26 December 2019

Sunset, Christmas Day 2019

Today we have two priorities: first, go into town, to the post office, to see if we can track down the missing chest of drawers that I ordered about a week ago. It is supposed to be waiting for pickup there. The second priority is to continue "working on" the turkey we cooked yesterday. Today's lunch will be cold turkey leftovers, maybe as sandwiches. We also have some foie gras de canard to work on. The turkey and the trimmings, all very simply done, turned out good. I'm sparing you the photos for the time being.



Yesterday was an example of what is called Noël au balcon in France. The afternoon temperature hit 10ºC, and the sun was shining, which made it feel warmer than that. Considering we're in late December, this is toasty, fine weather. I had a nice walk with Tasha late yesterday afternoon as the sun set. The slide show above runs just about 75 seconds. Télématin just did a report about people who are spending the holidays down in the Alps, on skiing trips. Quite a few of them were out sunbathing yesterday afternoon — no, not in bathing suits, but still — and saying that this kind of weather n'est pas normal!

Other local news: our neighbor C's house-buyers have backed out — ils ont renoncé — so her house is not yet sold after all. Walt has been over there several times the past couple of days to look in on and feed the two cats C and her daughter left behind when they went to spend Christmas with friends and family in the Paris area. So maybe C will still be living here in April and will be able to take care of Bertie for us. Just hoping...

14 comments:

  1. Sorry your drawers have gone missing. Wishing you a joyous boxing day!!

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    1. They once were lost, but now the drawers are found. That was one heavy package.

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  2. You'll never guess what came in the mail today...

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  3. I hope your neighbor's house sells in May. The strikes must have played havoc with the Christmas mail.

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    1. I'm sure the strikes are at least partly to blame.

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  4. I am in Illinois and our temperature yesterday was 68. Unheard of this time of year.

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  5. Ha! At first, I thought that said, "I had a nice talk with Tasha...."
    Great news about you finally having the chest of drawers. What a mess this train strike is causing. I admit that I haven't followed the issues at hand, but if it's about messing with people's retirement, the anger is understandable.

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    1. I talk to but not so much with Tasha when we go walking. Tasha n'est pas très bavarde.

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  6. You got another video card? You could order one of everything from this store. They will send you 10 and you can open a tech shop in St. Aignan.

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    1. D. that's exactly what I thought and didn't suggest. LOL,

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