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.


Saturday, 4 July 2015

read on

Its just like being on holiday!

I know some would think that's every day but not what I mean this time. In years gone by I would measure how good a holiday had been by the number of books I had read. In recent years I haven't read quite as much as I used to, mostly because sitting for any length of time leaves me stiff and immobile afterwards, but the last few week it has been so hot I have found myself seeking out cool spaces to sit and have been working my way through a pile of books which have been awaiting my attention.

This corner , although on the south facing end of the house , actually escapes the direct sun in the summer because of nearby large trees - thank goodness for them. I have been alternating between here and in the pool all afternoon - far to hot to stay by the pool once out of the water. What a life!

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