high summer

Kassa and old Bob were very enjoyable, our hostel comfy. On the way home we managed to look at a few other Slovakian towns such as Rozsnyó and Losonc - the former had an amazing medieval town square with tower and very nice cakes. So my first time in the Northern neighbour was favourable. Unfortunately again the camera stayed home, so photos are only on the not-so-smart phone - not accessible to our kifli or PC. Anyways, clean and tidy and beautiful (due to Erzsi) home waited for us, with the best part of the farm-year - so many things to pick! Paprikas-tomatos in polytunnel and lion-trap, kohlrabis, blackcherry, apricot, sweet corns, peas, green beans, etc etc... I made my first chard-curry today - I think my best effort so far in the indian cuisine - very much like spinach done that way. Raspberries turned into a jungle - full of fruit, although the bigger ones are not as tasty as in previous years. so just all the home pictures to update you - the runner ducks starring - they are grown up, and all 8 of them made it so far. New batch of chicken growing fast, Béla the buck rabbit arrived - Erzsi has given up on the rabbit endeavour - her adults made it to paprikás, the nine new ones will have the same fate when big enough. Our white giant's litter seems ok, we still have no idea how many - more than 6 me think. A muscovy is sitting on eggs - see what happens. The lambs are big - Alan thinks both rams but again, we failed to check... we are really enjoying the last few days, just two of us doing all the picking and processing with the weather perfect, warm days, cool nights, cool houses. So again, photos of all above plus of the garden and the house, as usual. The grapes are going mad, and already the red type is turning red, that will be very early, too, if all goes well.