Author: Cinnamon

We’re in the midst of another mini heat wave. As this post goes up I have my French lesson ‘in town’ on a day when I’d rather stay at home in front of the fan. Needs must. And yes, I… Continue Reading →

We were in a heat wave which finally broke. This coming week will be ‘just’ warm as opposed to high temps (for here), very very high pollen count, and high humidity. Loads of weird white cottony stuff floating around. Happy… Continue Reading →

Summer very soon and boy is the honeysuckle outperforming this year. The deluge receded and we’ve had lovely weather, during which I had the fun time of getting the braces installed (glue, bracket, wire, tighten) on my lower teeth. IMHO,… Continue Reading →

We had an epic rainstorm yesterday. And I do mean epic. The road outside the house was a river. All ended by around 7 in the evening and today is glorious. Tomorrow is day 1 of braces – ie, the… Continue Reading →

Happy June. We’ve been having lovely weather. Not to hot. Very humid and pollen-y though. Loads of things bursting into bloom (my peonies look white this year rather than pink). The new rose is working on blooming (the two older… Continue Reading →

I had most of this post written and was looking forward to talking about my optician appointment, after Musette’s post on cataracts. But, best laid plans. I gave myself half an hour to drive what usually takes 10 minutes. Unsigned… Continue Reading →

I’ve been sort of awol the past week and a bit. Short holiday plus getting tooth extracted in anticipation of braces on lower teeth next month. I discovered I don’t really do bounce-back as quickly as I used to. Anyway,… Continue Reading →