Stiff sheets

Ste Aude
Yesterday's weather: Freeeeeezzzzzing. Brrrrr.

Happy Birthday to Jacqui.
Congratulations to Diana and Jeff on the birth of their baby girl.

I left the sheets and pillowcases out on the washing line last night. They are still frozen this morning, but at least I had some washing on the line today before Mrs Veranda!! I don't think that lady ever sleeps - her washing is always out first thing in the morning before we even surface. And anyway, how can two people create so much washing? We always thought that they must have a gîte or a B&B but now that we know more about them we know that there are just the two of them. And a lot of washing.

This months reading group books are Albert Camus' The Outsider' and Raymond Queneau's 'Zazie in the Metro', selected by me. We have a very complicated voting system where one person selects 4 books for the month, everyone has two votes and then there is another vote between the top two books. The group voted them both equally and as they are 'thin books' we decided to read both. We won't be discussing them until we meet in January so there's plenty of time to get through those two and also next month's book 'Never Have Your Dog Stuffed', Alan Alda's autobiography - chosen by Jon. No-one has yet volunteered to host the next meeting, which should be held in January. I think we are all sitting back and waiting for someone else to offer! I don't mind doing a summer lunch party but the idea of sitting 10 people in our kitchen would be just too cosy!