First day

Woke to a beautiful sunny day after a pretty good nights sleep.  

The welcome home champagne helped!

Typically my first day back on the farm is spent thinking about all of the projects

 I want to do while I am here.  

Sad,  I know. 

 I have to keep reminding myself to relax and enjoy the moment.  

It takes a few days to shake off my citylife.

Mark just ignores my list of "honey do" projects and goes at his own steady farm pace. 

First up, a tour of his extended and impressive garden - lots of tomatoes, peas, beans, zucchinis, kale, garlic, peppers, broccoli.

The peach trees are laden, with fruit falling before we can pick it. The best crop we have ever had.

 I prepared a lemon and thyme roast chicken, which we cooked in the WFO (wood fired oven) and had with orzo, pesto and sauteed zucchini from our garden.
A salad with the first crop of cherry tomatoes.

Eaten outside, with a beautiful sunset, a nice breeze and no bugs. 

Perfect.

Too tired to take a photo of the meal - but couldn't resist this one as the sun went down.

And off to bed.