We have been hearing all sorts of weather predictions and looking at reports on the Internet with forecasts of hot, dry weather…forever (well, it feels like that anyway). This morning we were sitting down with our cups of tea (can’t take the Scottish out of either of us…still like a cup of tea to hit the spot) and lo and behold! Grey clouds gathered right over us and it started raining. What a relief! It wasn’t torrential but it was enough for the plants and trees to quench their thirst for a wee while. This is one of the longest dry seasons that we can remember. Every year, the season tends to end abruptly and we are usually left thinking,
“Hey, hang on a few more days…or weeks…we haven’t done this and that..we haven’t done everything on our dry season list!”
Well, this year, it’s hanging on for a while so we have no excuses but to dig the trench in the pond…
This is to allow a catchment area for the tilapia when the pond dries up every year. We are doing it this year and Gnome is digging!
A lot of people wonder why we do our own work…a couple of ascetic wannabee farmers who like pain and suffering?
The truth is that we are actually both very healthy and fit from this lifestyle…a lifestyle that we like to promote to all our patients…we reckon that the only way to give advise is to do it (not just talk).
After digging a trench three feet wide and two feet deep today, Gnome said:
“Yes, I can eat as much as I want!”
Yes, indeed he can stuff his face with satisfaction with that smug look on his face!
It has been a few months since the new market opened in Punta Gorda, Toledo. I will take more pictures next time for some of our readers that don’t live in Toledo. For the town locals, this is to let you know that our 
