tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333881722024-03-05T04:16:58.955+00:00La Chatte Gitane @ Le Mas d'AyenPatricia (La Chatte Gitane)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03188119208339437700noreply@blogger.comBlogger349125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33388172.post-29732946388469524032019-03-01T05:00:00.000+00:002019-03-01T05:00:03.759+00:00The Holiday Home @ Le Mas d'Ayen -The BedroomsWhere we now live also includes a holiday rental house or gîte, as it is called in French.<br />
We were lucky enough to have been left the charming furniture of said gîte by the previous owners, and while in keeping with a country atmosphere, we found that with a few changes it could become even better.<br />
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The main bedroom has been completely refurbished, except for the curtains. A new bed 160x200, mattress, bedlinen and 2 new bedside tables. All other furniture, lamps, paintings, etc we've had for a long time.<br />
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We didn't touch the walls, nor the floors, because they where beautifully done by the previous owners. The furniture that was here, we just moved to the second bedroom, as you will see later down below.</div>
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First, a few more of the main bedroom.</div>
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As I said, it looked beautiful before, but I just had to put my own stamp on it and add some personal touches.</div>
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The second bedroom looked like this, with the wardrobe on the opposite wall from the two single beds. One of these beds has been moved to the spare room of the main house.</div>
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The wardrobe got moved to the other wall, with a writing desk next to it. The two single beds from the main room are now in here. The rug is added for extra cosiness</div>
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The bed that stayed, will serve as a 'daybed' or 3rd single bed if we have 5 people staying.</div>
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The two beds from the main bedroom are now adorning this one. The red and white bedlinen I already had. I still have plenty in the pipeline for this room, but it'll have to wait just a bit longer, because next week the new kitchen in the main house will be installed. </div>
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And after that, a few tweaks to the gîte's bathroom, sitting room and kitchen. Well, who am I kidding? The kitchen will get a back door, replacing the existing window, a terrace and steps leading out into the garden.</div>
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I'll keep you posted.</div>
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Patricia (La Chatte Gitane)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03188119208339437700noreply@blogger.com219310 Ayen, France45.247716999999987 1.327569000000039545.158292999999986 1.1662075000000396 45.337140999999988 1.4889305000000395tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33388172.post-25749430534316447152019-02-06T10:27:00.000+00:002019-02-06T10:27:18.231+00:00Perpetually Cold<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Chilled to the bone. I'm irritable and in a constant state of snappiness. Because I'm cold !<br />
I know there are many, many people in a worse state of cold than I am, but I can't think of that right now.<br />
We've moved to the south of France and I want to feel some warmth. In all fairness, it is more bearable outside than indoors.<br />
Our house is draughty. Uninsulated floors with cold cellars underneath, gaps under and around the doors, single-pane windows.<br />
We have one gorgeous woodburner in the sitting room, but it can't keep up with the cold in the house, and we can't keep up with bringing the logs indoors. The other rooms have electric heaters, which we don't use too much, because if we boil the kettle, or use the washing machine, etc. the fuse will blow.<br />
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I'm not sure if we made the right decision by replacing the woodburner in the kitchen with a range cooker. It is a stunning beast, granted, but it doesn't radiate much heat.<br />
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Now we've made up our minds to install central heating, but until that happens I'm wearing several layers, including two thick jumpers, mitts on my hands (fingers still cold) and a scarf around my neck. I've closed off most of the gaps under the doors (with rolled up throws) and hung some curtains at the most offending one. Double glazed windows have been ordered as well as new outside doors.<br />
Next step however is insulating the floors.<br />
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I would say, roll on summer, but no, we've still too many projects to start and finish before we can open up our campsite ! Oh Jeez what have we taken on ?<br />
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Patricia xxx...xPatricia (La Chatte Gitane)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03188119208339437700noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33388172.post-90827037256083319262019-01-18T07:30:00.000+00:002019-01-18T07:30:07.128+00:00Irma's RoomMy mum is arriving today ! She seems to be in good spirit (on the phone at least) since her last ordeal. We will pick her up at Toulouse airport around noon and I can't wait to show her the guestroom in which she will holiday.<br />
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Except for the new bed, the rug and the ceiling light, we used what we already had. Oh, and the rug isn't staying.We will find another place for it eventually and buy a more suitable one for Irma's room.</div>
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Patricia (La Chatte Gitane)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03188119208339437700noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33388172.post-15172961686454698592019-01-15T16:47:00.000+00:002019-01-15T16:48:43.988+00:00And so it is ready.I've been spending many days creating the website for our new venture. Only the English version has been published so far, as I am still working on the Dutch and French sites.<br />
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I have to thank the previous owners of Le Mas, Arie and Bernadette, for giving me permission to use some of their pictures for the website. It is a bit hard to try and promote a place for summer hols, if you only have the chance take photos in the bleak midwinter.<br />
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So please take a look and browse. Report back if you see grammatical or spelling mistakes, or if you find the flow of the site a bit meh.<br />
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The link : <a href="http://lemasdayen.com/" target="_blank">Le Mas d'Ayen</a><br />
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It was fun to draw out a plan of the campsite. Have a glimpse below.<br />
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xxx...xPatricia (La Chatte Gitane)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03188119208339437700noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33388172.post-8855161857960961912018-12-27T16:09:00.000+00:002018-12-27T16:09:04.698+00:00The Wanderer ReturnsTo this blog, if probably only for a while.<br />
Also, we have returned to France. To live. Maybe also only for a while, who knows what the future holds, but let's settle down first and unpack some boxes.<br />
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I trust everyone has had a lovely Christmas (or whatever it is you celebrate), and let me, at this time, wish you all the best for the upcoming brand-spanking New Year !<br />
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What has happened ?<br />
We sold our house in Ireland and moved just over a month ago into our new abode. Well, the first few weeks we spent in the holiday cottage on the property we bought.<br />
The Département Corrèze is where we've settled and we're still finding our way around and trying to install ourselves and prepare for our upcoming big project.<br />
The project being, running a small campsite (25 pitches), a holiday let, and bar/resto for holiday guests.<br />
The land, the buildings and the surrounding area are all beautiful and I will tell you more about all of this in a later post.<br />
At this time it is very difficult for me to write this post as I am already missing my dearest friends in Ireland (you know who you are), my mother hasn't been well and at the moment our dog Millie is at the vets, where she has to stay till Friday, at least.<br />
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The cats have found their groove, as you can see, even though they haven't been outside yet.<br />
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Blackie would like nothing more than to go back home,<br />
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but then Santa Ikea arrived on Christmas Eve with some sofas.<br />
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He couldn't believe his luck when the arrival of a sofa could make it into 'home'<br />
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Patricia xxx...xPatricia (La Chatte Gitane)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03188119208339437700noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33388172.post-28624343955066084882018-09-17T05:00:00.000+01:002018-09-17T05:00:02.299+01:00All About CatsWhen our our kitten <a href="https://lachattegitane.blogspot.com/2017/05/absence.html" target="_blank">Pixie/Gypsy</a> left one evening never to return, a year ago now, I was so, so incredibly sad for weeks (still am), that my mum suggested I adopted another kitten.<br />
Woah there ! Bert had always said, if a pet died or disappeared there would be no replacement for a while.<br />
I, however, thought it would be a good idea.<br />
And, my mother said, if you get two, you'll be entertained all the time, because they will play with each other and they will have so much fun. Bert protested, but was overruled by two to one.<br />
Off we went, my mum, my friend Sophie and I visited the local cat rescue and came back home with two male, ginger and white kittens.<br />
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Meet Alfie & Louis, who came to live with us October 2017.</div>
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Louis (left) & Alfie (right) - look at that scrunched up little face.</div>
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Helping with the reupholstery !</div>
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I was wrong !</div>
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Here they are now, just over one year old and they have given us lots of laughs so far.</div>
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Louis is a real hunter and we'll often try to save his prey, not always successfully unfortunately.</div>
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Alfie goes more after small fry, like insects, a piece seaweed, a mussel shell or a clump of grass.</div>
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That's it for this post. One year in the life of the ginger twins.</div>
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A courgette (zucchini) will turn into a big fat marrow, or monster, to be precise.<br />
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This very large specimen is 60 cm in length and 16 cm diameter and weighs an astonishing 10 kg !<br />
I prefer my courgettes petite, but I'm really, really, really loving this huge masterpiece. I guess courgette soup is on the menu for the coming months, at least.<br />
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Patricia xxx...xPatricia (La Chatte Gitane)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03188119208339437700noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33388172.post-77778467817229048822018-08-14T16:30:00.001+01:002018-08-14T16:34:57.028+01:00Closing One Chapter....I don't know if anybody is still out there, but if there is, I would like to apologise now for not keeping up with this blog.<br />
We've had many exciting plans for our future here and none of them came to fruition, so we think it is time to indeed close this chapter and start penning down the new one in our story. The ink had dried up in our pen and we're looking for another one at the bottom of the clutter drawer. Until that new pen is being found, I'll leave you with the news that our house in Ireland is now on the market !<br />
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It is a fantastic house in the most stunning surroundings. Don't believe me ? Take a look for yourselves.<br />
<a href="https://www.daft.ie/kerry/houses-for-sale/sneem/derreenvaurrig-sneem-kerry-1845348/" target="_blank">House in Sneem, co Kerry, Ireland</a><br />
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<br />Patricia (La Chatte Gitane)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03188119208339437700noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33388172.post-63040549634607943632017-12-19T19:57:00.000+00:002017-12-19T19:57:06.172+00:00Merry Christmas ! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I feel like I've let down my readers. Not only that, I've let myself down by not posting here in a very long time. You know how it goes, you have 'writer's block' or you think nobody is waiting to read a bit of drivel. And before you know it, months and months have passed.<br />
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Anyhow, I just dropped in to wish you all a very Happy Christmas !<br />
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Patricia xxx...xPatricia (La Chatte Gitane)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03188119208339437700noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33388172.post-27339592026824707452017-06-14T11:56:00.000+01:002017-06-14T11:56:23.098+01:00In Use AgainThat's our <a href="https://lachattegitane.blogspot.ie/2016/05/a-wendy-house-for-chooks.html" target="_blank">Wendy house for chickens</a>, that is.<br />
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Our oldest and the only original one left (after foxes and mink had a go), Bluebell decided to retract from the newcomers in the coop and settle down to become broody. For the first time in three years.</div>
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She sat on two eggs and a few days ago we welcomed a little chick (only one) into the world.</div>
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Out came the Wendy house, but this time we've placed it on our patio area at the house, so we can keep an eye on her. We weighted the little coop down with 2 concrete slabs. Yes, it can be windy here, but the reason for this is that our dogs (or maybe a fox) wouldn't be able to lift it up with their noses.</div>
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What have I been doing over the last week ? Well, cutting up and dividing pork. Our last two pigs have now found homes into several freezers with several households. I've cut chops,loin roasts, thick pork belly slices, taken out the tenderloins, back ribs, spare ribs and cut 2 legs and one shoulder into manageable roasts. Two legs are curing at the butcher's for ham.</div>
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But when my friend, Jutta said she wanted a mural with grasses on the wall of her physio clinic room, I said, in jest, "I'll do it". And 2 afternoons later, here we are.</div>
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Now, you'd better sit in a darkened room if you want to check out the pictures of this project.<br />
The wall is a soft light blue with a spring-like feel to it. The other colour Jutta used on her walls is a light green very close to the blue. And if I had used that green it would not have been visible at all, so I added a brighter green to her original colour to get the desired effect.<br />
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Jutta is very happy with the result and it is just how she wanted it. That'll do me just fine.<br />
Now they only have to finish off their new-build, so they can start enjoying it all.<br />
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It has been raining heavily on and off and it feels bitterly cold (I'll have to start wearing socks in my sandals again), The few veg in the garden are starting to curl up on themselves from the cold, as if they want to return to the soil. Can't blame them.<br />
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Keep well !<br />
Patricia xxx...xPatricia (La Chatte Gitane)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03188119208339437700noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33388172.post-69259178677028072452017-06-02T07:00:00.000+01:002017-06-02T07:00:22.509+01:00Gypsy No More<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Oh, the kitten is still here, but since she is settled now we decided to ditch the name Gypsy.<br />
Bert thought the name Pixie suited her so much better, and he is right.<br />
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Pixie is cute, friendly and funny. And she has a gap between her front teeth, both top and bottom.</div>
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Patricia xxx...x</div>
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Slowly emerging from the depths of building rubble and hardcore, we can finally say we have something resembling a 'manicured' lawn.<br />
There is nothing there that hasn't popped up by itself, mainly wild grasses and 'weeds' and we are okay with that.<br />
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What I love about a manicured lawn is the contrast it gives to the wild and rugged landscape beyond.<br />
We can now use a regular lawn mower for the first time instead of a strimmer.<br />
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Obviously in a few areas around the land we (the royal 'we) still use the latter.<br />
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Simon, our English volunteer, who helped us out for 2 weeks made short shrift of the long grass around the chicken and duck runs and also near the poly tunnel and around the soft fruit shrubs.</div>
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When I was looking through some photos yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised with what we have done in the four years we've lived here. Obviously, with the help of volunteers and paid labour. </div>
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Just to show you the difference from just moving in in April 2013 (that's my mum, btw) and now.</div>
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Enjoy the rest of your Sunday and the coming week.</div>
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Over the winter months our hens and roosters have been picked off one by one by a fox, until we had only 2 chickens left. We only have one of our first chooks still here, but she's not in these pictures as she's sitting on a nest. Good girl.<br />
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This big boy is Sigi and he's our fourth cockerel in the period of a year. Around this time last year we had a visit from the mink and that beast killed the boy of that time and four girls.<br />
Our feathered friends are not allowed to extreme free-range in the garden anymore. They now stay in their run with 4 ultrasonic fox deterrents and electric fence, the latter is in the process of being installed.<br />
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Ah, the ducks ! We had 3 female and one male. Now we have only 2 girls and himself, Cyril. <br />
One of the girls flew off, came back, flew off, came back..... flew off and never came back. I think Cyril then went looking for her, because he also flew off and didn't come back either. Luckily he was spotted at his old home at our friends/neighbours. It was a full 2 weeks before he could be caught and was delivered back to his girls. Not before we clipped one of his wings though. We managed to do the same with the ducks just after he left for his holiday.<br />
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We still have 2 pigs, they've been with us for a year now, but soon it'll be time for them to go. 😩<br />
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I'll leave you with a picture of the cutest kitten<br />
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Thanks for visiting.<br />
Patricia xxx...xPatricia (La Chatte Gitane)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03188119208339437700noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33388172.post-9168008421688492802017-05-13T18:24:00.000+01:002017-05-13T18:24:11.057+01:00Absence I know. I've been absent for a few months.<br />
My apologies for not notifying you about this break, but I wasn't planning on having one. It sometimes just happens. I opened the "new post" tab a few times, but it wasn't meant to be. I didn't know what to write about that might be of interest to anyone.<br />
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At this moment, I'm sitting here at the table, tapping away at the keyboard, with a cat curled up between me and the laptop. <br />
A scrawny little thing, this kitten, which was sitting in the kitchen on Tuesday while I was pottering about. It had been spotted the day before in the chicken coop of all places, but ran away when I arrived with too much noise.<br />
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We fed her and checked her over, yes, it's a girl, with a snotty nose and some discharge from her eyes.<br />
Afraid she is not and very friendly toward people and the dogs. She hisses at our other cats though.<br />
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Definitely not afraid of dogs</div>
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This photo was taken by our current volunteer, Simon.</div>
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She is constantly hungry and even steals the biscuits from the dog's bowl. She gets food often but little at a time.</div>
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She seems to be more lively today and started playing with fluff bunnies and whatnot. Took an interest in a stranded bee. </div>
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She ain't planning to go anywhere. She's here to stay. (*)</div>
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Her name is Gypsy.</div>
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Have a good weekend.</div>
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(*) Unless someone has lost this kitten which they love very, very much. But if you love this kitten so very much, why is it skin over bone and why is there no lost sign up anywhere in the village ?</div>
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Thank goodness they were much smaller than our previous pigs. Still, we had our work cut out (scuse the pun), transforming the meat into suitable sized portions.<br />
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Luckily, our friend Sophie was here to help.<br />
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She's been such a trooper, grating nutmeg as if there was no tomorrow, peeling pistachios, sausage guider and linker, de-boning, slicing chops and dicing for stewing meat....<br />
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This time I asked the butcher to mince the meat from two shoulders. I have a meat mincer on my Kenwood food processor, but for such a quantity it is much quicker if the butcher does it.<br />
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We made three types of sausage. A Belgian style bratwurst with white pepper, salt and NUTMEG ! A curried sausage and a mild chorizo (see mixture in photo above)<br />
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And here they are drying for a few hours. Allegedly, this helps to tighten the sausage and skin together. I believe it worked. We've had some for dinner the other night and they were absolutely stonkingly tasty and firm.<br />
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Our own homemade luncheon meat or mortadella-esque Bologna sausage, with pistachios, pink and green peppercorns. No artificial colouring or flavour enhancers added. Only good quality meat, herbs and spices and pistachios.<br />
We stuffed these on Friday and left them to settle in the fridge till Saturday. Then they went in the sous vide cooker for 3 hours at 60°C. Very nice they are, but next time I'll probably use less salt than what was stated in the recipe.<br />
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With that out of the way, it is high time to get the chicken and duck run electrified. The ultrasonic sensors seem to have helped so far (touch wood), but I'll be more relaxed with extra precautions.<br />
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In between, I have been sorting through my craftroom too. Moving furniture and folding fabrics. Neatly. A long way to go still, but we'll get there in the end.<br />
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Have a lovely week.<br />
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Excuse the dirty windows. It's cat spittle or something like that.</div>
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It's been a while since I've come onto the blog - too long, so without further ado let me wish you a very sound, healthy and happy new year !<br />
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The festivities all come and gone and it is time to take stock of what's been happening.<br />
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Obviously, after the windows had been fitted, the sitting room needed a few coats of paint, which we did, and finished just in the nick of time for the Christmas decorations to go up.<br />
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The tree and other decorations went up just in the nick of time (again) before the arrival of my mother, Irma.<br />
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My mum has one at home, in Belgium, and we decided to get her one for when she visits. My gosh, she's fast, when she's not sitting down.</div>
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On Christmas day we had dinner at our friends, Sophie and Rudy. It was so lovely. The food, company and atmosphere were fantastic.</div>
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We hosted a dinner party on the 28th and that was also a success. I didn't take photos this year, I forgot ! Ah, but the memories are there. </div>
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I did take photo before the party however. We we were setting the tables, Fergus was delighted with the little nest we laid as a centerpiece.</div>
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In other news, one of the female ducks flew off and came back, flew off and came back... A few times until she decided to stay away for good. Then Cyril, the drake left. He didn't come back and was being spotted at the friends/neighbours, where he originally came from. </div>
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The fox has visited a few times, maiming one chicken, who eventually died a week later. Most probably internal injuries which we didn't notice. We kept her inside and treated her broken skin to no avail. Next time we'll have to take a more drastic measure quicker. We live and learn.</div>
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He must have come back a few days later and took our beautiful new cockerel. It breaks my heart.</div>
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But we also ordered and received battery operated electric fence to place on the outside of the chicken and duck pens. Soon to be installed.</div>
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Last Friday the other windows were fitted, bar one. It is only 20 cm to tall ! 😭 Can you believe it ?</div>
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Since I also have a new window in the craft room, I decided it was time to reorganise the whole lot again. I've been busy with that all weekend and it'll need a good few more days, I expect.</div>
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It's good to be back.</div>
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Patricia (La Chatte Gitane)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03188119208339437700noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33388172.post-66388735220647135252016-12-12T07:00:00.000+00:002016-12-12T07:00:17.132+00:00Finally !<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The windows fitted, some of the walls re-plastered, ceiling and all walls painted.</div>
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And the Christmas tree is up and bedecked. </div>
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It took us longer than expected to get here and that's why I have been missing from the blogosphere for a while.</div>
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I have a lot of catching up to do with reading all your blogs. I'll get to it shortly.</div>
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It is pretty seldom that I crawl out of bed before sunrise, but it often pays off when I do.</div>
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The air is crisp and clear, the grasses are frostbitten and the highest mountains covered in their winter attire.</div>
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It took them about three minutes before they ventured out, but found the pond straight away.</div>
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Loads of fun and I could have stood there all day, just watching them. Unfortunately the sitting room called me to start painting. Pffft. 😓</div>
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Here we are. Ready for business. </div>
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Cyril, is his name, with his ladies, safely tucked in the pen for the next few days. </div>
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After that, they can make use of their larger enclosure which also contains the pond.</div>
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Their wings won't be clipped and they might well end up back at their former home at Maggie & Richard's (our friends and neighbours). At least they will be able to escape predators and that's all that matters in the end.</div>
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These are just a few more photos of the work in progress. </div>
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Later today the sitting room will be ready for me to clean.</div>
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This post was (and still is) 4 cm out at the top, compared to the bottom.</div>
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Nothing to do with the window company, but with the builder who erected this house. </div>
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As you can see the damp proof membrane was lying flat, bridging the cavity and bringing rain right into the inside wall. </div>
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We had a leak in the ceiling around this time last year. Which had been temporarily fixed (or so we thought). The damaged ceiling has been cut out...</div>
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...and replaced with new plasterboard, ready to be skimmed.</div>
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Now that we know the damp proofing under the windows was bodged, we're certain that the leak comes from the windows upstairs. But we'll have to wait and see.</div>
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Oh dear. Ha ha ha ! What fun it's going to be to get everything back in order.</div>
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Would you believe the window company made all these windows smaller than the original ones ? </div>
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And that is why they didn't want or need to chisel away at the plaster to fit the windows. They could skip that step by literally breaking out the old windows.</div>
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All the other brown windows, fascias and soffits will also be replaced with white, but in a few weeks time. </div>
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At least the sitting room will soon be ready. Clean and redecorated.</div>
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Patricia (La Chatte Gitane)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03188119208339437700noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33388172.post-68823692515815681442016-11-10T07:00:00.000+00:002016-11-10T07:00:03.027+00:00The Window Saga<div style="text-align: center;">
It's okay. The work started yesterday morning. </div>
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It is a very slow process and lots of dust, but our motley crew of very skilled craftsmen/builders are doing a fantastic job. They are from the village and we know them well.</div>
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A bit of rubble and a lot of dust.</div>
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The old windows were fitted abysmally. The damp course membrane underneath the windows were lying flat underneath the indoor sill. No wonder we had water seeping in with the wind driving the rain through. Our team will fix this. </div>
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This is a gap around the old windows. No insulation like expanding foam. Just simply plastered straight up against the window frames.</div>
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It won't be so draughty anymore when the new ones are in.</div>
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Thank goodness we put our foot down last week as all of us are certain we would have ended up with quite a bodge job from the window company.</div>
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