08h15 – Ahhh Sunday – grass cutting. No not normally but it has not been cut for a long while and does need a trim. Luckily it’s been hot so it hasn’t grown that much. It was quite a cool night, down to 12°C, we had to shut the balcony door.
09h45 – Flies, summer flies, I dislike them intensely. There’s not many things I don’t like. These are those small files that don’t buzz as they fly, just rest on surfaces and only fly when disturbed. Their flight and movement seems so slow and yet they are difficult to swat, being so light any air movement pushed them away from danger. We don’t want to use sprays or chemicals, I have tried to attract them as one would wasps with sweet things but to no avail. They do seem to go for my beer glass though so I’ll try a beer trap next. They also like just resting on the tiled floors, may be they enjoy the coolness. We have checked all manner of places for the remains of rodents that the cats may have had and found nothing. Cressida the latest cat tries her best to help catch them as well, hopefully not like Simon’s cat though. Where do all these flies they come from?
Our cat Calico.
Calico is missing this morning, that’s very unusual P said that Calico was not there when she came home past midnight last night.
12h30 – Still no Calico worrying. Grass cut, well some of it, it is getting hot out there so I’ve done some of the middle height cut. It’s 21°C on he mezzanine, that’s nice.
14h15 – Went into the neighbour’s garden to take some pictures of the garage and have look for Calico, no Calico. P joined me so we both took different routes and started a cursory search, to no avail. Then on going back to the house P found her under one of the oak trees. I had not seen her when cutting the grass earlier. She was very frightened. P eventually encouraged her inside where she was given some food but she was not really interested. Well at least she was home and hopefully safe, sometimes the neighbours dogs visit and this may have been the case here, I heard them in the garden the night before last.
17h00 – Been out to Béon to cut some grass. Calico seems to have settled down, all cats present and correct. Time for a beer.
18h30 – Johnny Clegg ? – Le Zoulou Blanc – The White Zulu – he’s here nearby in Val de Jazz, coming your way on Monday, let’s hope he’s as good as Les Doigts De L’homme (Links — Wiki — Amazon — YouTube) see Sat 16th’s entry. All expectations are high.
