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.


Thursday, 10 September 2015

grape harvest

Busy, busy day.

Another nice summery day, not the "scorcher" we were promised but probably just as well.

We went to the market this morning as usual, but more for the fun than to buy - we have so much of our own produce to use we didn't need much.

This afternoon its been all about preserving. 

Our grapevine is really loaded this year - far too many to eat and we are not about to start making our own wine again. There's not room in the freezer to store juice so have tried grape jelly for the first time. It is a really pretty colour and tasty too - could be a christmas gift idea if I make enough. 

Our chilli crop is also superb - I hope I can dry some to hang up in the kitchen but today I have made chilli jam  - also a first, and it too is very pretty.






Now for a late season barbecue - just to prove we know how to live à deux.
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