1) One of the turns on the one lane road to John, Judy & Bob's cottage. The road is so narrow some trucks refuse to deliver there.2) The stairs to Frank & Rita's front door & one of their out buildings.
3) Another clothesline - metal post.
4) The sign pointing to where J,J & B's cottage is (so you know it really exists and so I don't have to spell it).
5) A neighbor of Frank & Rita's out to feed the chickens. Unlike NY, France now has a law that you can't buy your neighbor's eggs unless they're an "approved" egg producer. For once we have less regulations than other places & I hope it stays that way.
6) A lovely fixer-up-er. Is that beautiful or what?!
7) Fun in the kitchen. Pat fixes her Polish ex-mother-in-law's fried sauerkraut. It was DE-licious! Add homemade applesauce & local sausages - we didn't go wrong.
8) Two wild parasol mushrooms that our car brakes for when we spot one (or two). Frank & Rita have harvested several using this technique. They look like...
9) John, under supervision of brother Frank, slicing the artisan bread purchased at the market.
1) The sign for the tiny place where Frank & Rita lives.2) The home project for this trip - completing the sheetrock between the beams in the master bedroom. This may be a longer project than we imagined.
3) The start of the main road to Peyrissac. That's our car. It doesn't say but one can safely assume it's one lane.
4) Our visit to Chateau Castelnau-Bretenoux, the first chateau Bob had ever been to. This is very odd since he's traveled more than all of us put together. The only way to the top is by foot - up, up, up. Take special note of the round turret on the left.
5) View from one side of that turret.
6) View of Judy after she made it to the top of the turret.
7) On to Carennac - a beautiful little town on a river. Look hard and you'll see a clothesline in this lovely stone alley.
8) Even though it was right in town, what you see in the upper opening is a bee hive. There were lots of flowers in town.
9)Another photo of Carennac. The "penthouse" apartment on the right still looked available, just in need of a few repairs. If you feel up to stairs, make an offer.
Back in the states, cousin Carole flying out of San Francisco may have spotted a red Corvette on the Golden Gate Bridge. The Utah Salt Flats to San Francisco in one day?!!! It is a Corvette after all.
