tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post5352252935885284573..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Dead woodKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-26611395455719347782013-03-16T16:28:06.838+01:002013-03-16T16:28:06.838+01:00Hi Melinda, I don't know that part of NC well,...Hi Melinda, I don't know that part of NC well, but I had a friend in college who was from Forest City and I went there a time or two. I also had a friend from the coast who relocated to Brevard. He may still live there. He became a potter, I remember.<br /><br />I'll be changing planes in Charlotte in a couple of weeks. And then a week later with my mother and sister I'll be spending two or three days in Rock Hill and York, SC, where my mother's family came from. It sounds like your place on that lake must be pretty. Good for you to have made the move.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-8767882477024214792013-03-16T13:29:33.676+01:002013-03-16T13:29:33.676+01:00Ken......my family bought this house in the 60'...Ken......my family bought this house in the 60's and I have been coming to this same lake since I was 10 and going to a camp down the lake...my parents rented a house until they could find one to buy...it is between Hendersonville and Saluda (south of Asheville and near the SC border)...I have been spending 3-4 months here in the last few yrs, but my husband had to remain in richmond to work (as a nurse) Now he can retire and we have sold our richmond house (closing may 1) much sooner than we expected....so we are thrilled.....its 2 hrs from Charlotte, and I know you're heading the other way, but we have lots of extra beds if you ever need! House was built in 1923 and was always a summer house, and we have put in heat for the first time (thankfully as it has been a bit nippy) My husband grew up coming to Waynesville so we are both very much at home in your state.melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14337254308066184912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-47115694718656382672013-03-14T21:08:15.232+01:002013-03-14T21:08:15.232+01:00No, Jean, especially since Mme Barbier charges jus...No, Jean, especially since Mme Barbier charges just 11€ for the clipping.<br /><br />Our snow today didn't amount to anything. The clouds blew on by and I had a nice sunny but chilly walk with Callie late in the afternoon. We played with the donkeys, or at least I did. Callie kept her distance.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-58016798025444195672013-03-14T19:39:48.435+01:002013-03-14T19:39:48.435+01:00Oh the weather outside is frightful....Oh the weather outside is frightful....Starmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386841450183061541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-30920299804750432742013-03-14T16:44:30.916+01:002013-03-14T16:44:30.916+01:00I had to chuckle at the idea of a quarterly haircu...I had to chuckle at the idea of a quarterly haircut - your hairdresser will not get rich like that !!Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-65671526188009758662013-03-14T13:51:19.110+01:002013-03-14T13:51:19.110+01:00Melinda, I'm trying to remember if you have N....Melinda, I'm trying to remember if you have N.C. roots. Are you close to Blowing Rock? Or Asheville?<br /><br />By the way, it's snowing here right now!Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-81300140072606442372013-03-14T13:32:43.253+01:002013-03-14T13:32:43.253+01:00now that I am a North Carolinian for good, I have ...now that I am a North Carolinian for good, I have very few neighbors at the lake during the off season (which is anytime other than summer)...You are seeing more activity than I ammelindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14337254308066184912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-81642085592428916012013-03-14T11:44:51.512+01:002013-03-14T11:44:51.512+01:00Phooey indeed! Somehow it seems colder now than ea...Phooey indeed! Somehow it seems colder now than earlier in the year, and I'm never going to get any veg in.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-11643075665648016672013-03-14T11:30:57.347+01:002013-03-14T11:30:57.347+01:00We had lots of dead wood in the corporate world du...We had lots of dead wood in the corporate world during my working years.<br />Glad to hear that your old sick neighbour is being cared for elsewhere.<br />Soon your hamlet will be filled with new neighbours once the houses are sold.VirginiaChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282569773671179047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-17658133154113238042013-03-14T08:57:21.999+01:002013-03-14T08:57:21.999+01:00I'm with you on the weather, Ken...
I've a...I'm with you on the weather, Ken...<br />I've about three dozen trees to plant in the meadow... and another 30 to dig up and move... but can't work in the meadow... too sodden.<br /><br />Managed yesterday to get the next 14 by 3 metre bed ready for ploughing tho'... but that is still too wet to get the machine on... and some potatoes want to go!! We might have to pot those to slow them down.<br /><br />We were sunny yesterday and have started so today... have a nice day!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.com