Off to a Promising Start, n'est-ce pas?
Where ever you are, whatever you're doing, I hope you're having a great day with people you care about. May this coming year bring many happy memories and few hiccups along the way!1.1.26:
This year's calendar brings a change; scenery and nature have given way to humour.
15.1.26:
With the café and restaurant closed until mid February plus a dip in temperatures the village is quiet. JJ, Jacques and Michel are away so social life is pretty quiet as well! Or maybe I should say quieter. Françoise took pity on me and gave me lunch; Henri and Michèl.e took me with them to Collioure so that Ben, who's over from Oz, could have some English conversation.
While Henri took refuge in "Les Templiers", we went for a wandered round to walk off the lunch we'd had at "La Marinade". Just as well as we all came back here for tea and Christmas cake.I started the year well with invites to my neighbours for an apéritif dinatoire. Shame it had to be done in two parts due to a bit of friction between a couple of them. Jacques was back earlier in the afternoon and Camille forgot so we were only six!
Even though it's not the Epiphany until tomorrow, Galettes des Rois have been in the shops for days and two made an appearance this evening. Marcelle and Anna both found a charm and got to wear a paper crown. And there were more to come . . .
Thierry found the charm at Kapka's birthday lunch which Jacques laid on. My Torte Royale had the candles and thank goodness it was not the catastrophy that yesterday's Whole Orange Cake was. Had to make a last minute dash to the mini mart for a replacement to take to Lynn and Colin's for tea. Double ignominy; I should have been hosting the tea but concerns about my stairs for Terry resulted in them stepping into the breach. There was, however, not a galette to be seen.
The tables at the Maire's New Year wishes were laden with them; MsF's less so though Françoise did find a charm. We didn't stay long as JJ is now back and sharing left over tapas from a soirée the night before. There were more after the Twinning AGM but I didn't partake of either food or drink. Bumped into Lisa on my home who reminded me that I should be at the not knitting "knitting group" at Monica's. Angela had forgotten, too, but she didn't make it at all.
Luckily it's not been all food; a walk above Paulilles with Françoise was welcome though not strenuous; maybe it was welcome because it wasn't strenuous! The weather was clement, found a plant I'd never seen before and came across a shepherd and his 450 sheep that were eating their way between the vines.Apart from that, English conversation with Lisa has been in Céret and I met up with a couple who live in the States and have bought friends' house on the outskirts of the village. That makes 2 Scottish couples, an Irish couple and an English woman who've sold up this last year and another who's selling .
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