Hi,

Summer is here. There is an abundance of white Hawthorn blossom, like ice-cream soda bubbling out of the hedgerows. Everyone we speak to agrees it's unusual, beautiful, and strange and, in the light of the global weather changes, worrying.

We have rows of veg planted out from the polytunnel to the garden, and the fruit bushes are laden. We have taken 10 pounds of honey from the bees, who are busy busy busy... The beehive was well stocked, so we moved one brood box onto another hive to see if we can generate a second nucleus. I have two gallons of mead on the go, and with everything in place, we are now planning a break to England to catch up with family before the harvest. I hope my neighbours remember to water the veg! I am actually sunburned from a picnic in our field yesterday afternoon, listening to a discourse on archaeology and Irish history with some intellectual, learned friends.

Update on House Renovations

Presently we're painting the new kitchen, which I'll post in detail next month. This present storyboard is the kitchen we lived with when we first arrived.

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AUTHORLY NEWS

My novel for Bookoutre has been accepted in principle, and when the editor is back from her holiday, she will send the contract over. I have to produce a second novel by the end of the year, but at the moment I'm allowing myself a summer break, which, as usual, is a working holiday... I am also getting on with the fourth book in the 'children' series, which I hope to have completed to beta stage soon... at which point I will be asking for helpful beta-readers to pick up on storyline glitches and typos.

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