Friday Afternoon

After lunch (which was one of Sally's amazing open sandwiches, and kiwi fruit and chocolate cream), I went with Ainsley to Mussidan to take the strummer for repair and then to Neuvic to collect Leo from school. Back at St Severin, I had a tour of the garden, with its new hen house and new member of the family Lulu the chicken. She is lovely and follows the children about like a little dog. And when they run, she runs after them! We went down to see the tree house and the new pizza oven that Steven has built in the garden.
Later, we sat in the courtyard and had some wine and I gave Eva and Leo their books and read them a story. It was a lovely evening.
Supper tonight was fish and chips and ice cream.

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Friday

Friday was also painting all day, but it started for me in a hedge, listening to what I am sure was a nightingale. I also heard a golden oriole briefly and a hoopoe in the distance. I worked on my paintings of the bridge from Bourdeilles, and Steven did a demo for me. It took several goes before I felt I was pleased with my work. In the evening I spent an hour and a half walking very slowly round the village hunting for the hoopoe, it was worth it!

Good Friday

Friday morning was spent wandering between Le Negre and St Severin, listening for the sound of a hoopoe. Sally and Ainsley had a message that one had been heard in the village, so Ainsley came in the car to find me. I have a feeling that what was heard was a wood pigeon, though. I walked up to the pond, where there was a deafening sound - of frogs! And I spotted a turtle too.

Thursday dinner

By the time we arrived back at St Severin from the trip to Bergerac, it was 9pm, so I was very hungry! Sally made prawn and coconut curry for supper, and we had puddings from a patisserie we stopped at on the way into Bergerac.

Easter in St Severin D'Estissac

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