I am sorry to have to report that Matt’s gran, Marj Shark, died last week. She’d been having stomach issues and it turned out the problem would have required surgery that just wouldn’t have been practical given her age. We got a call from Jan on Thursday to say it was looking serious, and she died the following day. At 101, and pretty much fit and healthy right up until the end, she had an amazing life.
So, as I write this, Matt is making his way to the States where the whole family is coming together for the service on Tuesday. He’s going to spend a week there seeing everyone and then he’ll return next Tuesday. Dad arrives the day before, and Jan will be over for her annual trip the day after. She wasn’t sure if she would still come out, but it seems like she will – and we certainly hope so as the trip away will certainly do her some good.
Our heatwave continued until Thursday last week, when an overnight storm on the Wednesday knocked us down to a mere 22 degrees. It was actually very pleasant after so many days above 30. It’s more unsettled now but due to get hot again in a few days. On Wednesday, we had a client meeting/dinner here at Port 80. We invited William & Clare over -two of our oldest clients, who make pewter jewellery. The technology their site is built on is out of date and so we needed to discuss options with them as far as upgrading it, hence the meal.
They arrived at 6 and we spent an hour talking shop, then as it was nice, we moved outdoors to eat. The meal started with a blue cheese, cranberry and pecan salad, then moved on to chicken breast and cherry tomatoes on a bed of couscous. Clare’s generally very pleasant company, but William’s often harder going. Luckily for us, he was quite subdued. They left before dark so we retired upstairs with a nightcap and then called it a night.
Work is still completely dead for both of us. Matt’s still migrating sites to our new server, but he found a bug that is holding him up so it’s not going as fast as we’d like. For me, I decided I should use my down-time productively, so I am working on a new version of our website. It’s looking really good if I do say so myself and I am looking forward to seeing it go live – hopefully within a week or two.
Otherwise things are typically quiet out here in Mazeroux. We harvested our first 5 special plants at the weekend. These were “auto-flower” varieties that take far less time to produce buds, hence the early harvest. The rest haven’t started flowering yet, but it should – hopefully – be imminent.
And that’s about all the news I have! Carol called in to say hi last night, bringing her eldest grandson with her. The family arrived on Thursday and will be here for two weeks. They’ve invited me over for a BBQ on Wednesday so my social calendar is already starting to fill up. And it’s only Monday…
Ok, that’s all the news from Mazeroux. A la prochaine.