Aici sèn pla

This blog started as a daily record to mark our fifth year at Segala. Daily it did not turn out to be but after the year I have decided to continue as an occasional diary - after all I do still like it here or "aici sen pla".


Its our fifth year living at Segala. I have decided to try to mark this year with a daily post ( some days it will be just a photo) of our life over the year. I have trawled my brain for witty titles without success then I remembered the slogan on the T shirts at the fête in Espinas in the summer.


A friend translated it from the occitan for us. It seems to mean something along the lines of I like it here. Very apt for us, "I like it here " is a refrain we use to each other at least daily so that's the plan - Aici sén pla - a year of daily musings from a contented retired expat who thinks herself damned lucky every single day.


Tuesday, 23 December 2014

not mad enough for the attic





I decided that today's temperatures  would place too high a demand on our electricity supply to get my attic den warm enough to work in. I did however need to get some sewing done if our Christmas tablemats were to appear this year not next.



So downstairs came my small (ie light) machine into the kitchen - much warmer there - on went the Christmas John Kirkpatrick CDs to get me in the mood and violà.




 We felt very festive this evening and had an extra glass of wine!


















Had to make mince pies too - we've been invited to a French family Christmas Eve meal tomorrow - excited as Christmas eve is the main event for French families and this is a first for us. We have been told not to bring anything but we are taking crackers bought in England and mince pies as a conversation piece.

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