Pool fun, hollyhocks & fireworks

Like most of Europe we've been having an incredibly hot summer and the pool is having full use. 

Always up to tricks: Sacha balancing on the airbed with Papy...

...and showing off his diving skills to Alicia.

Another time, perfecting his circus skills with Papa

After all this activity, relax with a cold chocolate drink.

We finally grew our very own hollyhock, a plant you see everywhere in the area. Thankyou, birdie, for dropping the seed!

This is my favourite local hollyhock, easily ten feet tall and growing out of the side of the pavement

Bastille Day fireworks now, to the music of Johnny Halliday.

Musically not my cup of tea, but a magnificent show as you can see!