The house hasn't got a floor yet, but it's got a name!

Lizarra = Fresno = Ash = Fraxinus Excelsior

The Ashtree (Esche) is a tree typically found in the Basque Country, it spreads right from the coast to the highest mountains. His branches protect the doors of the farmhouses in spring, and the shepards cut the smaller branches in summer to feed their sheep.

We've got at least half a dozen of them on our plot, they've sprung up wild and are growing fast.

As it's (for the moment) the main and in any case the first tree that we've got in our garden, we have decided to use its Basque name for the name of our house - as every house needs a proper name. The name is considered very important for the house.

So the name will be "Lizarrondo" - Basque for "near the ash", "an der Esche".

Now, the next tree is NOT an Ash, it's a wild maple (Ahorn), that's sprung up out of nothing. It's a very promising little tree, and we're very proud of it!