Our contractor called early Monday morning to postpone. We were having some rain showers. Most of our project is outdoors. So he postponed until today (Tuesday). There's no rain in today's forecast. Hope springs eternal.
I don't have a photo ready for today. I'm getting ready for the contractor to arrive to do the garden shed door and window shutter. I did get the shed kind of cleaned up yesterday, mostly along the wall where the work will get done. I hope it's enough. When I worry about stuff like that, Ken always reminds me, "he's probably seen worse." Ha! There may be photos in the next day or two...
Here's a recent shot of the outside. It will serve as my "before" shot.
Market day was kind of a bust. I forget that the holidays are winding down and many vendors take time off this time of year. The fish monger was among them yesterday. No seafood at the market. The bakery in town was closed. No bread or pastry. Luckily for me, there was a vendor from a bakery in another town. They make good products and I got what I wanted at her stand. The Asian guys were there, but when I walked past I had completely forgotten to stop for some egg rolls. Maybe next weekend.
One of the pastries I wanted was une galette des rois, the traditional pastry for the epiphany holiday. I've made my own in the past, but not this year. I though it was good. Ken said we've had better. Neither of us has found the fève (that little token that's hidden inside the cake) yet.
This morning I'm working on straightening up the garden shed a little so the contractor has clean access to the window and door inside and out. The weather us supposed to be ok tomorrow, so I'm hopeful.
I haven't been to the Saturday market in St.-Aignan in quite a while. Weather and other issues have kept me away. But today I'm heading back (weather permitting). Hopefully I'll find some coques (cockles) from the fish monger. We're planning a dish of linguini with white clam sauce. If there are no coques, then I'll get some fish. Either way, I've got a hankerin' for seafood!
In other news, I got a text yesterday from the guy who did the shutters on our windows, not to mention the garage door. He's coming on Monday to do the garden shed door and shutters. Woo-hoo! It's been almost a year waiting, I'm not sure why. We're also gaining a full two minutes of daylight today. Spring is on the horizon.
What a day and night. First, the boiler in the central heating system shut down. We think, or I should say that technician who repaired it thinks, that the system's water pressure was down below where it should be. Hmmm. We've never had this problem nor do we have an explanation as to why it happened. So far this morning, almost 24 hours since the repair, everything is working as it should. Knock on wood.
Then, last evening, a predicted storm moved up the west coast and we got the southern edge of the system as it made its way up to the English Channel. Like I said, it was predicted, but we rocked and rolled all night nonetheless. The power went off once, but it came back pretty quickly. It's still dark outside, so we can't see how the neighborhood fared. The center of the storm is moving north and east through Belgium as I type this.
The wind is calming down now and I'm hopeful that there's little to no damage out there. Tasha has a grooming appointment this morning. So far, it's still on and we're warm.
A quick post today of some of our recent snow. We're dealing with a problem with our heating boiler. Back soon.
The forecast is for more snow on and off during the day today. We'll see. The temperature is hovering around zero again this morning. *UPDATE* As I finished writing this, I notice that it's actually snowing now. Very pretty.
I had a self-inflicted panic this morning when I got an email saying the electric company intended to cancel our account due to non-use of their web site. Yikes! Turns out the web site in question belongs to a partner or subsidiary (not sure which) that handles some services on behalf of the electric company. Once I figured that out, the panic subsided. I don't use that web site for anything, so I just canceled it myself. I feel better now.
