These flowers are growing in our neighbors' yard. I'm not sure if they're wild or some domesticated variety. No matter; they're pretty.
The taxes are done, I hope, for another year. I always feel like I've missed something, especially, as one of my commenters pointed out, the forms change ever-so-slightly from year to year. I just have to check the summary recap to be sure that everything is there.
The optical shop sent me a text on Tuesday saying that my eyeglasses were ready. I went in yesterday to have them fitted. So far, the reviews are mixed. I've been wearing progressive lenses for close to thirty years, so I know there's an adjustment period whenever the prescription changes. My eyes need to figure out where to look. This morning is better than yesterday afternoon, but there's still room for improvement. Maybe today will be better.
I'm planning to get the French income tax return done today. It shouldn't take long once I get started. It's getting started that's the hard part. I just keep telling myself that the sooner I start, the sooner it'll get done.
This is the neighbors' snowball bush. It blooms every spring, even more so now since it was pruned back not long ago.
Today is haircut day for me. Tomorrow is the second holiday in May. This one marks the end of World War II. I'm not counting Cinco de Mayo. The French don't celebrate that one.
This is a different cropping of yesterday's photo that zooms in on one of the vendors at the Montrichard market. Guess what he sells! That's right: fraises (strawberries) and asperges (asparagus). He's not the guy that I usually buy from. I don't remember ever seeing him at Saint-Aignan's Saturday market.
The heating technician arrived at about 11h00 yesterday morning and did his thing. Everything looks to be in tip top shape. Good thing, too, as our heat came on early this morning, the first time in about a week. It's close to 7ºC (around 45ºF) out there as I type this. Brrr. And grrr.
Our "busy" month of May continues today with a scheduled visit from the people who service our central heating boiler. The technician's expected some time this morning and he'll (it's always a guy) spend about an hour inspecting, cleaning, and replacing parts. We purchased the service contract oh so long ago when we had the old boiler (the first reference I could find in the blog is from 2010 and it says that we bought the contract "a few years ago").
This photo is the third (and last) one I took last Friday in Montrichard. I was standing on the town's main street looking up the hill through the market. You can't see much of it in this shot. Sorry about that..
After a near perfect weather week (shorts and tee-shirts!), we're having a cool down. Some forecasters are predicting rain, even thunder storms. Others are predicting no precipitation at all (at least in the short term). Everyone seems to agree that it will be much cooler this coming week.
I was able to get the grass cut over the past few days. Yesterday I got the weed-eater out and started attacking the edges, including the garden path. The mower can cut to about six inches of the path's raised edge. The rest has to be done by hand. And I used to do it by hand until we got the weed-eater last year.
As planned, I drove over to Montrichard yesterday morning. I had time to wander around at the market and picked up some asperges blanches, une barquette de fraises, and une botte de radis. Then to a bakery for deux baguettes. After that, I went to my appointment at the optical shop and ordered my new glasses. They should be ready in around eight days.
It was a beautiful day with a bright blue, cloudless sky. After lunch I finished up the grass cutting. Now the weather is supposed to turn again. Back to chilly mornings and maybe some rain. We shall see.
