Must ask my Canadian friend if she thinks they will be joining Schengen

Poster at the vets I still can’t my head around having a letter per year for animal names

Having spoken French [badly] for 60 years I will today for the first time say Gicleur de lave-glace Wish me luck * the nozzle was knocked off by a buzzard bird strike

I hear the French airforce has been practicing over my house tonight. Somewhat loudly, somewhat low, somewhat fast And as a threesome

Bird watching day There was a voyeuristic blue tit watching me shower through the bathroom window

Birds tucking in before going south

Hello from the river

The dog is at the “drive the car to me and open the door nearest me so you pick me up and place me on the seat” stage of life

25 years ago I watched the events in NYC unfold on the tv screen In an abundance of caution I told my city of London team to evacuate their Austin Friars office and transfer their phones to my Northamptonshire team Go home, stay safe

Cause and effect Pompeii

Tosh tucking into a full English Somewhere in Brittany

An exhausted dog

Tosh, the Kiwi cat taking the air in our old Kent garden A much traveled cat. New Zealand, England and France. He’s now resting in a New Zealand garden

Cognac for the seekers of five-a-day

Chauvigny

Out with the waterfowl at the town park

For the first time I braved Castorama in Poitiers It took ages of flooring ogling time to find the drill bit I was looking for. Then I found the lighting Then I found the gutter clips I needed were outside in the separate building mss as materials shop

Nocturnal visitor to the garden. I’m not impressed

Tomorrow’s task replace the canicule damaged roofing on the back porch

60 years ago today my father died It’s always a bittersweet day for me Watching a Tati film at the cinema with mum, then finding my father dead at home. For ever in my mind

French enigmas BUT has a rentrée promo sale “Oh, the kids are back in school, let’s buy a sofa” heard across many breakfast tables

Our neighbour says good night

A weekend of vet visits Friday I picked up Saffy’s heart and liver meds Saturday she lost the use of a back leg so a trip back to the vet for urgent treatment. Back again for a follow up with our usual vet Poor girl has torn her cruciate ligament.

Autumn is coming This weekend I saw a magnificent crane strutting his stuff on the edge of field. It’s the closest I’ve been to one, normally it’s large migratory flocks in the sky

I may have overdone the harissa in tonight’s meal Can harissa be overdone ?

www.maptap.gg August 30 100🎯 100🎯 100🎯 93🏆 80✨ Final score: 919 Started well….

Somewhat grand entrance hall. Triple height ceiling I’d hate to dust out the cobwebs Too expensive for my budget though

There’d be grapes

Nobody said Brets Cicken Goyza crisps existed Why keep me the dark?

Sometimes you see a room beyond one’s wildest dreams