25. Spring might be springing hopefully.

Well we have now been in Bulgaria for two months and we love it. There are 3 things I miss from the UK.

1. Family.
2. Tomlins meat/pork pies (technically that's 2)
3. Bonani indian takeaway in Stockport.

Other than that I can cope fine.
I don't miss anything else. Although I was a bit jealous when my mum and dad video called me last week from the UK and they were sat in the garden and it was 20 C in February ! and we were here and it had been -6 overnight and was dull and miserable here. However I believe normal service has resumed in England now and it's miserable, on the other hand here we are now back to +17 and it's set to get hotter it looks like spring is possibly here.

Our local market is full of seeds and plants and I bought a cherry tree last week so probably by next week we will have about 20-30 lbs of cherries from it thats how it works isn't it ?

Fruit trees for sale 

Seeds for sale everywhere.

We bought a good few packets of seeds which we have some sprouting nicely on our kitchen window. Also we bought some onion sets and garlic which have been planted if it's on the market it must be the time to plant it, thats my theory anyway. Our bulgarian neighbours are out in force in their gardens which are all neat and tidy and perfectly ploughed. Meanwhile back at walnut cottage I stand and stare at our jungles and think to myself "what would Monty Don do in a situation like this ".
We will get there though.

I have also been working on the area immediately outside our front door which we want to have roses, flowers, herbs and a sitting area. We are planning on having half of it paved so we can sit out in the summer. I have been attempting to do some crazy paving where we can put a table. It will be crazy paving too as I've never attempted it before and had to Google which end to open the cement bag.

Craaaaaaàzy paving 

I have also managed to sort out my driving licence and I collect my new Bulgarian licence in a couple of weeks. This for me was a bit of a priority because if the UK leaves Europe on the 29th March without a deal I would not be able to drive here and would have to take a driving test again here and pass a theory exam written in Bulgarian.
But I'm sure Theresa May will sort it all out I have every faith in her ( read sarcasm).

This week I finally got round to sorting out our outhouse and found three x 60 litre barrels of wine that must of been here from the previous owners so it had been there for at least a couple of years. It didn't smell to good and even Julie refused to drink it.

3 barrels of vinegar

Mmmmmmm

In other news I saw this cat in our village last week it looks like his mum has cut his hair for him

Basin cut cat.

So that's our latest update. The garden will take priority over the next few weeks so we should have plenty of plant photos to thrill you. Also next week I shall be buying a strimmer so stand by for an exciting update on that, and next month we have our first visitor my brother is coming over to see us.

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Take care

Mark & Julie