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Spring?
My weather software tells me, with the ludicrous precision meaningful only to a computer, that Spring doesn’t start here until 12:44 on 20 March. But we have learned that the accepted first sign of Spring here is the appearance of … Continue reading
The baby grows up
Lilas was born at the end of October. So she is now just four months old . . . . . But she behaves like a teenager. Lovable but stroppy; determined to be treated like an adult, but full of … Continue reading
After the deluge?
It’s funny how my memory handles the weather. Normally, I rapidly forget yesterday’s hot/cold/wet/wind as I experience the weather of the day. I think this tendency has increased since we moved here and I spend so much more time out … Continue reading
The Parachute Opens
The day following the storm dawned clear and very still. It was an unusual stillness, as if the whole landscape was under sedation, sleeping off the cuts and bruises inflicted by the big windy bully the day before. There was a … Continue reading
La tempête
On Saturday, southern France was pretty well paralysed by the biggest storm for a decade. Immensely strong winds swept across the country, felling trees and tearing bits off buildings. By lunchtime the préfet of our département, the Aude, had ordered … Continue reading
Saint-Sornin — our new village
L’agriculture est le fer de lance de cette petite commune de 228 âmes, fière de son patrimoine naturel et bâti typiquement bourbonnais. Église romane, maisons de maîtres, fermes anciennes et moulin à eau lui confèrent son charme rural. Son plan … Continue reading