In the Spring

We’ve just received our copy of the new Yellow Pages – Pages Jaunes.  As well as the directory there is an official Pages Jaunes insert from which I noticed they were selling ladies – both Eastern European and Asian.  Which I think is a bit of a no-no on the part of Pages Jaunes.  The ladies are being advertised by a Bordeaux company.  The Eastern European ones are described as Franco-Slaves.  This may be perfectly correct French but has other connotations in English.  The advert comes complete with pictures of the beautiful Ekaterina of the Ukraine and Thi-Thao of Vietnam.  Spring is certainly coming to the Dordogne so young and old men’s fancies may well take them up on the offer.

 

 

 Spring has progressed far enough for some very pretty daffodil like flowers to have sprung up in the orchard.  Also a tree is in blossom which I think is apple but could be pear.  The little tree which I know definitely is a peach is sending out buds and we now have our own cowslips on the bit of grass leading down from the garage.  There are also some little blue flowers which might be vetch but I’m not sure.  As I said in previous posts I am basically a townie. 

 

 

 

The very tall old cherry tree is also in blossom. This tree is a bit of a nuisance as, when it occasionally deigns to fruit, the cherries appear so high up that we can’t get at them without immense risk. The birds have a field day and mock us as they gobble up the bright red fruit.

 

In spite of the generally good weather Dolly and I managed to get caught in our third hail storm of the week yesterday. We set out in the sunshine walking round the back of Lake CouCou and got about halfway round the walk, got stared at by sheep, then lightning, thunder and hail followed each other. Dolly tried to shelter under a tree and I felt I had to keep her going as I’m very uncertain of the safety of trees when there’s lightning around. I do feel that Thor doesn’t like us.