Yesterday was a busy day and I wasn't home until quite late, hence no blog. In the morning it was the market at la Flèche which is getting back into its stride, with nearly everyone back - even the paella and couscous waggon that Richard Newth was worried about. There are still grumbles about the new pitch placements, not least as for the food stalls, the lack of shade in the square will become more and more of a problem as summer goes on - they miss the huge plane trees.
After that, I was in Chinon, doing bits and bobs and helping out on stuff. We had to get some biggish ticket items from the hypermarket - Leclerc - and were surprised at the discounts and offers. They aren't normally putting huge numbers of points on summer furniture at this time of year, nor big discounts on electrical goods. It was very orderly going in - you had to queue, but that was only to keep distances, while you got a squirt of hydroalcoholic gel on your hands and then took a disinfected trolley from the ranks. There was a separate exit for leaving the store, and the "facilities" were open.
I got home at 7:30pm and we sat out under the abri, chilling out before I did supper. It would have been peaceful apart from this noisy chap (although thinking on it, cats might have been involved, or not - and the photo is very blurry as he was quite a way away).
This morning Nibbles disgraced herself; after her morning ablutions and reconnaissance trip outside, breakfasts one and two, she then demanded catnip - before midday!! The sign of a real addict.
To prove that not all photos I've taken in the last 48 hours are fuzzy and out of focus, I was mowing by a lake this afternoon and the first of the water lilies was coming out. The light was coming through the trees and bamboo and it was all rather lovely.
And then there is this rather splendid view of our village yesterday at sunset.
And I am proud of myself as I filed our French tax return - early!!
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