I will not complain about that bright sun & crystal clear sky ... but boy, girls, it's hard to feel festive, or even just to think it'll be Christmas in less than a month now, when it's still 20°C at noon, on November 26th !!!!
It kind of disturbs me, really ... because it should be like that, sincerely ... November is a month of grey-ness, of rain, of the beginning of cold, of at-home-coziness ... and being so warm outside just jumbles me & my ideas, my body. It's not seasonal.
That tree on the photo is a Celtis australis (European nettle tree, European Hackberry or Lote tree ... Micocoulier de Provence, pour les français) and is right in front of our appartment, accross the street. You can see herring gulls all around, and the reason is that they come here to eat the fruits of this tree. It's been months (well, since we settled in) that they've been coming to have lunch ! The tree is slightly turning to yellow, but it really is very big, and has still tons of leaves.
In other news ... and you may have noticed on the left, I have decided to start Twittering. I don't think I will use it instead of blogging, but it'll be a great way to stay in touch with friends who use it more frequently, and who don't have always the time to blog.
I wanted to wish you all my American friends a very Happy Thanksgiving, and to my friend Mollie, a very happy birthday !! Much love to you all, my friends. And stay safe, please do.
oxox
Thanks for the Thanksgiving wishes Sonia :) Your weather is warm! We are having a warm spell too, but not that warm. I wish it would get frosty, or we'd have some snow though.
ReplyDeleteHope you are having a lovely week! Love & hugs xxx
Happy to see you on twitter! isn't the climate just strange? we're supposed to have some cooler climes this time of year but it still feesl like the middle of summer!
ReplyDeletei love your new blog theme--so christmas cozy!
You can definitely have some of our dark rainy grey-ness! I'll take a bit of sunlight any day!!! It's so dark all the time now...
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing photo this is! Happy Thanksgiving to you too - we're all thankful for you :)
ReplyDeletevery festive in here :o)
ReplyDeleteWhere am I? Potty training and getting ready for Christmas. I know you will understand perfectly how PT takes up A LOT of time! We're making good progress now, in just a week we've gone from tantrums to happily sitting on the pot!
I decided to stop writing at R&T for a while, simply because I was too busy to juggle two blogs and decided to concentrate on CR for several reasons. It's more fun to write as I don't go into detail or share anything private, only post once or twice a week maximum, and I get more visitors on there. I'm not being 'funny' about visits, everyone is busy or on FB (I'm not), so it seemed a bit pointless to write when so few stopped by.
As a result I've had a great week! Got loads done, not felt stressed to have to write a post or do lots of visits, and have a little girl poised to leave nappies behind forever! Wonderful.
Thanks for stopping by. Nothing wrong, just using my time sensibly.
Our weather is very seasonal. I don't know if you saw on your news, but part of this country has had terrible floods. After a dry summer, then heavy rain, our little country is suffering. Thankfully, we are fine here.
Time I was off. Have a great day, and a good weekend. xxxxx
Hi Sonia-
ReplyDeleteThe last time we really experienced seasons was when we lived in France.Having been in Southern California for so long and now recently moving to the Midwest, it's colder than I've been used to for awhile so I'd be happy seeing some sun and warmth right about now....I miss the warm air.
Thanks for the Thanksgiving wishes-have a great weekend :)
I have the exact same problem : I can't fel festive either !
ReplyDeleteI don't like it ! It's way too warm :(
I need and want my cold crisp days !
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