Monday blues my arse

No more monochromatic doom on a Monday morning from yours truly.

Instead I have opted for a splash of colour and an inspirational message: look at the determination with which this section of vine that will never bear any fruit (vigne vierge in French) still clings onto the pebble dash of this derelict building, even though its connection with Mother Earth has been severed by overzealous pruning shears many months ago.

As I said, most inspirational.

For this is what we're at. Hanging on. No, clinging on.

Things are not going well for Luca at the moment. He is acclimatising to his new school like a German OCD accountant to ballpark figures.