After searching all brocantes in the area for something ‘substantial ‘ to put all my pots on by the fire, including my beautiful new tagine from Annick, Dave decided to make one !……….
Second hand iron one 200€ ….New wooden one 12€ no contest really,
and it looks so nice…….go on ask what its made of, or have a guess !
Ps The “hanging trays of Cailho”….are for drying all the mushrooms…….converted from the tomato drying trays of summer !
We had always wanted more storage in the bathroom, and a cupboard under the sink was the best solution, so we bought a complete unit, and Dave did his back in lifting it out of the car, so several weeks later he has installed it and an over sink, mirrored bathroom cabinet, which is twice the depth you can see , as it goes into the space under the stairs . I have just finished the tiling…….please note the IKEA light we are using over the sink, and remember its name (box is on the sink) when you are in bathroom !
We decided to have a cupboard under the bathroom sink…..this involved buying a new unit (which is the piece of kit Dave was putting in the cave 3 weeks ago when he hurt his back). So when he was better, he started to fit the new sink and cupboard, and soon realised that he had to work on the stairs above first , before he could finish the sink…….so as well as intermittent water supply, we have not had a functioning bathroom either, he has now finished sanding and revamping the stairs so we look forward to having a new functioning sink soon….here are the pic’s of the stairs getting their makeover !
We have had a problem with our water supply, all this rain from the sky and intermittently none in the taps……on Wednesday 2nd November we were all issued with 1 litre of water……..was this for drinking and washing ? it was another 2 days before the situation was resolved, but no more water was supplied……..lets hope we never have a REAL drought !
As Dave and I are known now as the local shop…We (of course) had several litres already stored in the cave, 25 litres to be exact…we used at least 15 of those, so how do the French manage on 1 litre for 2 days ????
Not something we ever wanted to see, allegedly a bee killing hornet, if you Google it, the statistics are amazing……we had seen this one, or maybe more (!) flying around and managed to capture it for ID purpose…….. we then disposed of it in a bucket of water…….
How we understand it, is that ordinary hornets reduce in number, to usually only the queen, during the winter……with these, the whole colony can survive.
Two favourite sleeping positions of Kiwi…….one day I will catch the moment she falls off the sofa !
Ahhhhhhhh
These pictures range from 11th October to 5thNovember…….
These few are especially for Sam to show her how it does look without the rain!
From half way to Dausse
Same place
And now an attempt to show you how much rain we have had here, this was November the 5th…..good job we don’t have fireworks night here on this day!
I hope this works !
