29th December 2025.....winter view from Cailho

View, Buster and the moon!

Beautiful blue skies today.

25th December 2025...Snow and lunch at Le Taj.

IT'S CHRISTMAS 🎄 

A few flakes on the Velux at 7h30.....they soon disappeared!

We debated after all the rain and with a weather warning in Béziers, if we should cancel our Christmas lunch...

The sun came out, and although we wore our "going out" clothes, we had a stash of warm and waterproof ones in the car!

Some rivers were a bit high....

Lunch of Madras at Le Taj Mahal..... (yes Dave had that too) Was delicious and we left sated and happy 😁 

Some waterways in Béziers were a bit higher, but the bigger problem is south of Béziers were whole villages are under flood water.

Cormorants keeping dry...

22nd December 2025.... A little Snow

We have a little scattering of snow ❄️ ❄️

Dave is up for a walk...so we take a gentle stroll...

21st December 2025.....still raining!

13th-17th December 2025... Dave hospitalised!

Cloud in the valley 

Dave complaining of stomach pains for several days, not eating much at all.

We go to emergency in Castres (which although further away, is definitely the best)

We wait 4 hours to see a doctor, it a Saturday!!

When we do see a doctor , they diagnose that he has inflamed gallbladder AND appendix!

They want to operate that night, but as he is taking blood thinners , they wait until Sunday morning.

He texted me at 14h on Sunday 14th and said.... I've been done! 👍

Later I start recieving, photos of his..."not too bad " 3 course meals....

Day one soup and yoghurt!

Day two soup and crackers.

Below a series of photos from his one bed en suite room, but he can't get out of bed yet!

Note the sunshine 🌞

Day three...so hungry forgot to take before picture 🤣

Meanwhile torrential rain at Cailho...Karl brings me shopping and brings in wood for the fire.

Day four....

Still raining at Cailho 

Still sunny ☀️ in Castres !

Day five..burger 🍔 

Look at the sun ☀️ 😡

Back home.... keeping warm and dry.

Last hospital meals...

He's back home and has a nurse visit every night for a week to give him an injection and change his 6 dressings.

9th December 2025 ...work continues in the garden

8th December 2025...Winter scenes

Moon...and probably Jupiter?

Spindle tree

Sunset

Colour on the oak tree.

Possibly oyster mushrooms on our logs...

3rd December 2025..My birthday in Montpellier

My 68th birthday 🎈 🎂

It was raining as Dave pushed me to the tram, just around the corner from the hotel.

The scene of a near catastrophic incident the night before, when we ended up ON the tram line!

Totally dark, and raining...

One of the colourful trams

A veggie restaurant just off the main plaza.

That is kombucha not beer!

And this was Chocolate and Guinness cake!

Uummmmm👀😋😋😋

I took ½ home in a doggy bag!

Now for the rest of the day around Montpellier. There are fountains behind me....

The palais de justice ( courtroom)

Arc de Triomphe

Christmas market

At the end of the Christmas market...this building which I couldn't access...

Beyond the structure, was an enormous aquaduct, built in the 1600s to bring water to Montpellier, the structure was a holding tank!

Possible boundary marks or surveyors points?

There are no, or few actual windows in these buildings, it's all fake... trompé d'oeil....