More of the same, for better or for worse

The weather stays chilly and damp. Yesterday morning about this time I went out with Tasha for a walk. I decided to walk on the paved road because the dirt road was too muddy. When I stepped on the paved road, I realized it was a sheet of ice. It was black ice (verglas) and it was invisible. I had a rendez-vous set up for a meating at our bank in Saint-Aignan. I called and cancelled it, especially sincee Walt had come down with a bad cold.

Here's what the paved road looked like on a dry but gray morning a few weeks ago.

Walt's cold isn't much better this morning, if at all. I haven't developed any alarming symptoms so far, but this morning my sinuses and eyes feel like I'm having an allergy episode. We shall see how things go. Friends of ours from California will be arriving in Paris today or tomorrow for a short stay. We've been planning to meet in Tours (one hour from Paris by TGV, one hour or so by car from Saint-Aignan) for lunch on Wednesday. Walt won't be going. I hope the cold won't prevent me from driving over there. The weather is supposed to turn warmer (around 50F) but a lot rainier over the course of the week. I'll take it.

We're having choucroute for lunch again today. Yesterday we had an escarole and white bean soup. I actually made it with French flageolet beans, which are very good. I posted about the escarole a few days ago. Sorry, no pictures of the soup. It was delicious and hot (temperature-hot), just what the doctor ordered. I've been searching the internet for a gîte to rent in March and I hope the weather will be more spring-like by then. So far I've only found one gîte that looks promising. It's near Limoges.