I have in the past, blogged
pictures of Chef du Pont during the winter with water up to the roadside but
never have I seen the causeway across the water meadows closed. This is a very
wet year that keeps us at home with nothing to do outdoors except watch the
pond level rise.
Mike has been talking
about painting the kitchen cupboards for years and in a stir crazy moment, got
cracking. Mike is working on the kitchen
whilst I am on the epic job of painting the house windows and I am very glad to
blog that I have put the last set on the work table. In the spring I will put a few days aside to paint the front doors and the
job will be done…… unfortunately I have noticed that this window painting game
is a bit like the 4th bridge and I have a bad feeling that the
moment I finish it will be time to start all over again.
Despite the ridiculously
awful weather we have had the chance to get a bit of socialising in and have
had two birthday parties to attend with a wonderful opportunity to meet new
people and catch up with old friends.
Ron was 70
and we met at his and Kay’s lovely home for a wonderful buffet with a few
drinks to celebrate.
William had
his 92nd birthday and I just wanted to rub shoulders to get a bit of good
health and wellbeing from him.
We have had friends round for lunch to brighten
up the week and chat about the weather and what we are all going to get up to
when the sun finally decides to show…….
It is great
when the courier roles up and rings the gate bell and usually we are expecting
an Amazon delivery or of the like, so when the TNT man stood at the gate and I
knew we had nothing on order I got a bit suspicious and checked the label but
the driver said Madam ce sont des fleur, and I knew they were for us, and turned out to be from my Brothers and
sisters.
On 14th
February Mike and I celebrated our Ruby wedding anniversary. Wow, where have 40
years flown away to. There are no regrets as Mike and I have achieved
everything we could ever have dreamt of and are happy to be in the place we are
at right now. We have decided to spend
our anniversary on our own as a trip to the UK in the winter is difficult with old
fella HOSS in tow, and the only people to spend this time with, are your
siblings and old friends so we are happy to stay in and reminisce and cook our
favourite meal just us two…..and HOSS the dog needless to say…..
To
commemorate the day we took a photo of us in a similar pose as 40 years ago. We
have swapped the high rise and bustle of Bracknell for a farm house in Normandy
and for that we are delighted and content.
We are looking
good for many more happy years to come, doing what we like to do with the
people we like to do it with in a country we have made our own. Despite the
complications of living abroad and we have found that we achieved more by it,
and are proud we have, and look forward to the next episode with excitement and
energy. xx
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