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Tag Archives: rain
Champagne Day, with all the trimmings
Champagne is almost an essential for my wife and me on those “special” days — Christmas, New Year’s Eve, birthdays, and so on. And it’s hard to imagine a day more special than the 25th anniversary of our marriage, which … Continue reading
Posted in French food, Life in southwest France, Restaurants in the Dordogne, Wine
Tagged 25th anniversary, anniversary, Armagnac, baba, brébis cheese, Champagne, Chateau les Combes, Daglan, foie gras, food, G.H. Mumm, Kir Royale, La Goutte Noire, Laurent-Perrier Brut, le Bistro d'en Face, le petit paris, Le Vieux Logis, Lussac-Saint-Emilion, michelin starred restaurant, Mumm Cordon Rouge, navarin of lamb, Pomerol, rain, red mullet, restaurants, rouget, silver jewelry, Sophie Arnaud, strawberries, sturgeon, white asparagus
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Before and after: From apéros to cycling
Apéros, which is a shortened version of apéritifs, is probably best translated as “cocktails and appetizers” or “drinkies.” An invitation to apéros is a French tradition that we quite like, and my wife and I often indulge — either as … Continue reading
Keeping the home fires burning
Here we are, more than a week into May, and there is still a touch of coolness in Daglan’s air. So just to be on the safe side, to make sure that our house’s stone walls don’t cool down too … Continue reading
Posted in Life in southwest France, Weather in the Dordogne
Tagged cold weather, Daglan, Dordogne weather, firewood, rain, weather, winter, wood burner, wood fire
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Juggling firewood
In the Greater Daglan Area, judging when to buy firewood, how much to buy, and where to buy it, is just slightly less complex than the Japanese system of just-in-time inventory management for making cars. Lately we’ve been busy juggling … Continue reading
Posted in Life in southwest France, Weather in the Dordogne
Tagged bois de chauffage, chainsaw, cold weather, Daglan, firewood, rain, springtime, weather
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How green is our valley? Quite, thank you
We’ve had an unusually rainy late winter/early spring and now, on the last day of April, we’re back to grey skies and more rain. But all that water finally seems to be having an impact, as the countryside is now … Continue reading
Restaurant with a view
Yesterday (Sunday) was another wonderful day in the ongoing festival of feasting that my wife Jan and I have embarked upon, but not because the food represented the peak of culinary invention. Rather it was because we were able to … Continue reading
Posted in Flora and fauna, French food, Life in southwest France, Restaurants in France, Restaurants in the Dordogne, Tourist attractions, Weather in the Dordogne, Wine
Tagged Basque, Basque food, Basque omelette, Castelnaud, Daglan, desserts, dordogne river, Dordogne weather, flowering trees, food, Le Tournepique, moules, moules frites, nature, rain, restaurants, seafood, shrimp, tapas, weather
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Our reluctant spring
As I write this, it’s raining. Again. Still, I can see lots of blue sky through the skylight window above me. And that pretty much sums up this early spring in the Greater Daglan Area — sort of an on-again, … Continue reading
Posted in Flora and fauna, Holidays in France, Life in southwest France, Restaurants in the Dordogne, Tourist attractions, Weather in the Dordogne
Tagged Castelnaud, Cénac, cold weather, Daglan, desserts, Dordogne weather, flowering trees, flowers, forsythias, nature, plants, rain, springtime, weather
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The weather? Just ducky, thank you
No, we haven’t drowned. (But thanks for asking.) However, the land in the Greater Daglan Area is definitely getting a soaking. As we get out of bed most mornings, we can pretty much count on seeing grey skies, lots of … Continue reading
Posted in Flora and fauna, Life in southwest France, Weather in the Dordogne
Tagged dordogne river, Dordogne weather, ducks, farms, firewood, rain, weather
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A sunny picture for a gloomy day
It’s been raining pretty much all day in Daglan. And Météo France has predicted pretty much the same gloomy weather for the next several days. Take your pick — it will be just cloudy, or raining, or storming. So today’s … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling in the Dordogne, Life in southwest France, Weather in the Dordogne
Tagged horses, Météo France, nature, rain, sunshine, weather
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Big Muddy
Here at Radio Free Daglan, members of our Geographical Naming Unit have been reviewing the status of the Céou River, the tributary of the Dordogne River that runs along the outskirts of our village. After the heavy rainfalls of recent … Continue reading
Posted in Flora and fauna, Life in southwest France, Weather in the Dordogne
Tagged Céou River, Dordogne weather, French rivers, nature, rain
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