Throughout the year they set many individual challenges and now, for July and August only, they have joined forces and come up with..........................
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Me and Mr. Latour-Marliac
creator of the hybrid water lilies which inspired Charles Monet's garden @ Giverny.
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Here’s my 1-20 list …
1 vapour trails or clouds
wonderful clouds forming over Castelnaud |
2 a horse drawn vehicle
Horse drawn cart spotted outside a Brocante in Eymet |
a shady corner, Eymet |
strimming the potager borders on Bastille Day 2016 |
5 something typifying your holiday destination
blue shutters of Perigord |
6 hats
hats on sale, Eymet |
7 ice cream
ice cream parlour @ Beynac- Roque on the beautiful Dordogne river |
8 kites or balloons - substitute C. G & T cake
9 bubbles
"come quickly I am tasting the stars!"
Dom Perignon (quote)
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10 ducks, swans or seabirds
catching ducks, Eymet night market |
11 summer sunrise or sunset
July 18th. 5. 43 am.
St. Marcouf du Rochy sunrise.
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12 eating al fresco
guacamole tapas @ Andine
great Peruvian restaurant, Eymet night market
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13 somewhere you would only visit when the sun shines - substitute E. just girls.
14 flags or bunting
outdoor church service in a tent, Trevieres Aug 7th. |
15 summer shoes
my "go to" sandals this year
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16 fruit growing, in the garden, on a tree, or in the hedgerow
All that was left of my golden raspberries
this morning after the birds had enjoyed them for breakfast
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17 water
Chateau des Milandes, former home of Josephine Baker. |
18 umbrellas
Castle tea shop & restaurant
Chateau des Milandes.
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19 glasses
20 fete, fair or festival
fun fair, Trevieres, Aug 7th |
A-E Substitutes list
A Play
B Anything in your favourite colour
C Something that made you smile
Gin and Tonic cake with strawberries & ice cream |
D Friends
E Just girls or Just boys
two expectant heifers moved into the field next door yesterday |
Finished, yay!!