The olives are pruned. They look very fine with their perfect shapes and neat plough furrows filling with the Spring grass and flowers. An executive decision was taken to burn the olive prunings. After all, there is a limit to how many can be waved and blessed in the processions around Easter.
Yes, it's been made the wrong thing to do, burning the olive branches and raking the ash around the trees. Tuscan slash and burn has triumphed though. What are they going to do - send in Cathy Ashton's army to fight the entire Mediterranean?
Tuesday 20 April 2010
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