Friday, July 07, 2017

So What Now My Love?

Millennials!  Too hot, too hot!  It's a canicule coming to a town near yours!  Not here...in Suisun!  Another A/C unit needed to cool down the impossible and run up the PGE billings.  Arghhh.  Some compromise.  Here we close the curtains and hide downstairs where the temp does not much rise with increased daytime temps.  If it gets worse we hide in the Library and turn the portable A/C on and set it to near freezing.  Drink beer, wine with orange juice and take coolish showers.  Fans are nice when you are a bit moist.  In the cool of the evening we drink iced drinks and open windows and doors to purge the hot air.  That is what we do in face of dreaded heat.  Current temp outside at 8:53 pm in Lignieres, Cher, France is da da!  91 degrees F.  Too damned hot!  Hotter in this room I fear with the PC's all warm around us.  Not good.

We ran off Tuesday to Fougeres in Britany...to see the monster castle there in it's ancient ruined state.
It was in the direct middle of the town as picturesque











Friday, June 16, 2017

I'm Too Damned HOT!

It's only 78 degrees outside but inside it's about 2 degrees hotter.  Today is Hanging Paintings Day in Maison Blache.  We have a few that need a spot on a wall to exhibit themselves and those spots (at least today) are in the parlor.  About these paintings; they are French I believe, of various age and artist.  Some quite lovely, some not-so-much but they do fit the place and purpose.  The problem is that the act of hanging requires a certain fitting be nailed in place,  nailed here in Maison Blanche means nailing into rock hard plaster and limestone blocks.  So...a drill is obtained, a bit is installed and we begin The Hanging.  As I use a slim nail about 1 inch long to test the wall structure I discover that the paintings themselves are not so heavy that the lonely single nail will not hold it.  So ONWARD! 
Later...Tomorrow has come, it's Saturday and the weather (this morning) is bright, sunny and cool with a bit of a breeze.  Off to La Chatre to the brocante via the newish Garmin GPS and a French map card (40 bucks used from Amazon.fr).  Park finally a short distance from Rue Nationale and begin the trek to see what's up.  LOTS of people milling about, stuff out into the street in front of homes and shops.  Walk, walk, stumble, walk some more.  Nice setting, nice day, nice people.  All good.  An hour later we've seen what was offered and bought not one damned thing.  Ce normale'.  Off then to the car and a short drive to the Super U grocery store for a few things. We always over buy.  See Liz among the aisles and we stop and chat. I mention the Trumpster.  "Why hasn't someone bumped him off?" she asks.  Kelly and I shrug.  We have no idea, surely someone has thought of it?!  We can only hope.
Home through the hinterlands east of La Chatre.  Beautiful fields of corn, wheat, colza and poppies everywhere, so very pretty.