Apparently we may have a small boat moored in Anglesey (who knew) that looking at relocating to S France OH v excited by the prospect of sailing it (eek) here Fortunately he’s ex Port & Maritime Sqn & his best pal was in SBS so reckon they’ll sort it We spotted a potential place for it here

Bar at the marina Branding on point

Perfect light & shadows at The Med today

Next week on BlueSky Posts moaning about the posts which are moaning about the people moaning about pet death posts

Gone la plage to decompress S France

Chonk on mid-morning Neighbourhood Watch duty S France #caturday

Calvin watched Chonk go in the tunnel Sat watching the tunnel Yet caught completely unawares at Chonk making a break for it #Caturday

Chonk is playing (he seems to be doing well after his jab at the vet yesterday) Calvin as batty as ever #caturday

Bastard bastard pollen* Pretty much 90% of the population is sneezing with the other 10% shouting « à tes souhaits » (bless you) S France *looking at you bastard plane trees

Chonk literally has the choice of sunny terrace or shady terrace or sunny bedroom/shady bedroom Sofas… Yup, he chooses to lie on cardboard in the loft (aka meth den) He’s just been the vet who has given him a steroid jab We’re on end of life care but keeping him v comfortable & incredibly loved

Me and my builders

My gears have been well & truly grated this morning Chape Man came this morning Overused “Madame” like he’s talking down to a toddler Complained about his coffee Spotted my OH & talked to him instead of me Le Deep Sigh He’s subcontracted from lovely maçon so will just have to grin & bear it

Welcome to my life

Pfft Calvin abandoning his Neighbourhood Watch post already Can’t get the staff

And they say the algorithm isn’t working

FAFO

Live to Blue Sky servers

Despite the heat, the population hasn’t made the switch from winter footwear (trainers) to summer footwear (flip flops) yet S France

Right which bastard pollen is it this week? S France

All peopled out Chape Man (lays floor screeds) came this morning to suck teeth Then electrician this aprèm (to actually work) Chape Man* back ce soir with one of his employees (more teeth-sucking) *To ScatMan 🎶 in my head Meanwhile I’m sanding walls My house will never be clean again I fear

Current view I’m waiting (like a lemon) on the street to let the (late ahem) electrician into the garage

Currently subsisting on Baby bell Paracetamol Red peppers a wing & a prayer

Me too Me too

Double Neighbourhood Watchers

Some blue sky for these overwhelming times

Aaahh Carreleur ici (chap to sort out floor levels) He started doing a bit of teeth sucking but I’ve got him to be a bit more positive! Que les bonnes ondes ici ! Electrician (aka life vacuum) due this aprem

It’s only jeudi

My life in a nutshell

My builders & plumber are super/positive, find a solution type people Easy to deal with & bring good energy Tomorrow, however, the electrician* is here Already dreading it *life vacuum- feel like I’m getting the life sucked out of me

Bonjour Blue Sky S France

Random city street scene S France The blue skies, sunshine & dappled light through the trees is chef’s kiss

The jardin public (park) in the city has a cactus garden Aléatoire (random) but nice S France

2 very good bois enjoying some shade in the dappled light S France

Sleepy backstreet S France

I like to think that the pigeon had just been casually leafing through this Russian/French dictionary left on a bench in the park S France

A very worthy entrant for Tree of the Day / Arbre du Jour #TreeOfTheDay S France

Been for a MH break aka a walk Don’t let anyone mock your MH needs - look after yourself & do what you need to do to keep yourself sane

Chonk appreciating having his own (Father Jack) armchair out in the warmth

He’s at the stage of ranting at bins now isn’t he

Your blood pressure needs this

Chonk’s catching a few rays

My builders have left for today - I’ve never known anyone keep such a tidy site! We now have the makings of my extended partially-covered terrace (it’s already mid 20s in April so shade is v necessary in S of France) Electrician tomorrow On s’avance

My builders turned up today with chocolatines & croissants and they’d bought enough for me too Got something in my eye

I never thought I’d think of the Iranian regime as the voice of reason, but here we are

Boss builder just been to faire le point (take stock) We’ve got a plan of attack yay He was laughing that by the end of convo I was saying Donc il vieng demeng instead of il vient demain I am apparently an adopted bitteroise

Trump blocking Hormuz be like

Monsieur Le Chonk on Neighbourhood Watch

Hope that car has an ouvre-boîte (tin opener)

My builders are lovely but I am glad when they leave at the end of the day! Today’s progress Tomorrow more site clearance Also le patron should be coming to faire le point - to take stock/see where we’re at to decide how to proceed

Poor builders are working in an absolute dust storm