Yes we arrived at 7pm yesterday after an uneventful flight from Helsinki and an easy drive down the A6.
It is always a relief to arrive and find everything in good order after 6 months absence. Mme Jacotot had everything spotless and had opened up the shutters and left flowers earlier in the day. Gerald, my brother, had returned the freshly charged car battery. Again a relief that the car started first time.
The house did feel cold but the chauffage was soon at work. Today we have also had the family room fire in operation.
Although we have owned Ragny for nine years now we have never been here in April; a new experience. I had expected to arrive and find the grass a foot high and badly n need of cutting. Nothing like that, spring is obviously late this year. None of the vines on the house and dependances are out. Just a few buds beginning to appear.
But the garden is a joy to behold. The lawn is covered with cowslips. We have tulips out that we have never seen before. Brenda was enthralled to look out of the bathroom window and see a small bird darting in and out of a hole in a nearby tree. Obviously making his nest. But is it male or female- who does the work in the bird world?
Brenda was less enthralled to realise that the noise behind air vent in bathroom was probably another bird nesting!! The problem of old houses. I am off to see M Boudret the mason tomorrow. We are waiting for his quote to reface one wall which has a number of holes; ideal repositories for bees, wasps or even birds.
For those of you who have only seen Ragny in full summer these photos are quite different.
Caught up with Gerald his afternoon. He was not here for most of last summer so a lot to catch up with.
A good weekend for the Rudges. Justin’s gigs in Canberra and Sydney went well. Nicholas, Rowena and Eloise still enjoying London. AND…………..Richmond almost beat Footscray. At least we got the draw and two points. Already have more points after 5 games than the whole season last year. And the bulldogs were unbeaten until today.
Carol Q- thank you for your comment. Much appreciated to know the blog is read in Indonesia!!!
1 comment:
Technically, the Bulldogs are still undefeated - they didn't lose now did they?
Your travels look a great deal more comfortable then ours I must say. I can't imagine Mum driving to Sydney and Canberra to only see the following :-
1. Service stations stops for food and gas (yes, we have gas in our car)
2. The inside of the venue you are playing in
3. The inside of the hotel you will not get enough sleep in
4. The inside of the worst bar in the city which is of course the only one open after you finish at 3am
I should start a tour blog so we can compare notes, but its only a four day week (again).
J.
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