Heatwave and roses.

Hello Friends,

I am waiting for Ikea delivery and before I can’t go out during the afternoon 

Because of the TOO  much heat I went in the garden to have a look at the roses.

This is a rose year! Many, many of them! I particularly love my Pierre de  Ronsard

It is really difficult to work  in the house with such a heatwave and we both are very tired.

Fortunately we sleep well with the AC upstairs 

But when I have to go grocery shopping it is difficult. I will go further tomorrow but Lidl  shop opens at half past eight before the other ones and it should be cooler.

We will have thunderstorm as usual and after the heat dome temperatures will go down on Sunday 😮‍💨 hope so!

 I am waiting for cooler weather on Sunday! Not feeling too well.

I hope you enjoy a cooler weather!

Yesterday visit to Ikea.

( picture from Ikea) I found this to keep our grandchildren’s toys in order. Grandma will have to sort the toys !  🧸 give to other children some baby toys now.

(We went to ikea to buy a second bed with drawers and can be transformed in a double bed. This one is in the bedroom upstairs and the new one will replace the one downstairs in the room below. Mr L already has built the side table yesterday .)

 Hello friends!

We are hot 🥵 here! Too hot and this will be all the week again. Yesterday ,we decided to go to IKEA to get some new carpets, new bed for the downstairs bedroom and bed side. We also got a new little furniture for our grandchildren to put their toys away after they finished playing (hope so!not to stumble over their toys)

Some pieces will be delivered on Thursday morning. We have been walking 3 kms inside Ikea with AC!  and had a quick salad before going home.

Unfortunately the downstairs AC will be installed at the end of June, so I think I’ll live upstairs with AC all the week ! We will be around 40 C this week and I will be staying inside all day, just go out to water the plants tonight.

We also got a smaller carpet to put downstairs 

And carpets to put in the big bedroom upstairs for my son’s family. It is a bit dark because of the window shutters closed to protect from the heat.

Ikea delivery tomorrow morning ! 9 in the morning and already 25 C!  Hope you’ll have a nice cool day!

(We received the result of our  dog Bandit, this is a rare cancer but no metastasis and as he is 13 the evolution is slow and it may be stopped by the quickly surgery)

I am glad we did it! He is ok resting, eating and refreshing with the AC upstairs! For the moment he has a normal happy life!

Long weekend in the garden.

Today, it is 30 degrees C and  we are cleaning the terrace.

We stopped for a moment to have a drink and cool down a little before starting again.

It was nearly white before but now after 35 years it is very difficult to clean it only with water, no soap because of the plants. We only use pressure washer

The rugs stayed outside this winter and were very dirty!

The outside dining table is in front of the rose bushes.

If things settle in the Middle East our son’s family will be coming end of July. Everything must be prepared for the two boys.

 There is no more dirt but it is old! ( like us 😂)

I am resting with all the birds and baby birds who are coming to have a drink, bees and butterflies.🦋 

I am waiting for the days we will be 8 around the table!

I am very impatient!

Grandpa and grandma are waiting for you!!!

Beginning of the hot weather!

A  new peony flower that was broken. I bought it last year and it has already some flowers.

From one pink to another!

Following the outside of our home for those who are new I show you this small downstairs bedroom. I did it myself painting and wallpaper ( when I was able to do it. I wish I could do again!)

This was our daughter’s bed and desk. Near the desk there are some of my craft items.

View from the room.

 I nearly painted and did wallpaper in all our rooms by myself.( some  years ago)

I had to test the stove yesterday with doors open because it is new and it’s better to do it in spring or summer.

In the evening I closed doors and windows and I could reach 22 C degrees, which is good considering that we have an open staircase. I had a terrible headache as they used a very noisy tool to take some bricks out of the fireplace to get the pipe into the chimney, but I slept well and feel better this morning!

Today, I must do  grocery shopping and tomorrow we have to do the terrace cleanup but as it will be hot it will be nice to use fresh water. It will take us the whole day!

So I wish you a nice weekend! Ours will be hot 30C!

It’s finished!

After 6 hours here it is! Not the vintage one I wanted, because it was not fitting in the fireplace, but this one is modern but I find it nice.

The windows are open it is hot outside, but I must have it burning as it is new and there is a smell so they said it was better for the first use in spring or summer with windows open

Hello friends!

This is the day! I am really scared of what they will find when opening the fireplace door because we had a weasel in the chimney for all summer last year and they surely are dead animals in it? We rolled the carpet to be ready!

 This will be a hot day today after the freezing and rainy weather we had these last weeks.

It was a long and busy day, but one project done!

On Monday this is another   Bank holiday and we will go to Ikea something new to purchase for the room!

Our Home in Normandy

Hello friends!  

Somebody asked me a picture of our home. So this morning I went out to take pictures and look at the moles heap to take them off before the robot cut the grass.

This Saturday we must clean the terrace  and we decided to re organise the garden.🪴 

This is the white rose bush on my garden shed
 

The entire house but hidden by bushes. Three windows upstairs typical of Normand houses. It will be warm but not with a blue sky today!

This  is a 70’s house copying Normand houses. On the right side there is a balcony and the special roof particularity of Normand houses. 

This is the rose bush near the window shutter

My beloved “Pierre de Ronsard” I like his poem: Mignonne, allons voir si la rose…” 

It’s coming up the arch now.

Today, is the beginning of  the coming very hot day coming from Sahara the sky should be full of sand and orange in some places! Better take the car in the garage!

We will have sand everywhere on the roof windows…

Tonight we will move the furniture for tomorrow stove installation. We won’t have the downstairs AC installed yet for the heat wave it will be done end of June unfortunately.

I am thinking about how to  re structure the garden a little

In September we will have the garage door changed and next will be the gate. I chose gray colour  for the door and it will match the gate. I don’t particularly like gray but

If we decide  to move one day it is a modern colour young people like. And an electric door to be easier for us.

This is what we have decided for the moment!

Better go and put the car in the garage now!

So I wish you a nice day and thank you for your visits!