It really has been a totally miserable day. I did go out to see a client this morning and feed the Boys in the Country - you can see from the photo below that the sky was sitting on our very low hills, and all was ridiculously wet. The cats were not keen on being out and about and herded me back up to shelter as soon as they could, and basically were keen to see the back of me so they could go back to sleep. No one came with me for my walk round the boundaries of the other two plots.
This afternoon I did get to go out again, this time to the hairdresser - o the bliss of being properly coiffured once again! Cecelia is very strict about her clients following the rules of hygiene, and is working very long hours to try to catch up with the backlog from the very tight lockdown. She says that December is normally frantic anyway, but that this year, it is even more frantic than normal. To ensure she can meet customer expectations, she only has Sundays off, stops at 4pm on a Monday to collect her children from school, has a two hour lunch break on a Wednesday to spend time with her children but otherwise the salon is open 9am to 9pm, and she is the only person working there. Don't tell me the French are slackers!
I solved the problem of the Christmas card picture - I have ordered 80 photo prints of the picture I want to use, and will stick those to the stiff paper we already have, to provide a mount. That sounds like it should be an expensive option, but the total cost is under 9 Euros including postage and packing. The only issue is wondering when the photos will actually arrive.
Again following on from yesterday, given the level of pain and swelling from the sting, we are pretty confident it was a wasp queen that got me, having decided to overwinter in the house. However she is history as John dealt with her with severity.
I believe Love Actually is on French TV tonight, so we will watch it all through for the first time ever (seen bits from time to time) as our nod to the festive season, and hope that tomorrow is a bit more appealing as a day.
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