New Year's Eve

Good-bye 2025! One more snow photo, maybe not the last.

Happy New Year's Eve!

Were expecting a delivery of home heating fuel this morning. Will the excitement never end? 

Our little hamlet

The hamlet where we live was quiet and peaceful after our Christmas Day snowfall last week. There are no businesses here, only houses. We have to drive into town for groceries, bread, haircuts, and such. Not much driving happened on this day, though.

La Renaudière enneigée.

I didn't take any photos of yesterday's pizza lunch. It was very good, if I do say so myself. Tomato sauce, seasoned sautéed mushrooms, and cheese. Simple and tasty. 

Almost done

Just a couple of snow photos left from last week's weather event. This one shows the end of our road or, at least, the end of the paved portion. From here the way becomes a dirt road through the vineyard and intersects with a couple more paved roads out west of us. The dirt road slows down most drivers, but we have to mindful of farm machinery and the fall/winter hunting season when we walk out there.

Christmas morning in our cul-de-sac. The snow didn't stick to the road surfaces.

Today we're going to make mushroom pizzas for lunch. They'll make a nice change from turkey-related meals which, I should say, have been delicious! 

At the back gate

Here's the back yard garden shed in the snow. It's seen better days, but the snow improves it a little.

All the snow is gone now. This photo's from Xmas Day.

According to the weather website I visit daily, today we gain one full minute of daylight. Yay! 

Neige !

The French word for snow. La neige. Our morning temperatures are hovering around or just below freezing, but there is no more neige in the forecast for now.

The back yard in snow.

Today is market day in Saint-Aignan, but I don't think I'm going. In past years, we've made linguini with  white clam sauce around new year's, and I got the clams from the fish vendors at the Saturday market. But having a bunch of clams hang out on the deck (or in the fridge) for almost a week just doesn't sound good to me. Another time.

Christmas snow

As I mentioned, we got about an inch of snow in the wee hours on Christmas Day. It had melted away by mid-day, but I took the camera out on our morning walk and got some photos. I'll post a few here in this week between the holidays.

The real fake well in snow. The footprints belong to Tasha.

Leftovers are on the menu! There aren't too many, but we'll enjoy what we've got. On New Year's Day we'll make something with black-eyed peas. Yum!

Happy Christmas Day! We got some snow over night, about an inch on the ground. It looks kind of like this photo from way back. I didn't get a "live" photo because it's still dark while I write this. Ken's preparing the turkey for the oven now.

Snow on the vineyard cabin, about an inch like this morning.

 Thanks to all for the warm holiday wishes!