I had a really nice little potter around my courtyard today and put my first lot of pansies in. I love pansies. I love their smell, their colours, the fact they last from October to May, that they don't freeze, that in French their name means "thoughts". I plan to go overboard on the whole pansy front this year. And I also plan to plant some bulbs on time. And to generally look after my outdoor space which has been a bit neglected since we got back from holidays. Plans, pansies, pensées...
Ca y est j'ai mis mes premières pensées. J'adore les pensées. Leur odeur, leurs couleurs, leur résistance, leur durée de vie, leur nom. J'ai envie de remplir mon petite espace extérieure avec. Petit à petit jusqu'à ce qu'il n'y a plus de place pour en mettre encore.
Not been doing much. Having fun with the family. My boyfriend is learning how to draw and so wants me to sit for him all the time (after 5pm I just fall asleep if I do though). My son is rarely human but has an impressive repertoire of animals he'd rather be (cat, dog, snail, crab, crocodile, mountain goat, parrot, monkey, cow, dinosaur, horse, bear... shall I go on - total entertainment) and my daughter has discovered card games and, more importantly, that it's more fun to play when you don't cheat! So I bought her her first pack of grown-up cards (couldn't find any in the house although I find this hard to believe) and we have been playing quite a bit. When I was a student (before the internet was invented I believe ;-) ) I used to play for hours and hours especially with a particular friend (hello there friend are you reading?) and I found to my amazement that most of the games we played actually exist!!! It's official "sh*thead" is a real game of cards!!! Wow. Don't think I'll teach that one to her yet - even though we did teach it to a French student who ended up calling it chickenhead which would be acceptable. But I have taught her rummy and scopa and another one (the one where the person left with the black jack loses) and the site I linked to above is a real treasure trove of card games. Good times ahead methinks.
Otherwise been planting: I put some mint in an old zinc container I found in the street the other day and I really like the result. I put my potatoes in (a bit late, but as they say...) and really, you see, it is much better when I blog with something to say n'est-ce pas?
I had a really nice little potter around my courtyard today and put my first lot of pansies in. I love pansies. I love their smell, their colours, the fact they last from October to May, that they don't freeze, that in French their name means "thoughts". I plan to go overboard on the whole pansy front this year. And I also plan to plant some bulbs on time. And to generally look after my outdoor space which has been a bit neglected since we got back from holidays. Plans, pansies, pensées...
