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Relief
It’s Saturday and clearly the weather has decided to give me a weekend break. I am happy to say that it is raining. Yes, lovely cool, wet stuff, falling from the cloudy sky and raising my spirits.Today I will keep … Continue reading
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Down Time
It’s a long time since I wrote anything on here. And before you ask, No, I haven’t finished the Pooh Corner map yet, and Yes I feel guilty about leaving Simon to keep the blog up to date all on … Continue reading
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A Midsummer Day’s Nightmare
Yesterday was midsummer’s day. Exactly six years since we bought this house, and set the ball rolling down the slope of fate toward our present destiny. In the evening, as on our very first night here in 2002, the village … Continue reading
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The Waiting is Over
Well. The 17 June arrived and so did the postlady. No post again. Nothing from the Notaire. Nothing from SAFER. Could it really be that this had all been a storm in a teacup? Whilst beginning to believe that maybe … Continue reading
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Another month. Another field to conquer.
Last Friday dawned dull and drizzly. At 11.00am, after our morning visit to the llamas, we called at Mme Burgat’s house as arranged. Despite the less-than-perfect weather, Mme Burgat insisted that we should still go to look at her land, … Continue reading
Expect nothing. Live frugally, on surprise.
I am very fond of passing the odd moment perusing internet sites for interesting quotes about Life, The Universe and Everything. Yesterday, I happened to be reading through a few quotes about Life on http://www.wisdomquotes.com/, searching for a suitably pithy … Continue reading