I never know what the date is, I am lucky that I know the day...oh well I had plenty of years that I had to mark the day so I am just going with the flow. This summer has flown by...it seems that it was just a few days ago that I arrived in France and now the summer has passed and Autumn is upon us. On Wed. Sept. 1, Kim and Billie Kaye Robinette will arrive for a two week visit..I can hardly wait..on Sept. 8 we will take the train to Montpelier and there catch the TGV (fast train)to Paris. Exciting times..I am sure
Today our friends Gerard and Monique came for lunch...it was a lovely visit, even though I was the only one not talking...though Gerard trys to teach me Spanish, I am having enough trouble with the French thank you..LOL Gerard is a jeweler in Quillan and Perpignan and all over the place really..he makes some wonderful pieces, especially with amber. Monique brought an apricot tart and two hugh bouquets of lavender from her garden..the house smells great...I guess someone told her that Michael put the gas can for the scooter in the kitchen last night and it smelled to high heaven this morning..I does not anymore..
We went blackberry picking after they left, but the weather has been soooooo dry, no rain for weeks, so the berries have dried up..down the road there are some hanging like grapes, but up so high on the side of the hill that noone can reach them..I want to take the "loppers" down and just cut the whole thing..they are all ripe, hundreds of them if we could just get to them..ughhhh..
We picked plums from the roadside last week and I made jam and plum cobbler...it was great..and didn't cost anything...you might find most any fruit or nut growing along side the road here...thought they did cut down alllll of the pomegranates on the Rue de Pomegranates making it now the Rue not of the Pomegranates!! disgusting...I will say..
Great weather , hot during the day and cool at night...loving it...
On a sad note, I found out that my friend Nancy Williams Brown passed away in late July, I am glad that I was able to meet with her before I left. We were friends since about the 4th grade, maybe even before...Nancy was born with a heart defect, she was not expected to live for 6 hours, then 6 days, and 6 months or 6 years..when we were in grade school, she was slender and willowy..huge blue eyes, but a lot of times dark circles under them due to here condition..Well Nancy made it well past the 6 hours into the 60s, Bravo...She was good and kind and will be missed by her family and friends. Her death is a reminder to spend your life living not waiting to die...
Tomorrow whe have a crowd coming for barbecue...most probably have never had it...will be interesting... barbecue, potato salad, cole slaw, baked beans, a lot of work...ha ha...but fun
Yesterday I made zucchini bread...no one has ever heard of it here and wild about it..Didier said if I could make it he could sell 10 loaves a day...but in this tiny oven it would take all day to make 10 loaves..ha ha....very few ovens here large enough to cook a turkey in for sure...maybe a chicken... anyway that was cool...something new....squash here is translated to courgette. sounds so much nicer than squash..ha ha I have been eating a lot of it since it is in season and plentiful...zucchini, tomatoes,onions in a little olive oil....a little garlic....ummmmmm.... off to bed now, tomorrow is a busy day...more later
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