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and here is advance warning of my incursion to Fa, next week and on.
- continuing where www.tilling-sur-aude.blogspot.com left off, with gossip and updates from a small French town
Of those that did vote, nearly 5% presented invalid voting cards.
Slightly over 8% presented blank voting papers.
M Le Penn came in top with 58.77 % of the vote; followed by Macron with 41.23%.
But in the first round of the election Melachon (deeply left wing) came in 4 votes behind Le Penn, (hard right) - who accordingly won.
Confused? Our little town has a middle of the road president now, despite these extraordinary polarities.
Naturally our ex-pat community is alert to the xenophobic anti-foreigner stance of Le Penn and accordingly worried... much relieved to find we will be allowed to stay and continue to pay taxes here.
And its stopped raining, the sun is out, all is well with the world again :)
Leisurely breakfast in Esperaza this morning.... not much going on, in my life anyway :) Here's Sally explaining another sports injury ( easily avoidable but she does persist)
Kat and Rose, coming from the Pont breakfast (where I forgot to snap all our other friends)Had a visit from New Kelly who is with us for a week. Erm; that's it really.
Yet again I forgot to buy a lotto ticket - someone got lucky though.( Maybe they collect art. )
more shameless self-publicity to follow.
Peter Dunns birthday!! Much celebrating in the hills...
Beni and Freya singing Happy Birthday in Norwegian, with actions - didn't get the video to work, sadly, as it was something of a triumph- here they are again, helping in the kitchen.And dear Clare -The principle being that paintings loose their lustre if not taken out of storage and aired from time-to-time.
Lovely day to vote!! Queues not looking long, here's hoping that those that still have the right to vote do so... at the MJC (Centre Culturel)
and here are Cen and Gracie hanging my exhibition in Limoux, The Grand Cafe, which is now up until May 6th. The images are on my site, http://vanillabeer.gallery, if you can't get there.
...but today is work. Hanging an exhibition of painting (about a dozen) at the Grand Cafe in Limoux - first exhibition for years, I'm looking forward to it. No vernissage but if you are in Limoux pop in and check it out (whatever that means)
Kat, Margaret and I pushed off the the Camargue - Aigues Mortes - in search of better weather and art and we found it. Flamingos, white horses, nesting storks. Cold but not a hint of snow. Kat organised a fab hotel which between three women sharing was cheap; we found amazing restaurants including a fish place in les St Maries. If you are heading that way let me know and I'II pile you with information.
And back in Esperaza... sunshine! And Antonia!
Here today the snow is settling on earth but not (yet) on the roads. Cold as mid-winter.