Into October

Photo taken at 9.30 pm - still no rabbits!

I'm in trouble (from Nad the Bad) for not putting any writing on the last post (Last Post, geddit!!?) so here we go with another.

It's already October and we've now been here for over two months, and we're still happy! Great, isn't it? Today we even managed a short time sunbathing on the beach (after gardening and painting of course) as the sun came out after a very misty/foggy start to the day. Later we went to a garden centre in Angles, a small town just inland from La Tranche, and bought two different kinds of lettuce and cauliflower plants. Earlier today we sowed some seeds for parsley, lamb's lettuce, and GIANT spinach. Tine suggests we sit on guard all night to check no rabbits (GIANT or otherwise) come to help themselves. Will keep you informed.

Jean & Monique called yesterday afternoon and enjoyed a beer with us in the afternoon sunshine (again after a very unpromising start including a heavy rain shower). It will be good to see more of them now the tourist season has finished. We're really looking forward to introducing them to the many curry recipes we do - the French think it's one dish called 'curry'! They both seem amazingly relaxed, even with Rémy and Jennifer's impending wedding!

Tine has made some moves in finding bits of work this week although nothing definite yet. It's just knowing where the openings/opportunities are. It would be nice not to take my pension yet but if needs must....