Photo Du Jour : The House

This is the back of our house on a recent sunny morning. I'm standing at the point where our road becomes a dirt tractor path that goes out into the vineyards.

Our humble house, seen from the back.

That cylindrical bush on the left is a laurier sauce (bay laurel). It needs to be trimmed so that the top is flat. I'll get up there and do it one of these days before too long. We keep the leaves in the cellar and use them all the time in cooking. They're the best bay leaves I've ever tasted.

The past week has been very nice, with sunny mornings and wonderfully warm afternoon temperatures. We got to be outdoors and actually got some yard work done, mostly just cleanup of fall and winter debris. It's also been nice to watch the bulbs come into flower and see the fruit trees bud out. Soon they, too, will be covered in flowers.

It's become a bit colder since Saturday, but we're still enjoying the sun. And we're looking forward to even better weather as spring progresses so we can work the soil and get the potager (vegetable garden) started.