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| Summer sunflowers |
The summer is at its height and we are enjoying having families here for their holidays. The children have been having a great time here doing all sorts of things including horse riding, playing croquet, having a go on our pitch and putt golf course and art classes with Mark in his studio. Grandparents have been having fun learning how to play croquet and many family meals have been enjoyed in the barbeque palace and under the awning. Grandparents, parents, cousins, aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews, girlfriends, boyfriends .... who have I left out!
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| Mark teaching the children "Chenevaux rules" croquet |
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| The children teaching Grandpa! |
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| We all had fun! |
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| Golfers marching off to the 4th tee |
We found a lovely little horse riding centre just down the road, not even 10 minutes away. The children groom the ponies, then get them ready, before going out on a ride for about an hour. These children were beginners so were led the first time, but the second time they were confident enough to ride alone. The owner is very well organised and looks after both children and horses very well. They had a lovely time!
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| Getting to know the pony |
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| Off for a ride |
And then for something more relaxing, a pottery class in the studio. Mark keeps a supply of air drying clay so that children visiting for a holiday can make something one day, then it needs a day or so to dry out before being painted and varnished, then its ready to take home.
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| Concentrating on decorating their pottery creations |
Mark also has a collection of CDs and these two asked for Pink Floyd!! They also enjoyed listening to some French music by a group called Tryo. One song is called Green Washing which they found very funny.
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| Entertainment |
One evening the visiting music mixing maestro was accompanied by Mark's light show on his paintings, all great fun once again!
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| The painting changes as the different coloured light filters wash over it. |
So now Mark is getting ready for an exhibition next week at the little chapel in our village. He is doing it jointly with a friend who is a painter - lets hope lots of people come along!
