but when it changes in direction it suddenly turns warm. I’m wearing socks when I cycle at the moment, which is my indicator of whether it is cold.

We’ve bought some paint to give our living room a bit of a clean. We’re going to paint the wall with the stove red and tidy the rest up with white paint. We had much too much choice with paint colours, had we just had the choice of one or two colours the choice would have been easy, however there were so many shades and hues, we were quite befuddled. Our choice was narrowed down eventually to red, blue, aubergine and a yellowy ocre colour. We went for red as we have red in the light.

We went for a cycle ride yesterday and I was keeping my eyes open for asparagus – it will only be another week or two before the season starts, however it has been so dry I wonder if that will mean that it is not such a good year…