Monday, August 18, 2008. Marciac will once again be a quiet pretty village. But if you do happen to visit Marciac, walk into the village square and look down at the ground. Saturday, August 16, 2008. The Richard Hertel Quintet, and they performed like this . Friday, August 15, 2008. The first session of the day 11. Monday, August 11, 2008. Thursday, August 7, 2008. Only a few hours before a storm. They certainly were not a Calamity .

A diary of what I see in and around my garden. Sarragachies, Gers, France. Birds seen and heard in or flying over my garden. Black Kite - Milan Noir. Black Redstart - RougeQueue Noir. Blackcap - A Tete Noir. Blue Tit - Mesange Bleue. Brambling - Pinson Du Nord. Chaffinch - Pinson Des Arbres. Corn Bunting - Bruant Proyer.

Mortgages in France - brought to you by . Everything you always wanted to know about French mortgages but were afraid to ask . Monday, 17 November 2008. Sunday, 16 November 2008. I started logging the exchange rate every day at the begining of April just gone. Thursday, 11 September 2008.

Friday, August 22, 2008. A meeting was held on 6th August 2008 at the Sarragachies Mairie. The aim was to research the older houses in the Sarragachies Commune. Some of the volumes were wearing thin. Others had traces of bookworm long dead or flown away, whatever book worms do. Many of the entries were written in the most beautiful and ornate handwriting. A bit if a jungle to say the least. The Gers is in the Midi Pyrenees - department 32.