Call it working from home, call it télétravail, it's what I've been doing for the past 15 years now. As a freelancer, I am used to the loneliness of the long distance report writer, and the mad rush to meet a deadline, even on the best planned projects. This one was well planned, and it wasn't that much of a panic, as lockdown and the Bise (the North East wind) had concentrated the mind nicely, so the draft report that I sent 10 minutes ago (and about half an hour early) was actually in much better shape than a normal first draft. It even had a nice contents page.
We are promised the end of the Bise tonight, and it can't go soon enough for me, but more importantly for this summer's fruit crop. The peach blossom is nearly over, and the tiny fruitlets can be seen, and they just don't need frost! There were only about 15 flowers on the plum tree and I've not dared to look to see if any have set, while the pear is in full flower, and we need pears.
As well as the final blossoms, the peach is also starting to show its leaves, and so far they seem unaffected by the dreaded peach leaf curl, which is surprising given all the rain we have had. I might not be saying that in a week's time.
Many things are too early this year, including the irises - my favourite flowers. This is the first out in our garden, but they are already out in quantity in some very sheltered spots. Later in the season we will have the spectacular red ones, but for now I revel in the purple ones.
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