Monthly Archives: October 2018

Let’s play a game

Posted on October 20, 2018 by coteetcampagne

OK, what’s on your dining table this evening? I have a glue gun, a random plank, three hand embellished candles, a box of threads, a sewing machine, a jar of paintbrushes, a box of acrylic paints, a glass bowl, five … Continue reading →

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Just-in time….

Posted on October 16, 2018 by coteetcampagne

I deeply regret writing the last line of the last post. Have you seen the news from the Aude? On Sunday night, the rains came, and they came, and they came. The noise on our roof was terrifying. I could … Continue reading →

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More

Posted on October 10, 2018 by coteetcampagne

It doesn’t take much to make me happy. Really. I return from a Troc Trawl (more on that later) and on the spectacularly ugly and completely unimproved back wall of our hovel is perfectly level and perfectly fitted new guttering. … Continue reading →

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Onward and upward

Posted on October 9, 2018 by coteetcampagne

After a summer of stasis when nothing got done around the French house, we have finally started to address the final work. Everything stopped for a number of reasons: Trev’s new French doctor put him back on a drug cocktail … Continue reading →

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