Mistletoe at dawn

 My vision is blurry this morning. It's either pollen or just plain old age. Anyway, here's a picture I took at sunrise yesterday in our Blois neighbors' yard, when I was out walking with Tasha.

Memories of summers past

It was the summer of 2003 and we had just arrived in Saint-Aignan. We were trying to do a lot of work and get completely moved into our new house before winter arrived. The problem was, it was so hot in July and August that year that the work was going very slowly. After living in chilly San Francisco for nearly 20 years, we weren't prepared for the heat wave. We didn't have air-conditioning in the new house and we didn't have AC in our rented car either. In early August, we finally found a car to buy and it did have AC. So we spent hot afternoons that summer driving around with the car's AC on full blast. This was one of our destinations. It's the Château de Montpoupon and it's less than 20 miles from Saint-Aignan.

I took this picture at Montpoupon in August 2003 — more than 20 years ago.

Clouds, clouds, clouds

We are suposed to have another cloudy day today, with little to no rain. Accuweather says to expect low clouds. It sounds pretty grim. I have to keep remembering Decembers past. It's hard to go out and enjoy walks with the dog and my camera. But we have to keep on keepin' on. I'm making lasagne with a meat sauce for our lunch.

Brouillard et nébulosité

Yesterday started off very foggy. By late afternoon, the fog had lifted but clouds still hid the sun.
That's just the way December is. Get used to it.