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, 12 May 2015

irises

This is always the first to flower




Irises grow well here, they thrive in the hot stony alkaline soil and grow in every garden hereabouts as well as in the hedgerows. Their flowering season is long too as the different varieties flower at slightly different times.

One from Maggie's garden at the forge
A beautiful blue one brought here from
Pavillon - our house at Bruniquel
They are flamboyant dressers with an air of celebration about them  - definitely announcing the start of summer











There are lots in my garden too. Some were here when we came - they have been split and  moved around.




I have also added new varieties







I managed to finish the patchwork stained glass panel in time for in to be on the wall in the right season too!



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