Blog 23 September 2015
September
has come and spanked us on the bottom and it only seems like yesterday that we
were having a wonderful holiday in Canada with these two here on the morning of
their first day at school. As a Mum you
go through this process of getting your kids off into the run and mill of life
and as a grandparent it is so easy just to let it go by without a bye or leave,
especially at such a great distance. However I wrote this day in the diary so
we thought about them on their first day into what life is going to dish up and
then we skyped them as soon as they got home and we all agreed it might be a
jolly good idea to go back tomorrow.
The back
end of the summer means needing to prepare for the winter and I wanted to put
the call into our local wood man to put our order in for this year. I was unsure of what I ordered last year so
I went to our accounts stored on my computer, but to my horror I could not find
them. An 8 year account of every cent we
have spent whilst living here in France seemingly gone. I did an extensive
computer search and it came up empty so I bit the bullet and agreed to agree
that I had lost them and I would have no computer reference to our accounts. I
put a little posting on Facebook saying that I had lost my time consuming
accounts and my friend Shirley called and just mentioned that I might want to
look in the recycle bin as her computer does not search in there. Blow me over
with a passing suggestion because there they were, all excelled and waiting to
be reinstated, and are now back where I
would have expected to see them. The upshot of all of this was that we only
ordered one cord of wood last year and I really fancied two but the woodman solemnly
announced that wood is hard to get this year….like last year I might add, but
he would do what he could and three days later he delivered one and three quarter
cords….I have no idea how to measure a cord and just have to trust the trusted
wood supplier that a cord is a cord in any ones money
It probably
looks like 1 and ¾ cords and it cost me 290 Euro, so no passing event. This is
serious expenditure for that lovely warm corner of the kitchen.
We did
another fishing excursion and made this an evening affair. We all turned up at
four in the afternoon with BBQ, tents, fishing kit and enough food to feed a
family of four for a year. Trevor won the trophy by landing a 20 pound carp. Shirley
landed an eighteen pounder and Mike landed their baby .
Mike was
not discouraged and has bought 2 more rods at the vide greniers since, and is
itching to get back to the bank to prove,
he can…….
Everyone
was involved and we stayed there till the last of the light drifted away and we
came home in the dark having had a very sociable and fun night out. I must say that
we have awakened Mike’s love of fishing so I can see this becoming a good day
out more often than not.
I mentioned
that Mike found more fishing rods at the vide grenier and it was at the event
in Carentan that he found a top quality
rod at an average price and was very chuffed with himself, but I found myself
looking at a building in Carentan that we have seen before but really hadn’t looked hard enough
What
a lovely building hiding behind a boot sale and sitting unassuming in a back
street of Carentan. I will find out what it is and why it is there and report
back to you soon.
OK….this
is a trolley bay in Carentan and we took this picture because we have just
bought two second hand trolley bays to make a summer shelter for our mobile
home visitors and in the winter a tractor shed to keep the snow and rain off
our kit.
A Bon Coin
experience starts with Mike catching my attention saying… what do you think of
this ??
We have
the discussion, I put the phone call in, I log all the details we need to get
for a viewing and then we go. This purchase was a little more risky and we decided
as it was a two hour drive to St Hillare de harcouet that we would take the
trailer with us just in case we were happy with the quality and would bring it
home on the day.
Happily the
structure was already dismantled and Mike and our vender loaded it up 
We have
decided where the shelter will go and an extension to the gate garden is in
progress. The grass has been weed killed the membrane bought, and the railway
sleepers are waiting on the top car park. All we need now is proof the grass is
on it’s way out and then we can cover up and start constructing…….
This is the
gate garden in 2009 so keep your eye on the next pictures I put up of the extension.
The difference will be spectacular but it is good for us to be reminded where
the garden started and how it has developed
This
is gate garden in 2011 and now on its way to a complete makeover to include a trolley
bay rain and sun shelter for people who come to use the mobile homes in July
and August, and, tractor shed in winter
And finally
….I want us to make benches like these, they are fantastic,
sadly I have yet to
convince Mike………!
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