This morning we were buying some veg when a massive tour group -- like 50 people -- stopped in to view the store. The store comfortably holds maybe six people -- eight is a crowd. So it was a teeny bit crowded when 50 tourists piled in to watch Jonathan and I choose a red pepper.

Barbara and Sara say this happens all the time. The members of the tour groups take lots of pictures, but never buy anything. They think fresh fruit and veg being on sale is quaint. I do so hope that I looked quaint. I did my best.

Barbara and Sara also gave us another giant load of lemons, so we are making limoncello and lemon marmalade this afternoon.

The rain has cleared off for a bit and the poppies are knocking our eyes out. I ran across a quote from Goethe yesterday -- one that my friend Bill Davis had sent to me when I was living in the South Pacific: "No one walks under palm trees unpunished." I suspect that poppy fields are the same and, therefore, spend an inordinate amount of time trying to propitiate the angry gods.