It’s Easter Sunday and my second Covid-free day! We spent most of the day gardening. This is our pavement. All the irises and white flowers are cuttings from a neighbour. Happy Easter! C’est le dimanche de Pâques and mon deuxième jour sans parler du Covid. Nous avons passé une bonne partie de la journée à …
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Covid Confinement Day 26
Yoday I made hot-cross buns for Easter, a British tradition. I am having a Covid-free weekend during which I am not reading, hearing or speaking about the coronavirus – just enjoying the glorious spring weather. We had our first outdoor barbecue of the year. J’ai confectionné des brioches traditionnelles de Pâques aujourd’hui. Je passe un …
Covid Confinement Day 25
It’s Good Friday today with the quietest ever Easter – at least the road deaths will be down. There were two new deaths in our area today, giving a total of 18. France has reached a very high plateau that we are hoping will go down next week as we reach the end of the …
Covid Confinement Day 24
Living in a house with a garden outside a town of 50,000 people makes lockdown very livable particularly during spring. Today we were able to order and pick up lettuce plants from the local nursery without getting out the car and we can now even buy flowers such as petunias. We are putting in an …
Covid Confinement Day 23
I take this photo every year and each time there are two or three more tulips. We are up to 18. There were three more deaths in our area today bringing up up to 16 but the new nationwide death count was down to 541 from 607 yesterday. Je prends cette photo tous les ans …
Covid Confinement Day 22
Jean Michel has finished building two cold frames, all from recuperated materials. My contribution was the green stain! So far I’ve planted two types of lettuce, cosmos, aubrieta and nasturtiums. Our area had no new deaths today and the figure for the whole of France increased by 607 down from 833 yesterday. However it seems …
Covid Confinement Day 21
I nearly walked on this fellow today. With the first rain in ages the snails were out in droves. There was another death in our area today bringing the total up to 13 while the total of new deaths in France today was 833. We are still waiting for the peak. The certificate required by …
Covid Confinement Day 20
One of our walks takes us past two geese that honk enthusiastically as we go past. We are thankful it is spring because there is always something new to see. Unfortunately the good weather tempted more people to go out in Paris today in particular. The figures were the same for our area with a …
Covid Confinement Day 19
Lockdown is already difficult for adults but for children, especially if they are the only ones at home, the days can seem endless. I asked my friend Lya, aged 8, to share her vision of lockdown. Below is her first photo and text. It’s amusing that my choice of photo today, before I received hers, …
Covid Confinement Day 18
With the plant nurseries closed at the moment, I ordered plants and seeds on-line. Jean Michel is making a cold frame. One of the local nurseries Gamm Vert is opening a drive-in for vegetable plants tomorrow so we’ll be able to get some lettuces. The number of deaths in our area is now 10 up …