Benvenuti da Sam

A big part of our lives and of anyone who visits us is Sam our Norfolk terrier.

As soon as the door bell sounds he is the first out the door to greet anyone with a welcome noise half between a rolling growl and a howl.(difficult to describe).

He keeps visitors company under their sun beds in summer (its cooler) and in the morning is the first to greet everyone for breakfast.

When the time comes to say good bye he is there as well.

Lazy Days (2) The Olive Grove

Apart from welcoming friends and anyone else fleeing from a wet and grey summer in the UK we have been keeing busy trying to bring some order to the Olive grove.

With an Olive grove of 180 odd trees there is always something to do especially in May when everything is growing before your eyes at a rate of knots and far too fast to keep on top of.

Now after a month of no rain things are slowly coming to a standstill. We are slowly cutting all the grass which means some early starts to work in the cool of the day before it gets too hot and some sore muscles too afterwards.

Even though the Olives need a lot of work (and have not porduced much oil to date) the grove itself however is a source of much pleasure . It is an oasis of wild flowers the variety and colours the like of which I have never seen before.

Friends are welcome if they can find us.

It is always nice having friends to stay and we have some good ones. A lot of my english friends want to escape the madness of London and the Olympics - they are very welcome. We welcome everyone as good friends at Casa Colleverde.

We just had Sean and Kira to stay from London, the weather was not brilliant but we enjoyed having them and we had a nice lunch on the balcony on their last day with our friends Nicole and Petra from Dusseldorf. Nicole was in charge of table decoration.

That reminds me..

I must change our directions on our web page and the pointer on google maps to ensure future guests do not get lost getting here like everyone else to date including UPS. Once guests arrive they dont want to leave - is this because they dont want to get lost again or maybe they just like it here...