19/04/2018
Lesley and Christopher departed and are now back to Drum. I
am back to Locoe, sitting outside the veranda
and watching the sky getting darker and darker. I can still see the
mountain of Oliena and in the background I can hear the sheep bells and in the
distance a dog barking. The last few days have been good and very sunny. Spring
has now arrived.
The Oliena mountain this afternoon. Spring is here and the
wild flowers are crazy growing. Jut really beautiful
Yesterday I was in Oliena making more bread for the
families. This time we made over 27 kg
of flour ( made with semola from Sardinia grains. My uncle ,next door to us,
has a mill and he is proud of selecting only Sardinian grains) and we started
at 7 am to finish around 4 pm. Four of us working all day for bread which will
last probably a month and an half. We also made for the first time some
different bread under my suggestion, and everyone was happy with the result.
The non Sardinian bread
As per today, we started working on the house roof to sort
some infiltration problems. Later on I
carried on weeding then watering plants. I sat down about 6.30 pm to enjoy a
glass of beer. It was very warm all day long and I think I am regaining my
original skin colour of a Mediterranean person. The silhouette of the mountain
is the only shape of some sort of form I can now see. It is dark. The only
light comes from the laptop and the led bulb above me charged with the solar panel earlier on. And the
frogs have started chanting or….sort of making rhythmical sounds.
All the hard work now showing the rewards. broad beans
And peas….
Todays pasta with pesto.
The pasta
The pesto
The meal
