Progression

Poppa has been.........

........ carefully brushing the pool each and every day because our friend David had it re-surfaced while he was here, and it must be tended to carefully until it has had time to totally cure - which takes a while since it is also under water!  We haven't been in it yet........

...... since Poppa has been over at Denis' house helping him with some work over there.  While he is there, he is dipping in their pool in the evening after they have finished for the day.  We arrived there one day to find.......

....... a note on the table............

..... and fortunately Squeegie and Taffy had come with us, so they joined Pooh for a Teddy Bear's Picnic around the honey jar.  In between visits to Denis & Liz, Poppa took a few moments each day.........

......... to water our new hedge.  Yes - there is a new hedge growing between our villa and the one next door.  It seems to be doing quite well.  Usually Poppa waters it just about sun-down, but this day he did it a little earlier because we were going out for dinner - which made it a great time to get a photo while it was nice and bright outside.  And..........

.......... on the 9th of January our amaryllis plant burst into bloom!  Isn't it beautiful!