France was in lockdown this month, so there are a lot of pictures from my daily walks, a lot of pictures of our local parks. We are so thankful the big park has stayed open during this lockdown! It was closed in March and April during the first confinement. Restrictions loosened up here beginning on Saturday. Shops selling non-essential items were allowed to re-open, and we're now allowed to go up to 20 km away from home to exercise and be outside for up to three hours.
To celebrate we drove to a favorite store that is part Hobby Lobby, part Home Depot, part pet store, part florist, and bought our Christmas tree. It was so fun to be out of the house even for just a little bit and to see all the beautiful Christmas decorations. This particular store is in a mall, and as we walked quickly down the slick and shiny flooring to pop into another store, E looked at all the masked people passing and said, "It's like Christmas shopping in a hospital." It was an apt observation...but at least we were Christmas shopping. Be careful out there, folks.
November 1 - Back to Church Online!
November 2 - Beautiful Words to Keep Me Company
November 3 - Rainbow Over the Park
November 4 - Mornings
November 5 - Cold Morning Walk in Woods Near Our House
November 6 - I started walking around a smaller park for variety on some days.
November 7 - Made Tom Bombadil's White Bread
November 8 - Church on Zoom and Our New Heater/Fireplace
November 9 - Sunset Geese
November 10 - I love the steeple on the hill.
November 11 - Everybody loves the new fire.
November 12 - Still Some Fiery Leaves Remaining
November 13 - The benefit of the age of big houses is the age of having beautiful places to walk (in yet another local park).
November 14 - Still Some Golden Leaves Left, Too
November 15 - Out the Kids' Window
November 16 - Baked Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal with Pumpkin Seeds
November 17 - Baking Bread, Take 2
November 18 - Walking to the Grocery Store
November 19 - Another Day Dawns
November 20 - I've started getting my walk in most days of the week in the four o'clock hour, just before sunset.
November 21 - The Local Tabac, where in pre-lockdown days men sat outside at tables drinking coffee and reading their newspapers, dogs at their sides.
November 22 - The Year of Home
November 23 - Sometimes I only have time for pacing back and forth around the garden.
November 24 - "Good-humoured, unpretentious and a bit eccentric, it's more like a well-read friend than a literary review." Who wouldn't want that magazine?
November 25 - Cornbread made my kitchen smell so good.
November 26 - A Cold Thanksgiving Morning
November 27 - Cousin Jeopardy Competition over FaceTime
November 28 - And all of a sudden it's Christmas.
November 29 - Baked Camembert with Honey and Rosemary on a Sunday Night
November 30 - It's reached the point where my fingertips feel cold on walks, even when I'm wearing gloves.
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