tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post6293585672357015346..comments2024-03-28T15:15:32.175+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Dry, dry, dryKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-14366185247153423132009-08-19T05:55:26.412+02:002009-08-19T05:55:26.412+02:00Canicula is the Latin name of the Dog Star, Sirius...Canicula is the Latin name of the Dog Star, Sirius, in the Canis Major constellation. Sirius rises and sets at the same time as the Sun from July 22 to August 23. It usually is a period of great heat, that's why it is called canicule, as well as dog days for the same reason.chmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-36760111359980698362009-08-19T00:59:02.329+02:002009-08-19T00:59:02.329+02:00Here in Victoria, Australia our reservoirs are bel...Here in Victoria, Australia our reservoirs are below 30% capacity and water restrictions have been operating for a few years now.<br />We just drink more wine.<br />Leon<br />PS - Sue contributed to the blog with her home made pizza and a superb bottle of Macon wine that we brought back from Dijon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-86618962143092796702009-08-18T19:57:59.666+02:002009-08-18T19:57:59.666+02:00Evelyn, it's Bill not Bob and it's suppose...Evelyn, it's Bill not Bob and it's supposed to stay out in the Atlantic, passing somewhere between North Carolina and Bermuda. I'll keep my eye on it.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-42556250442875194512009-08-18T19:53:41.350+02:002009-08-18T19:53:41.350+02:00Ellen, I think the water holes — there are three t...Ellen, I think the water holes — there are three that I know of — are filled just by rainwater runoff. Our little pond is too, except when they haul tankloads of water from the river to fill it during dry weather. But nobody has come to fill it this year.<br /><br />Evelyn, that's Walt who is approaching 100,000 visits on his blog. He has several bottles of Aubert Vouvray sparkling brut down in the pantry. We'll open one here or in the Cantal when we are there.<br /><br />Haven't heard about Bob. Must look at the tropical weather reports.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-26616318056779234172009-08-18T17:09:03.584+02:002009-08-18T17:09:03.584+02:00Let's have a blog toast with champaign or fac ...Let's have a blog toast with champaign or fac simiie when you get to your 100,000 mark!Evelynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-47585438369271280052009-08-18T16:37:14.480+02:002009-08-18T16:37:14.480+02:00Are the water holes natural springs? Or are they f...Are the water holes natural springs? Or are they fed from a source somewhere else? I'm always interested in how water gets where.<br /><br />I hope for rain for you (and for the fish!) soon.Ellen C-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15389051938522217628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-66391844088476581152009-08-18T15:51:40.365+02:002009-08-18T15:51:40.365+02:00I remember 2003 well. We sweltered in Hotel du Sol...I remember 2003 well. We sweltered in Hotel du Soleil in St Remy. We saw some parched wheat fields on our drive up to Normandy that summer and the canicule came later as I recalled. Our trip was in July I think and the canicule was in August, non?<br /><br />A drought is discouraging. A normal year is a blessing. The weather seems to have real swings nowadays.<br /><br />We're watching the storms develop now. We have Bob who will hopefully pass by before Linda's flight out of Tallahassee on the 27th.<br />Ouf!Evelynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-17432046223649719592009-08-18T14:43:34.690+02:002009-08-18T14:43:34.690+02:00Susan, as I said, the water holes have all dried u...Susan, as I said, the water holes have all dried up and our pond (the village's, actually) is drying up too. We are watering regularly. I'm ready for some rain. And even cooler weather.<br /><br />Jim, you're surely right about 2003 and 2008. We thought we would die of heat exhaustion in 2003, just having arrived here from summer-less San Francisco. And I thought 2008 was very wet, but I guess I was wrong. Our tomatoes sure had the blight though. Must say the green beans were great though.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-68976020636306369182009-08-18T13:17:44.676+02:002009-08-18T13:17:44.676+02:00Our little stream at the orchard has been dry now ...Our little stream at the orchard has been dry now for 5 days.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-90110882663102932812009-08-18T11:46:34.993+02:002009-08-18T11:46:34.993+02:00Interesting figures Ken. I suspect that 2003 was w...Interesting figures Ken. I suspect that 2003 was wetter, although it was hotter there tended to be storms or rain every couple of weeks or so in 2003. The 2003 Tour de France Time Trial around Nantes was held in pouring rain.<br /><br />It is also interesting to see the low rainfall for 2008 as people tende3d to remember last year as a rainy summer. It wasn't – just cold.Jim's Loirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696024920441263899noreply@blogger.com