tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post7428489749343391803..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: The naked vinesKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-73609509254574498102014-03-25T17:00:09.722+01:002014-03-25T17:00:09.722+01:00Chm, snow again? Wild!
Judy, I'm using the ne...Chm, snow again? Wild!<br /><br />Judy, I'm using the new computer as a file server on the network, while composing my blog on the laptop computer we have had for a few years. Re: the kitchen stove, no progress. W tried to order it today, but the Boulanger (big chain of electronics/appliance stores) web site refused his credit card. He called the bank in the U.S. and they said they didn't understand what the problem might be. Back to square one.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-58997942695417262382014-03-25T15:15:57.947+01:002014-03-25T15:15:57.947+01:00Ken, I especially love that second photo. I am in ...Ken, I especially love that second photo. I am in love with sun these days, and the colors and shapes are great in that one.<br /><br />Is this the new computer that you're using now? Loving it? How are things coming on the new stove purchase?<br /><br />chm, we, too, had another little snowfall. Crazy! I want it to stop already!Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-11565388352009070622014-03-25T14:44:24.816+01:002014-03-25T14:44:24.816+01:00Off topic. Today in Northern Virgina, our schedule...Off topic. Today in Northern Virgina, our scheduled weekly snow fall is in progress. In late March, in the "deep" South! As my great-grandparents used to say, the world has gone crazy!chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-35160390236065727062014-03-25T09:05:28.042+01:002014-03-25T09:05:28.042+01:00The geometry of the vines and stakes, though, make...The geometry of the vines and stakes, though, make for really super pictures.<br />I love these.<br /><br />"<i>Manicured, cropped, pruned, and planned.</i>"<br />Even the forests... <br />and our cattle fattener further downstream has had some landscaping done to his drive...<br />with a wonderful looking half-moon gateway marked out...<br />he already has WHITE fenceposts along the front of the grazing fields by the road...<br />it is a good job he only moves cattle around using a couple of cattle vans and matching trailers.<br /><br />And then there's the commercial veg gardeners up near Montlouis...<br />with wonderful, almost Villandry'ish alternate rows of coloured lettuces....<br /><br />And then, of course, there are the roundabouts...Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-66504160688218573842014-03-25T08:48:36.805+01:002014-03-25T08:48:36.805+01:00I have friends who are professional gardeners who ...I have friends who are professional gardeners who confide that they love the English style of more naturalistic gardening, but they just can't do it themselves.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.com