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Expect the unexpected.
Hello to you all How was your week? Did you have a look at the Action for Happiness calendar for October? (see post Optimistic in October). We are trying to follow it each day this month – so far so good. Max and I started the week with renewed enthusiasm, restructuring our days, getting some work done and aiming to make inroads into the house projects and garden work. But, of course, those little unexpected things cropped up! What a surprise. None of them are major, more irksome than huge dramas and in the bigger picture totally unimportant, however hopefully a source of amusement. Expect the unexpected should perhaps be…
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Optimistic in October
Bonjour Everyone Welcome to October. A time when Autumn sets in, the days are noticeably shorter, leaves are beginning to change colour, the sedum in the garden has deepened to a rich pink, and there is marked difference to the produce at our local market. Summer fruits have gone, to be replaced with apples and pears. There are more root vegetables, parsnips, turnips and squashes are everywhere in abundance. After various ups and downs, daily challenges and the regular bumps on our renovation and life road, I have found myself being less optimistic than I used to be. I am quite tired and the list of jobs to do often…
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Mirror, mirror on the wall.
Hello For a change this week, I will spare you tales of frogs, blocked gutters and hornets and look at some of our renovation projects. As I collected my latest bargain, it made me think of all the things we have acquired over the years and especially since we arrived in France. The renovation project list gets longer but progress is slowly being made. My two latest acquisitions are a lovely plant stand for the garden and a book rest for the kitchen, something I have wanted for a while as it is annoying perching cookery books amongst ingredients or away from where I am preparing food. The book rest…
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Tasty Tomatoes
As the summer months draw to a close, the glut of tomatoes is in full flow. After weeks of sunshine and the occasional bit of rain, the tomatoes are at their best. They come in all shapes and sizes, in brilliant reds, yellows, orange, green and a darker hue, called black but really a red/black colour, spilling from baskets on countless stalls. The smell of ripe juicy and tasty tomatoes fills the air as you wander around the market stalls. I always buy too many as I love tomatoes. Large bunches of highly fragrant basil sit alongside just asking to be popped into the basket too, and mixed with the…
