I've had a good year. My blog shows the journeys we made in 2009 and some times we have enjoyed. These are a few images from the last twelve months.

JANUARY: cold rain and bitter snow.

FEBRUARY: more snow. Then pale winter sunshine.

MARCH:  Two different images of beauty.

APRIL:  Spring at last in the fields next to our village.  And a shopkeeper, forced from business in one of the oldest streets in Bourges, leaves a protest outside his boarded-up shop.

MAY:  A ceramic tile on exhibition at the Centre Céramique in La Borne.  And friends sharing l'apéritif in our garden room.

JUNE:  Souvenirs on sale in Trafalgar Square, London.  And the entrée to a special meal on my return.

JULY:  A monkey belonging to the Cirque Bidon.  A terrific rainstorm making a river of our little road.

AUGUST:  Freshly picked in the potager.  A little Korean friend.

SEPTEMBER:  School children in the south.  Seen on a house in the Cévennes.

OCTOBER :  Monument to Docteur Louis Mallet in the Auvergne.  A poor woman in the market at Annecy.

NOVEMBER: Leafless trees near Sancerre.  Bright flowers for the kitchen wall.

DECEMBER:  Decoration on a neighbour's post box.  The return of winter.

A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE I KNOW AND LOVE.

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