I’m having fibre to house installed at the beginning of November. Today’s post install indicates they are not going to use the existing underground cable duct. This is great as I have no clue where it enters my house

French lesson this morning was a review of Macron’s speech to the UN. Thankfully he is a clear speaker Followed by door painting, a visit to the post office, car wash and pharmacy (3 different places) and now moving gravel

Nice selection of late season butterflies on the flowers in the parking area Runs for camera Bugger, they have gone

Next village’s bar is closed tonight to celebrate the village football club getting to the 5th round of the coupe de France

Two words from OH in a conversation and she ear worms me with an ELO hit I plan retribution by slipping “Boney M back catalogue” into a conversation

We have/had scones. Visitors for coffee to pick up the plants we were plant sitting for them Tea, coffee, and cakes abound

Just in case someone drops some tuna, I’ll just sit here

For the avoidance of doubt

Sugar found Fruit soaking in cognac Maybe a cake by Christmas

Sitting outside Grand Frais with a sleeping dog I’d only by inappropriate food so have let OH look out cake ingredients and fill her chariot

Told OH something that was factually correct yet useless to know Throwback from my job as a manager at a global top 3 management consultancy

Don’t judge me

Oh deep joy Accommodation web sites constantly dropping filters from the search, always going back to the first page and not where you are and always redirecting you to f-ing Booking. Com.

It seems I’m off to Dordogne-shire at end of October OH has to collect some plates in Eymet Now to find a gîte with a huge bed that is dog friendly and open

Rapture curious here Does it work like Christmas in that it stretches across time zones and Santa doing NZ first and the leftovers go to Hawaii ?

Impressed that Leclerc rang me to tell me that OH had left an article behind at the checkout

Well some of my followers will be impressed by this news

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Saucions de terroir Dhansak cooking This currying sausages seems to be a Kiwi thing. I still find it quaint

A few years back I glanced out of my 8th floor San Francisco hotel room window and saw this cat resting on the ledge However it wasn’t a cat it was an old abandoned pair of trousers

Living in the French dream Chauvigny’s spanking new Action and the fullest of parkings

Happy Heritage Weekend my European friends that celebrate Here, it’s wet. Ideal for walking around the gardens of all those rarely open chateau parcs, not There again my town’s Action has its grand opening today. Maybe retail tat is a better option

Trump orange thing replaced With a better orange thing

Factrice arrives as OH is harvesting grapes. We donate a bunch to her. She is very pleased But have we broken some arcane french law ?

Me: Do you want some cheese ? OH: not really, oh, just a bite … OH: this sheep’s cheese with truffle is rather good. Let’s finish it

My alter ego is Mr Jones. OH’s maiden name is used at the vet’s. It’s too complicated to change

My alter ego is Mr Jones. OH’s maiden name is used at the vet’s. It’s too complicated to change

Tosh, the Kiwi cat enjoying a second or third breakfast We returned his ashes to NZ in 2019 and he is buried with his fur siblings (dogs and cats) in our NZ garden

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I learnt two ways to keep mosquitoes at bay: Eat Marmite/ Vegemite Rub your exposed skin with Avon Skin So Soft In other news , I have nice soft legs

Industrious boy has spread gravel and strimmed the edges of the plant filter bed

Peaceful village walk interrupted by the armée de la air exercising a pair of Rafales low and fast down the river valley

In surprising news. We have tidied the kitchen table

Relaxed gilet jaune at a animal charity cafe in Confolens

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A small family of moucherons have moved into our bedroom , probably mum dad and two kids. We can’t find them so we can evict them, but they find us each night with the gentle buzz of a kamikaze dive bomber and the fear of where that tiny itchy spot will erupt

I’ll raise @chrisinparis.bsky.social a church with pointy bits Though not from this year

Just over two years ago we endlife fostered Tigrou When he arrived he was underweight. We fed him, we loved him, we spoilt him. It was sad when his lymphoma took him

Learnings in France number 45836: Don’t buy the tuna and tomato tart from the boulangerie two village over. Between the fish layer and the pastry case there is about 20cm of mustard. Not good Btw I’ve seen thinner mortar between bricks than that 20cm is grandstanding mustard

I dreamt I was a journalist A journalist on the Daily Telegraph Fortunately a mosquito woke me up and nightmare ended

Binge watch of this week’s Master Shout Did the Italian woman’s lipstick change colour mid-round? Maybe the tasting washed it off

In ouchy news, I managed to lodge a 15mm long wood splinter under my fingernail along the length of my nail Hero OH did the necessary surgery to remove the wood but leave my finger behind. Well most of the finger.

Tomatoes pasta bake in progress. First the sauce

Neighbour delivered a huge bag of tomatoes. Long pointy ones and huge round ones Cooking in progress We gave him grapes in return as we have too many to eat but not enough for wine. He said you can always make wine

Gave our neighbours some of our excess grapes In return they gave me tomatoes. I think I’m the winner

Early walk around village swimming lake. Thanks to a house dog that decided to be sick at some dark hour

The next village is twinned with Malle in Belgium So here is a twin-beer or triplets to celebrate a day of carpentry on our freebee cupboard * they are also twinned with Hartley Wintney - their beer is not available here

Changing my profile background to a Bay of Naples sunset just outside Sorento

Sleeping kitty

OH and I first met in London when she was over from NZ visiting her half sister. She returned to NZ, there was an earthquake. I offered her a home in England with fewer earth moving moments ….