Spring has sprung

It has been a hard winter here, and everyone is glad that the spring has arrived. We had temperatures down to 12F, with highs no greater than about 20F, for 2 weeks. And so, the 5 inches of snow that fell at the beginning of this cold period stayed in place and made life absolutely miserable. People don't know how to drive in snow here, and many are (justifiably) afraid to drive, so there were a lot of "shut-ins" around for a while. With our experience driving on snow in the NE of the US, we didn't have any problems, other than the terror of coming face-to-face with a large SUV on a one-lane French road in the snow. Who would go over on to the verge? Of course, US!

Otherwise, it was a typical winter. We went up to Paris for 6 weeks, got a bunch of boat stuff done, ate too much patisserie and chocolate, gained weight (one of us), and walked everywhere. The late winter trip to Florida also went well, except for the cold we both brought back with us.

Oh, and we did 4 ducks again this year, with no help from Isabelle(we are getting good at this stuff). We froze all of the foie gras this time, because we have discovered that we really like it on pasta, much more than on toast.

Kitties have spring fever, and are really looking forward to getting out on the boat (yeah, sure) again.

More to come...