Snow all day, sans discontinuer

I just checked MéteoFrance on the computer, and the site shows snow in Saint-Aignan all day today, ending in the evening. And I checked MéteoX, the radar site, and sure enough, you can see the line of clouds extending from the northern point of France all the way down to the southwest point.

A radar image of our Sunday morning weather in France

I think the frigid air over eastern France, and all of Europe east of France, is going to block the front where it is now and keep us under snow for many hours. This morning, Callie did what she did yesterday morning — she woke me up before 7:00 and begged to go outside. I let her out of the front door a few minutes ago, and I can confirm that it is snowing out there.

The western half of France is under a snow warning, and
the eastern half is under a frigid-temperatures warning.

Yesterday morning, I wasn't so quick to understand why Callie was behaving the way she was. I just thought she wanted to "play with" the cat — chase him around, trying to herd him. You know what the say about herding cats. Anyway, it's unusual for the dog to ask to go outside so early. It must have to do with the drugs she is taking — she's off her schedule for peeing and pooping.

A very fine snow is falling in this picture that I took
from the living room window 5 minutes ago.

The good news is that Callie's cough stopped within a few hours after we gave her the first cortisone pill. She's still taking cortisone every morning and antibiotics every afternoon. She already seems cured, and I assume her fever is gone. The vet said taking her out for her regular walks can't hurt her, even though it is so cold — minus 5ºC right now by our thermometer. That would be 23ºF.

Braising Belgian endives in a pan on the cookstove

Yesterday, in anticipation of spending the day inside and needing some hearty food, I cooked a few Belgian endives. If you don't know, endives are little lettuces that are grown in the dark so that the leaves don't turn green. They are bitter greens, so you cook them with lemon juice or even a pinch of sugar, along with butter and garlic, to make them milder.

Gratin d'endives au jambon from a while back

These I'll wrap in ham slices and cover in a cheese sauce before baking them in the oven for an hour or so. I've done it so many times before, and blogged about it. Meanwhile, weather sites are reporting heavy snow in Tours, Montlouis, and even Saint-Aignan. It's almost time for me to take the dog out.