I hope that you simply and yours are nicely.
Right here in my little village, as I advised you within the final publication, we’re within the throes of Olympic fever – kind of. Not the true Olympic Video games however our personal village boules contest! (If you happen to missed that publication, you’ll discover it right here). We’ve had two rounds thus far and the final sport can be tonight. To date, my staff is in third place on account of me being not superb at it, however it’s so far being taking in good spirit by my teammates!
Jean-Claude, my neighbour, and self-appointed Center of Nowhere Olympic Boules Committee Chairman, has additionally appointed himself umpire. We’re a mixture of gamers, younger, previous, French largely, British (me and the opposite half), Belgian and Parisian – Paris is taken into account to be virtually one other nation in these components! We’re additionally a mixture of capability – Claude Senior thinks he’s actually good however truly isn’t, Claude Junior, is a reliable participant, Petit Frère (‘Little Brother’, not his actual title however he’s the youngest of a number of although not younger) is superb, and Paul and Cherie are virtually ok to go professional. They’re like the ability couple of petanque in these components and to make it truthful they’re enjoying on separate groups. They follow virtually day-after-day. There are round 2 dozen gamers in complete.
To inform the reality, the true competitors is the meals that everybody brings alongside to the video games, and that will get simply as a lot judging because the boules. To date, a strawberry tart with delicate, mild golden pastry, creamy and candy crème patisserie topped with strawberries from close by Samer, macerated in Grand Marnier and dusted with icing sugar, is prime of the desk and many of the discuss in regards to the finale tonight isn’t about swings and pointing balls, however whether or not it’s truly doable to make a greater tart! We will see.
In the meantime we have now a brand new staff member at residence – Smudge the kitten. He’s a tiny, skinny little ginger and white scrap with a smudge-like sample on his face who turned up on the again door final week (he’s on my Instagram web page in case you’d prefer to see him!).
Wishing you a really bon weekend from a bit village in France the place cats and truffles rule!
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ps prime photograph: lavender harvest in Provence! Dont’ you would like we had sniff-o-vision?!
Janine
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Janine Marsh is Creator of My Good Life in France: In Pursuit of the Rural Dream, My 4 Seasons in France: A Yr of the Good Life and Toujours la France: Residing the Dream in Rural France all accessible as e-book, print & audio, on Amazon all over the place & all good bookshops on-line. Her new e-book How one can be French – a celebration of the French life-style and artwork de vivre, is out now – a have a look at the French lifestyle.
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