aici sén pla: By the way .............

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.

Friday, 28 August 2015

By the way .............

Obviously my "daily blog" idea was always a non starter - too much living to do especially in the summer - and with the first real interruption earlier in the year it was all too easy to get out of the routine.

So much goes on there is never a shortage of things to record if time permitted, then there are visitors. We love having visitors and sharing our good luck at living here but again that leaves less time for blogging.

Tomatoes are sundrying in the greenhouse

Not to mention the garden - every day I harvest our produce, a hot back breaking half hour or more, and then have to work out ways of using/preserving. Even with visitors there is always more than I can use and the freezer is groaning - may have to consider buying a steriliser so I can bottle some.