Word Of Mouse

is it just me or are some things just wrong?!
this is i'm afraid going to be a bit of a rant so if you're the type that's sensitive to such things then move on! In fact, it's going to be the kind of incoherent ramble that might be better suited to the pub.

so things that I've been wanting to get off my chest for a while...

All along our route we have enjoyed, albeit not constantly, a good selection of beautiful stone buildings, some with slate roofs and, as we come further south, more with gorgeous clay tiles. What a joy to see and what an honour to live in such a place. Now if i were lucky enough to own an old stone house... no thats a bad route to go down, let's just get right to the point. Why is it that people (and I'm sorry to say the French are as bad as the British) feel their house is just not complete without a few enhancements? The biggest offence in my book is the UPVC window, bad in white and worse in wood effect. Do the planners really allow such things on old buildings? I though about starting up a group - Campaign Against Pvc with the slogan "CAP the crap" any fellow supporters out there?

so assuming these people can still peek through the small holes between their thick plastic frames ( which is what remains to them as windows) then what is it they would most like to see? well, of course they'd like to look down their drive to the oversized gateposts, enhanced by a topping of horses head or cutesome deer-like thing. However it is more then likely that the view down the drive might be blocked by the fake windmill, the collection of stone wild boar, the ostentacious (though my inability to spell the word detracts a little from the point) fountain, the tin man or any number of beautiful objects for embelleshing ones garden. but what of those poor stone cottage dwellers that have no garden? Fear not, i have witnssed the perfect solution, don't throw your gnomes away, but fix them neatly next to your front door, where they can welcome your guests.

And while on the topic of some of these gardens, most of which seem to have swimming pools and some of which have bright green grassy lawns, it seems worth mentioning the clear problems associated with heat and drought here. Forest fires have been reging in the south of france yet again from the early summer and I'm starting to lose count over the number of bridges over dry stones that we have crosed. somewhere it doesn't all add up. This could lead me to another favourite rant about golf courses in a similar vein, but then I'd be hogging to computer and I think Malc has things to write that may be a little calmer and more interesting to read. So, until the next rant. In the meantime feel free to add your own or to challenge mine!