Nothing's happening. This is the state of the grapes out back. They're looking good, but I've seen no evidence of harvesting, yet. It could happen any time now.
The days are getting shorter, of course, and now I can feel it. It's dark when I get up in the morning and the sun doesn't rise until after 7h30. We're about a week away from the equinox. Pretty soon the hunting season will start.
A typical sight in the Dordogne Valley. I can't tell you which castle this is. I probably should do the research and try to figure it out. But I'm too lazy and it's my morning to walk Tasha (maybe those two things cancel each other out, but I'm too lazy to... you get it).
We're still in the chilly zone. Two of our neighbors (four of us in the hamlet have riding mowers) have cut their grass in the past two days. Over achievers. I think it's too cold and a little to wet to be riding around on the mower, and I'm lazy (see above), so I'm waiting for the predicted warmer, dryer days ahead. I hope the forecasters are right.
Not to be outdone by the chickens, goslings (baby geese) were also roaming free at this place we visited not far from Sarlat. These particular goslings look like they're enjoying some down time. Tuckered out from all that running around, I suppose.
It's still chilly this morning and the heat came on again. It doesn't stay on long, just enough to bump the temperature up a degree or so. They say we're in for a warm up soon. I can see the grass growing.
I don't know how old this bird is. I don't know if it's a mother. I don't even know if it's a hen. And those chicks... are they hers/his? I just don't know.
This morning, the outdoor thermometer says we're in the single digits. It's just under 10ºC (about 50ºF). The central heat hasn't kicked in, so the house is chilly. **Correction: the heat did come on just after I typed that. Today is haircut day.
Before we leave Sarlat, here's another rooftop look at the city's center. That's the bell tower of the Saint-Sacerdos cathedral.
I don't know what this is, other than a vase of flowers. Given the photo's place in the overall order, I'm pretty sure I took it inside the cathedral of Saint-Sacerdos in Sarlat. Beyond that, I'm sure of nothing.
We're thinking that the central heating may have a chance to come on this week. It kicks in when the indoor temperature gets below 18.5ºC (65ºF). This morning, it's 19.5º in the house.
I took this photo several dozen steps behind where I stood for yesterday's photo. It's still St.-Sacerdos in Sarlat.
I think the meteorological folks have made their point this year. We're having very fall-like weather with rain and low temperatures, and the equinox just under two weeks away. Mornings are starting to fee "crisp." Lows are predicted to drop this week, and we'll see (or feel) single digits toward the end. Joy.
