November snow in France too

While the UK is getting a good early snowfall, Lessal is getting its share too, and as a result I am not too keen to start work outside on the building for the solar panels (the "salle technique" as the pool man described it):



Before the snow started I had cut some bamboos in Tony & Anne's garden, and brought them back here, fairly slowly ...



... and then using cable ties (what did we do before - use string?) made a triumphal arch for the balcony so we could feed the birds in winter, but without feeding the birds to the cats. The birds have been getting through at least a large bag of seeds a week, 5kg I think. I have had to refill the feeders every day.



Most of the birds are great tits, but we get the occasional nuthatch (sometimes two at a time), blue tits, and just one goldfinch (so far). The sparrows, chaffinches and blue tits seem to prefer to feed on the ground either on or under the balcony where the seeds fall. The great tits are very messy eaters, and throw out as much grain as they eat.

I have had the time to finish the electrical work that is part of the solar installation.



The cable going down to the building in the garden - the blue one on the left - isn't yet connected, as at the other end it is just bare wires. Eventually it will give me a useful plug point at the end of the garden, and a light in the "salle technique" for days when one wishes to swim in the dark.