Shortly after 8am, the doorbell went and Fenella went down to answer. It was Francesco bearing gifts of fruit and vegetables from his garden. Really touching and much appreciated.
At 11am Domenico arrived. He’s always very punctual. We asked his advice on the football incident and he explained that a while ago kids had gone up there to play when the house was empty and the neighbours had been pretty upset. Looks like we’ll have to let the boys down gently. We certainly don’t want to upset our new neighbours when things seem to be going well with them.
We also discussed the taps in the garden. Some are connected to the tank that gets filled from the stream at the edge of the garden. Others from the mains. It is generally frowned upon if you water your garden with the fresh water from the mains and it’s an absolute no no to use mains water to fill a swimming pool. Hence the tank and the taps it supplies. It also explains the popularity of the tap outside Francesco and Mariagrazia’s gate that we all water the front gardens from.
Apparently we need to discuss with Stefano where the pipes are that draw the water from the stream. Perhaps the same pipes feed the water supply to Stefano’s plot. In any case, that whole tank and irrigation system needs some investigation.
We told Domenico we wanted to get new shutters and windows so he drove me down to the carpenter to introduce us. The carpentry workshop is less than 5 minutes down the road, but Domenico insisted on driving me there and back.
He sweetly told us he was glad we had bought his family home and made it clear he’d like to visit again soon. He could become a friend.
In the afternoon we took delivery of a new bed and mattress from IKEA for Fenella’s room. Fenella’s current bed will go into the spare room ready for Rowan. It’s a slightly smaller double and the spare room is the smallest bedroom in the house.
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