New Things

The wind really got up here yesterday, the infamous Mistral, the horses weren't at all happy and were fractious when being fed, it was freezing with a big windchill factor. So I decided to leave their rugs on for the day. The temperature had gone from 16 degrees C on Friday to 3 degrees yesterday. I went up to see them again in the evening and gave them some baguette, Flurry was not impressed !

Flurry after baguette

Last night some of us decided to go to mass at 10pm, so of course Roxy came too, which didn't cause any where near as much fuss as the supermarket! And she found the pew in front of us was a great place to rest her head.

It was a lovely service with lots of children there, who carried the baby Jesus down to the crib

There was also a frenchman dressed as a shepherd, who sang a magnificent solo, I need to find out what the significance of the shepherd is in Provence, although I'm guessing it's the obvious. This is sheep country! When we came home Rod and Gilla had prepared 13 desserts, which is another local tradition, to be eaten after midight. The end to a lovely day.