Butterfly Graveyard

So we made it to La Croix Lombree and oh, my Gods it is actually great to be here. We arrived about 9.30am and it's now 2.00pm French time.

Getting into the house wasn't nearly as hard as last time, thanks to Marie Noelle working her magic (in the form of heavy duty farm machinery!) and clearing the driveway and loads of the land a few days before we arrived. The house itself is way cleaner than last time - no real surprise considering it had been 7 months as opposed to 4 years this time! All our hard work last time paid off. We swept, hoovered, turned on the power and water and emptied the car. When Dad and I uncovered the water meter pit we found two amazing lizards sleeping soundly; their colouring was astonishing - bright green, black and yellow, not like normal brown ones we have living in the walls in summer!

But the strangest thing was the gorgeous butterflies who appear to have come inside to hibernate/die. They surround the windows but they look quite peaceful, not like they've been battering against the glass. One looked like he'd just been born, and once he was used to his wings, off he flew out the door.

The weather is still quite strange, overcast but not exactly cold, a few spots of rain and a bit of sun struggling to get out.

Dad and I opened the well up for the first time in years - SO COOL!!! The old wooden bits had fallen apart but the actual well itself was fine. We measured how deep the water was with a length of tree - 10 foot!! Scary. Very "Ring"! Bet there's treasure at the bottom :)

The good news is that I can now send MMS for FREE or so it seems so very happy about that. I spent the afternoon exploring and Dad and myself went up in the loft. Haven't been up there in 4 years, really glad it was all still safe and sound. Found a basket full of bits to unwrap - JOY! :D

Now I am going to help Mum cook tea, pasta and tomato sauce - NOM! They are having Pastrami ham with theirs - Mum keeps offering me non-veggie foods, or, to be more precise saying "Wait, you won't eat that, you don't eat meat". Bless her! I think it is going to take her a while to get used to it!