All day patchwork class which is as much crafty as patchy. We've made a tote bag to have handy for when shops don't have one. Full day sessions involve an apéro together before we have our picnic lunch and some one brought in home made Trouspinette - Vendée version of Pineau de Charentes but flavoured with young shoots of blackthorn picked in May. Very nice, as was the sangria made with white wine......... Then we had a visit form Mrs Claus witha little present and some choccies for all of us follwoed by an Xmas tea - more booze for those not driving and assorted cakes and pastries I took a Borrowdale tea bread - sort of like tee-total Xmas cake - which they loved. Lots of other goodies on offer too.
Got home to find OH has had an interesting day for right reasons - shower room goodies delivered from Italy at last - but also wrong reasons. He took the doggies out for walkies and Bonzo found a coypu in the lane and they stood there looking at each other. Rasta then rolled up on her shorter, terrier legs and went for it cos she's a ratter. This coypu bit back so I got home to find she has a cheek full of holes and a torn lip. Blood everywhere apparently so he gave her a shower and then took her to the vet. Just as we get Cosmos almost over the twice daily bathing and dressing sessions we now have to start on her. Wonderful!
I hope everyone's aches and pains and lurgies clear up in time for the festivities. Apparently we are to be dry now till Friday but frosts further inland towards Busy and DD.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Poor Rasta - hope she's not too badly hurt, Obelixx.
Good news about the shower room stuff though. And the craft session sounds fun... but do shops not charge for bags in France? Here we've very quickly got used to bringing our own bags when we go shopping. There was a huge fuss initially when we were told we'd have to pay for a plastic carrier bag, but people have very quickly got used to it - and the number of discarded carrier bags stuck in hedges has definitely decreased.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Oh dear Obelixx ... hope Rasta recovers quickly. Coypu are nasty bu$$ers ... we used to have a lot in East Anglia but a long term concerted effort has eradicated almost all of them.
We've had a lovely day ... out for lots of conversation and a pre-birthday lunch with OH then he cooked a lovely curry for our supper His birthday proper is tomorrow.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Been decorating a local village church with several friends this morning, it looks great. Carols on Wednesday. Then going to a restaurant with some friends.
Then Wok place for lunch then Leclerc for weekly shop. I will shop again on Friday for Christmas.
We also went to the sports shop for towelling wrist bands that tennis players wear. Cedric is fed up with water dripping off his elbow when he shaves so he thought the wrist bands might help. I think it's a brilliant idea, usually me who mops up after him!
Just been asleep in front of Kirsty's Homemade Christmas. Didn't sleep well last night.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Rasta seems fine thanks. Certainly very giddy when I got home. Just need to make sure the holes stay clean and don't get infected. She's had a jab of antibiotics and has to take more orally. Cheese then.
Liri - Supermarkets in Belgium haven't given free carrier bags for over a decade so I have a large supply of "lifetime" bags. France has been dong it for a few years too. Fruit and veg markets expect people to have bags. The few clothes shops I frequent offer paper bags now. That leaves the fish markets which still use plastic bags and the fabric shop will still give one. This tote will be for impulse buys in markets and brocantes when I haven't planned to shop.
Hope you get a good sleep tonight Busy. Me too - awake for hours before I nodded off. Dinner and bed for me I think. Hope the Carols go well. We're off for lunch at Les Sables d'Olonne on Wednesday after a raid on the fish market and then I shall do last minute Leclerc on Friday while himself plays golf! Possum and Nantes on Saturday.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
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Sunny and fairly mild for most of the day. Enjoyed being out in the fresh air doing some tidying up in the garden.
Sounds good, Joyce.
Evening all.
I eventually got the chainsaw to start, so we're not going to freeze.
I spoke to my lovely tree surgeon friend and he's asked me if I'd like an 8 ton load of chip. YES PLEASE!!
It's coming tomorrow.
Moving that lot will keep you warm Hosta
Liri, after it being either too wet or too cold, it was good to be out.
All day patchwork class which is as much crafty as patchy. We've made a tote bag to have handy for when shops don't have one. Full day sessions involve an apéro together before we have our picnic lunch and some one brought in home made Trouspinette - Vendée version of Pineau de Charentes but flavoured with young shoots of blackthorn picked in May. Very nice, as was the sangria made with white wine......... Then we had a visit form Mrs Claus witha little present and some choccies for all of us follwoed by an Xmas tea - more booze for those not driving and assorted cakes and pastries I took a Borrowdale tea bread - sort of like tee-total Xmas cake - which they loved. Lots of other goodies on offer too.
Got home to find OH has had an interesting day for right reasons - shower room goodies delivered from Italy at last - but also wrong reasons. He took the doggies out for walkies and Bonzo found a coypu in the lane and they stood there looking at each other. Rasta then rolled up on her shorter, terrier legs and went for it cos she's a ratter. This coypu bit back so I got home to find she has a cheek full of holes and a torn lip. Blood everywhere apparently so he gave her a shower and then took her to the vet. Just as we get Cosmos almost over the twice daily bathing and dressing sessions we now have to start on her. Wonderful!
I hope everyone's aches and pains and lurgies clear up in time for the festivities. Apparently we are to be dry now till Friday but frosts further inland towards Busy and DD.
Poor Rasta - hope she's not too badly hurt, Obelixx.
Good news about the shower room stuff though. And the craft session sounds fun... but do shops not charge for bags in France? Here we've very quickly got used to bringing our own bags when we go shopping. There was a huge fuss initially when we were told we'd have to pay for a plastic carrier bag, but people have very quickly got used to it - and the number of discarded carrier bags stuck in hedges has definitely decreased.
Oh dear Obelixx ... hope Rasta recovers quickly. Coypu are nasty bu$$ers ... we used to have a lot in East Anglia but a long term concerted effort has eradicated almost all of them.
We've had a lovely day ... out for lots of conversation and a pre-birthday lunch with OH then he cooked a lovely curry for our supper
His birthday proper is tomorrow. 
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Been decorating a local village church with several friends this morning, it looks great. Carols on Wednesday. Then going to a restaurant with some friends.
Then Wok place for lunch then Leclerc for weekly shop. I will shop again on Friday for Christmas.
We also went to the sports shop for towelling wrist bands that tennis players wear. Cedric is fed up with water dripping off his elbow when he shaves so he thought the wrist bands might help. I think it's a brilliant idea, usually me who mops up after him!
Just been asleep in front of Kirsty's Homemade Christmas. Didn't sleep well last night.
Hope Rasta is OK.
Rasta seems fine thanks. Certainly very giddy when I got home. Just need to make sure the holes stay clean and don't get infected. She's had a jab of antibiotics and has to take more orally. Cheese then.
Liri - Supermarkets in Belgium haven't given free carrier bags for over a decade so I have a large supply of "lifetime" bags. France has been dong it for a few years too. Fruit and veg markets expect people to have bags. The few clothes shops I frequent offer paper bags now. That leaves the fish markets which still use plastic bags and the fabric shop will still give one. This tote will be for impulse buys in markets and brocantes when I haven't planned to shop.
Hope you get a good sleep tonight Busy. Me too - awake for hours before I nodded off. Dinner and bed for me I think. Hope the Carols go well. We're off for lunch at Les Sables d'Olonne on Wednesday after a raid on the fish market and then I shall do last minute Leclerc on Friday while himself plays golf! Possum and Nantes on Saturday.