Le Grand Froid à la Ferme i.e. It’s Freezing at Les Fragnes!

We’ve been on vigilance orange (amber alert) for froid (cold) all day today in Creuse, and it’s set to continue and get worse, at least overnight. So we’re taking some special measures around the farm to cope with the extreme conditions.
First up, we’ve brought the generator indoors so it’s handy if things go black. We’ve [...]

February sayings and traditions

Here are a few wise old sayings from the February 1932 edition of La Prosperite a la Campagne:
Chandeleur noire – hiver a fait son devoir.
Chandeleur trouble – l’hiver redouble.
Black Candlemas – winter has finished its work.
Unsettled Candlemas – winter will redouble its efforts.
(I guess that by ‘black’ candlemas it means cloudy and not snowy. Candlemas [...]