Now it really feels like winter.
Here in the Lot et Garonne, it's getting down to minus six degrees at night and not getting much above five or six during the day.
A freezing fog blankets everything and the sun struggles to break through.
But break through it did ... today.
A pale-blue sky made a perfect backdrop to the ice covered leaf-tips of pines, frosted as if with icing sugar.
Particles of ice fell like snow from the branches, coating the ground in patches of white, not yielding to the weak sun, not melting.
Inside, it's time to use home-grown potatoes and leeks ... to make a warming, winter soup.
With the wood-burner going at full tilt, we are happy to stay indoors.
Beautiful foggy/frosty photos.
ReplyDeleteSoupe aux poireaux et pommes de terre, my favorite.
So, Tony, if I can read between the lines, Ellsmere is your dream home and you are happy to live your golden years in South-Western France.
You bet Charles-Henry. We are living the dream in our dream home ... and that's not the only thing we love about France.
ReplyDeleteWe have had only one day in the past five when the fog has lifted. It's -3° here at ten o'clock on a sunday morning. Graham has his thermals and a flask of armagnac ready for the local rugby match this afternoon.We are thankful for the central heating.
ReplyDeleteAs far as thermals are concerned, I recommend Damart in France. I have used them for many years with great success. Wash in cold or tepid water ; no dryer either, it shrinks!
ReplyDeletethanks for that Charles-Henry.
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