Sunday lunch and Vide Grenier

 Margo and Theophile came to lunch - actually they brought it with them :) - and Theo and Sylvie dropped in, assuming the role of child-careers very swiftly and efficiently.
And the vide- grenier was terrific, as they always are in Esperaza. The weather forecast was dire but the sun persisted. Here my new bathmat in situ...

....and my new lamp, ditto.What joy!!

Caught up with the gossip whilst doing the tour. It seems that missing the post-town-commerce event last night was a smart move. The meal materialised only partially and very late, allegedly for reasons that it would be libelous to write; many people drank a great deal to fill the time whilst waiting, to their deleterious cost today; there was a downpour at midnight resulting in the crowd being moved into a cellar; at least one participant was taken home by the pompiers after a fall, resulting in a deal of blood-soaked bedding this morning. A night not to be forgotten, though some of the shaky participants couldn't remember much.
Feel so virtuous.

The circus is in town, parked by the vide grenier - heres a camel, theres another tethered rather surrealy by the river along with a llama and some ponies. The camel shown here was with a camelette - a foal? Whatever, a baby - as is the lion below, only she has cubs. Very new, difficult to snap as they slept and they wont let you too near the cage.