tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post7565252974596977579..comments2024-03-28T05:24:43.762+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: More whingingKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-16398521169907378932008-04-30T08:27:00.000+02:002008-04-30T08:27:00.000+02:00Incidentally, thanks for providing me with new wor...Incidentally, thanks for providing me with new words, that will, no doubt, land in my New Words section ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-56241619815477397162008-04-30T08:21:00.000+02:002008-04-30T08:21:00.000+02:00One of my old friends from Chambana is visiting ne...One of my old friends from Chambana is visiting next week and I gave her the same warning. She and her husband live in Tennessee. Will they believe me? It's not the giboulées de mars any more, but I remember some pretty miserable cold days in May!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-53107700463183961802008-04-15T15:34:00.000+02:002008-04-15T15:34:00.000+02:00I think whinging is a completely appropriate respo...I think whinging is a completely appropriate response to all that cold and rain! Normally I would be whinging about 85+ weather this early in April, but this year I just smiled and soaked it up, remembering the giboulées de mars.<BR/><BR/>It's bound to get better soon, isn't it? We've been in your area twice at the end of April or beginning of May and it's been lovely.<BR/><BR/>If you get tired of whinging, another good British word for the occasion is grizzle.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16936606014783521486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-60886481402670707782008-04-15T06:12:00.000+02:002008-04-15T06:12:00.000+02:00I will not begin to tell you what the weather has ...I will not begin to tell you what the weather has been like here in Texas (well, blue skies one minute, raining the next, with temps ranging from a low 32 to a high of 85 within the last week). During baseball practice this afternoon, it was clear and sunny and about 75.<BR/><BR/>When I read about Walt having passport photos and visits to small villages, I am reminded of why you moved. The grass is always greener and whatnot, but living the country life in France is special. So is raising a couple of kids in Waco, Texas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-19380974926265077532008-04-15T03:24:00.000+02:002008-04-15T03:24:00.000+02:00Beautiful rug!Beautiful asparagus and ham pie!Beau...Beautiful rug!<BR/>Beautiful asparagus and ham pie!<BR/>Beautiful black and white tile floor!<BR/><BR/>38ºF in New Bern, NC tonight, about the same for your mother, NOT beautiful!<BR/><BR/>BettyAnnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-45850529047712199192008-04-14T23:53:00.000+02:002008-04-14T23:53:00.000+02:00The Oregonian in me embraced the Mistral in a rath...The Oregonian in me embraced the Mistral in a rather happy stride!<BR/><BR/>April does have its weather potholes for Provence but I would not have missed the orchid trees (can't remember the exact name for them) as well as the early poppies and irises that decided to show up everywhere after one of the drenching rains.<BR/><BR/>We're back in DC where it was 50 & partly cloudly today. With the twiggy bushes in the front now sprouting green there must've been a drenching rain while we were away. Throughout the trip we just kept feeling that the weather in Provence was not that far off the mark from Northern Virginia!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-63107439202322368302008-04-14T20:33:00.000+02:002008-04-14T20:33:00.000+02:00Yeah, "whinge" is a great word, especially because...Yeah, "whinge" is a great word, especially because "whine" is a homophone for one of your favorite things!<BR/>- GinnyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-15213820745157821632008-04-14T17:38:00.000+02:002008-04-14T17:38:00.000+02:00i don't mind your "whinging" at all when you surro...i don't mind your "whinging" at all when you surround it with your beautiful (and delectable) photos. I'm just like Callie with new things. I walk around them for days before I actually use them. Even an armchair!<BR/><BR/>I remember so well moaning here nearly everyday about our Toronto winter, and the comfort your Summer series gave me. All I can say is, "Hang in there. Believe in the rainbow!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-76745758341540640102008-04-14T16:54:00.000+02:002008-04-14T16:54:00.000+02:00Evelyn, Claudia lost a comment too. I guess it is ...Evelyn, Claudia lost a comment too. I guess it is the blogger software, over which I have no control. Sorry you are having a freeze. Our last freeze day is MAY 15, one month later. But it is pretty here this afternoon, despite a shower of pea-sized hail/sleet at noontime! Time for my walk with Callie in a few minutes. K.<BR/><BR/>CHM, I am really hoping for better weather toward mid-May. Just in case, maybe you'd better bring some good weather with you. K.<BR/><BR/>Betty, good luck in Paris. That kind of rain-every-weekend happened to us one year in the Bay Area in California -- but only December through May. It got very old though. Our next trips to Paris are at the end of May and maybe by then things will be nicer. K.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-88561110565701589202008-04-14T14:53:00.000+02:002008-04-14T14:53:00.000+02:00Sometimes we all need to whinge. Your weather has ...Sometimes we all need to whinge. Your weather has been difficult for almost a year now. I think "this too shall pass" and you'll have memories of wet paws and rainbows in the years to come.<BR/><BR/>It is going to freeze here tonight. April 15th is our last freeze date, hooray! <BR/><BR/>I wrote a longish comment about your hahas, but it got lost. I really enjoy your blog despite the occasional whinging that happen in life. <BR/><BR/>BTW that ham and aspargus tart looks delicious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-1191862528382493882008-04-14T11:20:00.000+02:002008-04-14T11:20:00.000+02:00According to my neighbors in Southern California, ...According to my neighbors in Southern California, it was 104.6°F [40°C] yesterday afternoon. Here, in Virginia, it was in the fifties, about the same as St-Aignan. I do miss my desert! <BR/><BR/>I hope the weather will turn warm and sunny for my arrival at CDG in just about a month! Sigh!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-46664541921995167142008-04-14T10:17:00.000+02:002008-04-14T10:17:00.000+02:00Sigh. I'm going to Paris from Wednesday to Sunday ...Sigh. I'm going to Paris from Wednesday to Sunday and the weather doesn't look too great. I guess it could be worse, though.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure I've told you this before,but one year when we were in Touraine, it rained every weekend from October until May. Every. Single. Weekend.<BR/><BR/>Things are the same here in Aveyron, if that's any consolation. So much for my "spring" holiday.Betty Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17155852272383173880noreply@blogger.com