Village view

This is a typical street in the village where we spent New Year's Eve this year. Well, technically last year. We had a feast that lasted from lunch through to midnight with the occasional break for coffee, food prep, or to walk the dogs. It rained much of the time, so walking the dogs was a wet affair.

A very tidy street below the château in Le Grand Pressigny.

As our weather continues to be wet and mild, we've been watching the weather in other parts of France and the world. Brittany is getting battered with high winds and surf and there's a lot of flooding out there. Réunion, an island in the Indian Ocean that is part of France, is under a major tropical storm. And North America is suffering with some of the coldest winter temperatures I've seen in a while, not to mention snow.

We're pretty lucky in our relatively calm part of the world. If it doesn't get cold soon, people will start complaining that it's too warm. They say the bug and other pest populations will get out of control if it doesn't freeze in the winter. But I have a feeling it will get colder before it gets warmer.