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Fire and Music and a summer break...

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Light and sound in the form of fire and music from Foix on Saturday night outside the castle. Tomorrow I go on holiday for a month. Hopefully when I return I will update my blogs at last. I hope that you all have a great summer.

Village life...

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The sun was shining this morning so, after the usual chores...feed and pet Camille the cat, sweep and mop the floor, wipe the bugs off the window which seems to be a summer 'thing', I decided that I would tricycle into Les Cabannes for a haircut. My nephew's wedding looms large on the horizon. I took the camera with me as I had been thinking that I had rather neglected life here. I have added to the Aulos photo album, now renamed 'Aulos & Les Cabannes' for it is difficult to separate the two but not mentioned anything in my posts unless they were from a specific topic. For example, I went down to Les Cabannes last Wednesday evening intending to watch and photograph the weekly petanque competition hosted by Le Mioure. Having sat down to a b-b-q steak whilst contestants warmed up, we all watched the dark clouds roll in over the mountains. Desert storm blew across the village square and all hopes of a match were abandoned. I mounted my tricycle to get home as fas