No sooner does a month start than blow me down, it’s already gone. I really can’t remember time passing this quick as a child - I mean, Christmas took forever to arrive, as did my birthday, though I can’t say the same thing for dentist appointments as they always did seem to come round faster than a speeding bullet . . .

Today I’m back working on the website but plan to go to Grasse tomorrow morning to visit their market as I continue my exploration of all the local markets here on the French Riviera. This research has proved most rewarding (foodwise) as I’ve come across the most wonderful “flat” peaches. Just over an inch in height they are really dinky and, well, flat. And very tasty too which is why I don’t have a photograph of them as I ate the lot on my way home yesterday. However, I promise to rectify this error and will post some flat peach photos on my blog as soon as I have them. 

And so, here we are, the end of June and summer has arrived - as has a super frog in my pond. As you can imagine, I am over the moon with his appearance and of course, took several photos of him while this dear little chap sunbathed happily on some pond lily leaves. Only later, after looking him up in my wildlife book, did I discover he’s known as the “edible” frog (as opposed to the pool or marsh frog) which is possibly why he landed in our garden as opposed to that of our French neighbours. Mind you, all the mint growing in our garden is a dead giveaway as to our nationality so he was on a winner with that.