Back to winter… snow flurries in the city as I flew back yesterday, quite the contrast… luckily I spent the weekend in london where it was rather chill and dreary so I had a little warning…
Menorca remained beautiful until after I left… such a gift… great walks – some known, some unknown – swimming in the limpid water off Cavalleria, even Galdana (no tourists), hiking the Cami Reial to S’Algendar – the occasional evening fire to warm and dry the house, and much great work on the finca. The greatest of all was the final clearing of Mateo’s shanty town out back, including the remains of the old plastic greenhouse, emptying the pigsty, and removing all the old well pipes – 4 great truck loads of porqueria went to the dump – hallelujah… the four of us – Diana and I, Sebastian and Miguel (and Miguel’s truck) wrought miracles in my last two days. I thought “if I stayed another month I could really clean up the finca” but then it was only because I was leaving that we got it done… meanwhile the house is warm and snug, the fire laid, the carpets down, and I hope diana hunkers down for the winter… god speed…