Quinze août

15th August - Assumption of Mary - is a public holiday in France. This year it fell on a Sunday. The weather was hot, so it really was a very lazy day.

I’d seen that there was a marché des puces/vide grenier in Les Riceys, so we decided to go and have a look.

We had a lovely, very hot morning rooting through the stalls, and came away with some great finds.

The lamp needs a bit of work, so that will go up to the atelier as a project. The galvanised tub I want as a bin in the pool room, so after a wash down, that will go up to the pool. Also, we bought two very heavy iron grills, which we might make a gate out of, we just need to see how we can make it work. The yellow thermometer I want for my laundry room, and the little brown jug, I couldn’t resist, it was a euro. And then a couple of vases, always useful. Oh and a delightful little white porcelain statuette of three children playing. I had been looking for something delicate like this as a table centre piece.

It was then an afternoon at the pool, cooling off.