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We hung our Advent Calendar up this morning, all ready for the 1st of December tomorrow. We have a beautiful one which was made by Caiti’s wonderful godmother Janet Lane. As you can see, it’s a Christmas tree with rick-rack tinsel and 24 little pads of velcro sewn on. In the pockets at the bottom are [...] Driving into Boussac yesterday to post the first of the Christmas parcels (be impressed – be very impressed: this is me being organised!), I was delayed by a rotor blade. It was being delivered to eolienne (wind turbine) 6 or 7. The incredibly long lorry was manoeuvring to back down a side road. I don’t [...] It’s the first Sunday in Advent (premier dimanche de l’avent) today which, as we all know, marks the start of the build-up to Christmas. And I have finally got round to wrapping up a few pressies and parcelling them up to be sent off to family and friends in England and Ireland. And we’ve got [...] I was going to blog about the forthcoming AIPB Anglo-French carol concert. This will be only its third year but it’s already become a tradition in Boussac. French people have taken to the ‘meenzpiess’, which are served up afterwards with mulled wine, with a vengeance. It was the first répétition for the concert last night. [...] |
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