a bit of stuff about nothing really and a few pics

the daily grind

I just happened to be passing the house and shop of my good friends Jean Victor and Anne Dubois yesterday, after disposing of my empties in the commune recycling, and I noticed them in the garden, decided to stop and enquire how their recent holiday had gone.

They have a camping car, as loads of French people do, and they had recently taken it to England for their first ever visit. I was interested to find out of course if they had enjoyed it, and what they thought of it. Well ............... they liked the lamb, or at least he did, she is vegetarian, they enjoyed the Nation Trust gardens, well he did, she was not all that interested, the museums were great but all the roads were far too narrow. That was about it really, other than they would like to go back, or at least he would.

Our evening passed convivially after having received an invitation from friends for aperitifs and nibbly things, these are friends who used to live nearby, but have since moved back to the UK. I think he still has a longing to live here, but she doesn't. (are you noticing a pattern here ?) The evening wasn't quite as enjoyable as it could have been though due to my alcohol ban ( only three more days to go ) wah hoooo.

It's a bit warmy today so I'll do as most French people do and stay indoors, the walls of our stone house are half a metre thick, so it remains nice and cool in the front room (old barn). The French of about a hundred years ago, certainly knew a thing or two about building houses for warm climes, its just a pity that they seem to have lost the plot and are building generic boxes everywhere. Believe me, they are not nice, and they all look just the same. little boxes, little boxes and they're all made out of ticky tacky, little boxes, on the hillside, and they all look just the same. Never a truer word was spoken.

And now for something completely different..........................

I thought I would stick a few piccys in, if your interested.

first is of me, a few years ago, outside our house, riding a bike I built for fun !!!!!!!!!!

my garden this afternoon







my cockerel eyeing me up for dinner




              high-tech advertising at my gate          
              

                                                                    
I will learn eventually how to move pictures around on the blog, but for now, we will all have to put up with where google thinks they ought to be. sorry !!!
For me, this blog thingy is a steep learning curve, but what the heck, it keeps me of the streets. I think I might try to link things next, it always looks simple, until mr. google pops up and asks you for an answer and you don't even understand the question. 

But, I have been reliably informed by those in the know, that my computer will not explode if I push the wrong button.  WANNA BET, we'll give it a go soon.