BLAZE!!!!!!

11th November to 17th

What a delightful time we had till Wednesday looking after Blaze. The apartment was great with its wide screen telly for watching some movies of the vast selection Ian has accumulated, and testing the hoover that Hoovers on its own (see video below) but the best thing by far was the gorgeousness that is Blaze. Even Dave the most adverse to dog person I know, loves him and played for hours with him and his squeaky ball on the verandah, and didn't even mind when he woke him up in the morning, with his doggy nose inches from his human one!! So cute. We were like new parents, videoing his cute ball trick (see below) and just generally fussing over him. Lots of walking, lovely. We miss him but dawn has promised me I can walk him whenever :-)

Positive paintings news. Dave sold two paintings on the art2art website (of his muse on the beach). Initially when Dave googled the buyer and found out he was in a Wiltshire cricket club I got mixed up between Mike Grier (the buyer) and Mike Brierley the ex England captain, and got very excited that I would be adorning the walls of such cricket royalty!!!! He also sold one in Nigel's (brother-in-laws) shop in Morecambe, so all good. With more potential joinery in new year and the bits that are coming up next week finances looking good on Dave front. He has art plans for the winter here too that he can't wait to get stuck into.

Snow again on Friday which made for a snowy cycle into le bossons for Dave's last shift with Miles and mine to taconnaz with lisa . Magical commute back for me. So pretty whatever the weather. Popped to see Simone (Dutch fellow French learner) and she has located some French women to talk with regularly on a Tuesday at a local creperie so that is brilliant news, the only way you to really get this language mastered I know. Looking forward to next Tuesday.

Saturday, after 2hrs at crystal cleaning the windows, a job i was not looking forward to, but with my raclette not too bad at all, went for potentially the last cycle of the season with Megan up to the col de montets. A great cycle and good photo opportunity. Then a mad dash to the Jekyll and Hyde pub for second half of rugby. Valiant effort by England but also not enough for the mighty all blacks. Watched amazing film, Harvey Milk, brilliant performance by Sean Penn, and then just as nipping out for quick pint with Megan et all got call for skiing in Verbier on Sunday! With Ian.

So up bright and early. Great days skiing. Not many lifts open but enough for the first day of the season and not too busy. Bit of a faff sorting out my bindings made worse by taking the wrong bubble and ending back down in the deep valley below (very irritating for me but surprisingly appeared to be very amusing to Dave and ian! ) Fantastic weather and new racing skies that I was really quite nervous of (even le patron of the ski place that sorted my bindings out was asking me if I was a very good skier as I have these skies! He must have thought I was something special as he waived the charge!) But they were fine. Certainly firmer than I am used to but feel they could improve my style for that, hopefully ha ha.

Evening in watching one of the about 1000 movies we now have on a hard drive that Ian has given us then to bed, two tired ski bunnies (or perhaps 2 tired grisly leader rabbits like from water ship down!!!!!)

Self hoovering

Dave's last cycle in to work 

Commute home in winter wonderland

Snowy col