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First Monday in March 2021
February was a month of two halves. The rain continued during the first part with 82 centimetres of rain falling in this area between the 1st and the 10th February. That’s a lot. Since the big rains stopped we’ve hardly had a drop and, believe it or not, I’m now looking anxiously at the forecast for some! Hopefully we will get some in a few… Read more Continue reading First Monday in March 2021
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Houseplants, flooding, and unproductive days
The rain has been relentless for some weeks now, so much so that the land is saturated, the rivers are overflowing, and France has declared a natural disaster in this region after extensive flooding. You can read about it here in The Local France. Fortunately we ourselves haven’t been impacted in terms of flooding. But there’s been a stream running down the drive much of… Read more Continue reading Houseplants, flooding, and unproductive days
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First Monday in February 2021
The equivalent post in January took us for a walk around the garden. This post is going to be more of a roundup of what’s been going on since. We’ve had quite a lot of wintry weather, a mix of hard overnight frosts, ferocious wind, and torrential rain. We are currently living through a period when the temperatures are mild (in the teens) but the… Read more Continue reading First Monday in February 2021
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In a vase on Monday
One of the first things I used to do on arrival at the house was to go into the garden and pick a few stems to put into a vase; to bring the outside in. I’ve got rather out of the habit of doing that since I became resident. Its about time that changed. The weather at the moment is challenging. Aquitaine (land of water)… Read more Continue reading In a vase on Monday
