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We are a retired American couple living in France, enjoying the good life with our cats. Our house is in a small hamlet among the Ste. Foy vines. We also have a sailboat that the male half of the spousal unit sailed across the Atlantic in the summer of 08. When the weather warms we will start to visit the sailing ports of Europe. Our stories chronicle our life in France: the good life, the hard life, and the sailing life.

Monday, September 14, 2009

Les Vendanges Begin




Today both of our neighbors began to harvest the grapes surrounding the house. This year's very dry and relatively warm summer results in the harvest occurring a full month earlier than last year which was very wet and not all that warm. These are the grapes that are in front of our living room.




Sorry the postings have been thin. I am having problems with my back and cannot use the computer very much but how could I pass up the first day of the vendange!

1 comment:

beeinstitches said...

Thanks for the exciting news about the grapes - soon to be wine!
Hope you get feeling better. Pet a cat, or two, or three!