Friday 19 February 2010

A taste of summer


The sun is still shining today and a lovely delivery of summer yarn arrived from Sirdar. The colours are so lovely and fresh. They looked great all spread out on the table and ready to be checked off. Lots of new patterns arrived too and we will be busy getting everything put on the website over the next week or so.

Thursday 18 February 2010

Farewell to a good man


The heavens opened for Mr Farrés funeral.
Hundreds of people turned out to pay their respects;the church was full and the the street in front was also crowded with people, all with umbrellas. The bells tolled long and loud and the huge procession followed the cortege to the cemetary. It took some time for everyone to file past the family tomb and throw in a flower. There were so many floral tributes it took the undertakers nearly an hour to unload and arrange them.
In stark contast, it has been a beautiful day today, almost springlike and we paid a visit to the tomb to look at the flowers.

Wednesday 17 February 2010

Sad day in Gensac

The Maire (Mayor) of Gensac died at the weekend and a sad cloud has fallen over the village. He had been Maire for 15 years and was really well liked and respected. Sadly, he was only 66 years old. The funeral is today and the weather is suitably sombre, with low cloud and heavy showers.

Thursday 11 February 2010

Paris trip


On Sunday we went off on the TGV to Paris. This had been planned for some time as I wanted to visit L'aigulle en fete, the French trade show for leisure crafts and G intended to do some sights and take photos.
This was our first experience of the TGV, and we were very impressed; 3 hours to the centre of Paris - it beats flying anyday. The show was on a small scale compared to Birmingham and heavily weighted towards sewing/needlework. I was very interested in the 'extreme knitting' specialist, Rachel John and look forward to hearing from her.
When we met up again later in the afternoon, we took in some sights together (hence the photo of me at the Louvre pyramide), and enjoyed a fantastic bowl of French onion soup (at a matching fantastic price) on Bd Montparnasse, before heading home First class. It was a long day but great fun and I will be keeping an eye out for more bargain fares on the TGV.