Stark stork story

seems ages since I blogged, but my motto is: only do it if you feel like it; and one can only be in the mood if one is not busy or tired, and I've seemed to be in one of these positions lately, with sore throat an'all... weather is very close and humid the last few days, which doesn't help.
we're sure not to have storks again this year, we had a late male staying for a few days waiting for a female to find him, but alas, no luck. Never mind, maybe next year. Also there are very few swallows we chased off some sparrows from their nest.
We had a fright, Gus was not around this morning, and Alan just spotted him as we had a last looking out for him before leaving to go to Pecs for our usual Wednesday off. He was galavanting on the top of the path with the loose dogs of the village, and seemed not too keen coming home. He must have sneaked out in the dark last night when Alan went to turn off the sprinkler.
Milking and cheese making now is becoming quite a routine, hens are laying nicely, Alan is doing a good job weeding and planting. (and he assembled the new pullied cloth drier, yippie)
After the usual suspense (will -anything- grow this year?) things are coming up (I mean besides weeds). The lola rosso lettuce in the greenhouse is nearly ready for cuttings. There are beautiful big pumpkin plants coming out absolutely everywhere where, we have to treat them as weeds.
We found a lovely couple of people in Pecs mending, lending and selling bicycles in a leasurely fashion in one of the ancient
shady courtyards of the main walking street. They will let our guests rent their bikes, they'd even deliver them to Kiskassa for a dinner! For about €10/day for a bicycle, it is a good deal.
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Zoltan is having his exam next Monday - he's in a bit of a self-confidence crisis, lets hope it'll pass in time...
We'll watch the British election on BBC24 tomorrow - more trepidation...
Pictures show May-trees, street-scene from last week,(Pécs had a dance fetival) and the view from the spot where I sit reading and daydreaming when I should be doing something useful.