What a blessing, it has rained
Nectarine tree and in the background part of my farmhouse
The importance of rain
Living on my green farm since 1981 I am aware of how dependent one is of weather. Over the years I have seen a big change in climate, it is getting warmer and there is less rain.
These past winters have been very mild with temperatures of around 20C. For some people depending on where you live, that might seem nearly summer. Also, this winter has been rather warm and only once there was a little snow on the mountain to the west but it was only visible for 2 days.
The orange field was plowed and the drip system laid out to start watering. The field is in 2 sections and each will get 6 hours on Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday.
The last good rain was on 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25th of January, after that nothing. There was really a need to operate the drip system as I saw the trees started to suffer.
Thankfully it started raining on the 20th of March. Everything looks clean and the colors have intensified.
Spring has started some time ago but with this rain, everything is accelerated, lots of blossoms all over the place.
Closeup of Nectarine blossom
Update on Spain
We are staying at home to only go out once a week for shopping. Supermarkets, pharmacies and the places where you buy your newspaper are open, all the rest is closed.
A big house cleaning is on its way and this past Saturday we made marmalade. The effort of a whole morning working resulted in 16 jars filled with deliciously tasting organic orange marmalade.
The President is on the news each day with a long speech, informing all the citizens of the latest steps taken by the government to combat the crisis. Today he said that the state of alarm will be prolonged till the 11th of April
I hope you are all staying safe and remain healthy, take good care of your immune system.
Greetings from the south of Spain,
Taetske
Photos: private
I love your beautiful pictures, especially the close-up of the nectarine blossoms, that'a awesome.
As to the state of emergency, it is very similar here in CZ. People are at home, only groceries and pharmacies are open, everything else closed. I think many businesses will have to shut down. We are also ordered not to leave house without a face mask on.
For me, nothing really changed as I work from home. I still go for my long walks with our dog and enjoy being in the nature.
I'm curious how long this will take and if we are able to go to Spain this year at all. I still hope!
Have a nice evening,
Lenka
All quiet here, though I have a feeling that the paint brushes will be coming out soon. Only one of the four offspring is still 'going' to work, one's been laid off, one's working from home and the other is 'home studying'.
Many businesses are closing, one by one.
We're following the updates, as and when they filter down.
Keeping safe and healthy as I hope you are too.
and thank you for sharing the info,
from the photo, I can see that you have a beautiful house on the farm! and you are lucky to have chosen the farm life!
I noted that you write down that it starts raining on the 27th of March (today it's the 23rd of March in Australia)
also here in Australia, we have still been able to be free, and go as usual and normal, few implementing rules are been put in place by the Government on how to be when in general contact to all shops and business, today the will close down all the pubs,
people start to panicking and gone to buy a refrigerator and freezer to fill them with food!
Noted Milk, eggs, sanitation products, toilet paper, medicine, and much more are vanishing fast from the shop shelves
so the shelves at shops now start to look empty
like never before!
seems like living in a movie ( unreal )
stay safe
and
have a good day
It was a delicious way to spend an hour or two, reading about the day to day life of those around us, a sense of normalcy in abnormal times...
The flowers, the gardening, the marmalade, the rain. These are all things we can appreciate. Although times are tough, it is these things that we can hang onto and perhaps appreciate just a bit more...
Hang in there, this too shall pass. As isolated as you are, less will change than for many others, but keeping it real and appreciating the small things can make it all a bit more bearable...
Enjoy the week, and I hope it rains some more for you there. I know you could use all that you get. We had the same here (rain) and even some hail last night!
Between the rains, the heat came in ferociously, a taste of what is to (surely) come. I am not looking forward to that, but the pool water is getting warmer, so there is that.
Lots of uncertainty here, as people are realizing that this thing is not going to be a 2-week inconvenience, rather a prolonged set of sacrifices in many ways.
Lots of people who can have left. Where they are going it may be worse, but they want to also get home, wherever that may be. Perhaps they too have a lovely farm with Spring flowers, and rain...
You and Michael take care of yourself! We here in Dubai are hunkering down for what may be a long period, and planning for the worst, hoping for the best (as we all should)...
BTW...
I have given up Facebook for a short period as I concentrate on the business at hand, there is a segment of users there that are abhorrent and I just need to let them be who they are, they are beyond hope...
Unlike that terrible Uncle that you had to put up with for the holidays year after year, I can do this, hehe. I advise others to do the same...These people are not worth the drain on the spirit and nerves IMO...
Take care!
Cheers!
Dave : )