Indian Summers in France
Today it’s 21º Celsius. Perfectly pleasant. The sun has been coming and going and I have been raking. Endless raking under the walnut tree. And pruning. I want to keep the ivy and the wisteria on the bottom half of the house so I can control them. Over the summer I did let them go wild because I love opening windows with green things going every which way. The autumn colours are just starting their show.
My Mazamet 
So perfect! I will be right over to help you rake 😉
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Good because the worst is yet to come!
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I like the colour of those hydrangeas against the colour of the walls and door.
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This year I decided to not prune them until they completely dry out. The change from blue to these colours has been just wonderful.
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I always enjoyed their autumn hues…i must plant a bank of them here – somewhere where the sheep can’t get at them.
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Looking very posh. I will not rake a leaf. Nature must do its thing or the gardener must do his, if he feels up to it. I am not fussed either way!
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Ever? Doesn’t that harm the plants beneath dead leaves?
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Haven’t a clue. Most of the wind blown detritus seems to end up in the front garden where it is mostly lawn, a huge palm tree and the pond.
The east wall is lined with shrubs and trees and where leaves fall they seem to act as a mulch.
Leaves are cleared away from the back door area as this just looks messy and of course, leaves are removed when they get blown into drains and what have you.
The house sits quite high up so we don’t seem to get much wind blown stuff from neighbours.
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The colours are lovely. I can imagine it is a task figuring out how much to let them grow or cut back. C’est tres charmante.
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It takes planning and sometimes goes terribly wrong when you accidentally prune away the wrong branch…
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You’ve been raking. This is like fucking Twitter. 😉
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😛 There weren’t actual selfies of me raking. I believe that’s required on twitter.
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Oh, really laughing now…
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It looks . . . Merveilleux!! 😉 Thanks for the ‘tour’! 🙂
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I know you think I’m one of those “manicured lawns” sort of people!!! 😛 LOL
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Do you work feverishly to get rid of dandelions in the Spring, like many of our neighbours with ‘manicured’ lawns? 😉 I love the plants growing on the house – here, with a wooden-shingled house, that would be a no-no!
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I haven’t done anything feverishly since my 20’s 😛
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I love greenery around my windows too, it brings the outside almost into the room. Except here it also brings the big spiders right into the room too… 😀
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Do the spiders bring their own snacks and drinks? 😀
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Funny you say that. A short video made it onto my news feed yesterday, showing a huntsman spider (of which we have many) dragging a lifeless mouse up the front of a fridge looking for a quiet place for lunch, so yes, apparently they do… Ick.
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Saw that Metan. Absolutely horrendous!
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/oct/24/australia-giant-spider-mouse-carry-horrifying-impressive?CMP=share_btn_link
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You’re next!!!!! 😛
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What’s so Indian about it? In Russian it’s called “бабье лето” (woman’s summer) for some reason. What’s it called in French?
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Here it’s called St. Martin’s summer, but I think that’s more specific to the period between All Saints and St. Martin (meaning the first half of November.)
I just looked up the etymology of it and apparently it’s to do with the weather of the (native) Indians of North America. I had presumed it was something to do with India… but no.
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