The background of my blog mirrors what we see from our windows. A natural living picture in every direction full of dark greens, orange, yellow, light green and some lovely burgundy red from vines. The Lord of Creation is giving us a wonderful eye-full.
In our attic we are stocking freshly picked chestnuts that some of our parishioners gave us, pumpkins from our own garden, big courgettes from our neighbour's garden and home-grown apples. Our appartment is in a big house that fed a family of 7 from its garden. We are privileged to be able to benefit from the past.
Can you guess what all those hooks were used for ? Answer in the next posting.
Having criticized St Tropez for its materialism (as for much of the Western world), I'm challenged to make the most of our resources here in Lamastre. Our parishioners all have vegie gardens! Can't conceive of a house without one. Not only do we gain good organic fruit & veg from their labours, they actually created a vegie patch for us last year! So we have a modest garden. It's a challenge to be grateful for what we have because I'm definitely NOT a natural gardener; Pascal only a little more than me. I prefer the kitchen part and over the years (because we had a similar situation in Béziers, our first pastoral position) have learned to do bottling, jams, chutneys and all sorts of meals. This is the fun side of living in France! All that emphasis on fine food!
The way to my missionary heart is through my stomach ???!!!
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