Posted in Family Stuff, Farming on 31 July, 2007 | 6 Comments »
The méchoui was finally ready and as the lamb turned on the spit for the last time, it split open slightly and grains of rice and juice from the ratatouille ran down onto the embers. It took two of them to carry it, sliding it off a pole so big that they could have vaulted [...]
Posted in Village Life on 27 July, 2007 | 10 Comments »
« Is that all there is? » I asked my daughter as she handed over what looked suspiciously like an electricity bill and a bank statement. “Yeah, it hasn’t arrived,” she said, her eyes mirroring what was surely my own disappointment. Then she broke into a wide grin, pulled the small box from behind her [...]
Posted in Farming on 25 July, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Well, here are the sheep, all 270 of them. The ones I didn’t have time to show you on your last visit. They are grazing next to the farm, enjoying the cool of the evening. Most mornings they will leave at 5.30 am with my father-in-law to graze in higher pastures, before coming back to [...]
Posted in Farming, Village Life on 21 July, 2007 | 11 Comments »
The summons lay on the table. Printed on canary yellow paper it could have been an invitation for a birthday party, rather than an invite to Court one day and some distant part of me wondered if it would be as easy to refuse.
My husband was shaking his head and muttering something about it being [...]
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