There and Here!

At the time when the road outside The House at Le Gros Chigy looked like this:

photograph by ANeighbour
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we were seeing this as we move around our neighborhood.

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Most Europeans of course see the green, summery countryside as not being appropriate to Christmas - it is however what you get used to. But it's also true that in the middle of our summer, the christmas cards still mainly show snow covered conifers and reindeer pulled sleighs but very few dusty thorn trees.