The highly-anticipated Nuits d’Août (August Nights) will see two evenings of top-quality, free, musical entertainment in Place de la République, Thuir.
As I’ve described in previous blogs, hubby and I arrived in Ceret with hazy, idealistic visions of what we intended to achieve with our large, rambling house and its seven acres of land. In those early days, the ideas flew thick and fast: a straw bale building, a yurt, solar generation of electricity, a windmill, recycling of the grey water. As well as restoring the house and cutting down the thickets of brambles, there was a lot on hubby’s list.
False Black Widow spider found in Ria Sirach
A pest control company from Rivesaltes was in Ria Sirach to get rid of insects when the director, Patrick Salvat noticed an unusual spider’s web and went to investigate. Mr. Salvat is an arachnophile, but he’d never seen a spider like it. He took some photos and went home to look it up on the internet.
Aioli (in Catalan…. allioli – all->garlic i->and oli->oil) Ingredients 5 large garlic cloves (about 1 1/2 ounces), peeled 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 large egg 1 cup olive oil or 1/2 cup each pure or virgin…
During unstable and financially difficult periods, culture and the arts often bear the brunt of cut-backs and belt-tightening. Ambre Perez, professional dancer and Treasurer of the Festival des Musiques dels Monts, is therefore launching a…
The day arrived and a group of well-coiffured ladies in their sixties and seventies climbed out of their hire cars. Each had a suitcase large and heavy enough to contain a dead body. After hubby and I had lugged these monstrosities upstairs we welcomed their owners with nibbles and wine and I thought I would take the opportunity to explain a little about Mas Pallagourdi and the area.
Stag steals vegetables A stag has taken to coming into the village of Dorres in Cerdagne and helping himself to the produce in the local vegetable gardens. He’s been coming in for 2 or 3 years and is getting bolder and bolder. At first he just raided plots on the outskirts, now he comes into the centre of the village in broad daylight and fences have been built to keep him out. He takes off whenever anyone tries to approach him.
These juicy and plump anchovies make a great snack or apero.
Stag steals vegetables A stag has taken to coming into the village of Dorres in Cerdagne and helping himself to the produce in the local vegetable gardens. He’s been coming in for 2 or 3 years and is getting bolder and bolder. At first he just raided plots on the outskirts, now he comes into the centre of the village in broad daylight and fences have been built to keep him out. He takes off whenever anyone tries to approach him.
Our field, which hubby had been carefully tending and which had started to resemble a crown bowling green looked as if a drunk ploughboy on steroids had been let loose on it all night. As well as brown ridges all across the field, the drystone walls which bordered the garden had been knocked down.