Sparkling

As I slowly woke this morning I could hear the cooing of our pigeons. I say our pigeons, as we think they may have set up their nest again with us, but this year we think they are in one of the fir trees on the slope at the back of the house. It’s such a familiar sound, I soon drift back to sleep.

The plan for today was to get up early and try and catch up on our deep clean following the ‘unexpected journey’ to Troyes. It wasn’t long before I could hear Brian shuffling around making tea, and getting us moving.

Firstly I asked Brian to help me take the curtains down in the salle à manger so I could get them washed. He then started on cleaning the inside of the windows, whilst I finished a few bits off in the kitchen. I then set us up with some hot soapy water to clean the dresser and its contents. A fiddly job, but a very satisfying one.

By the end of the day we were putting back up the freshly laundered curtains, the paintwork was washed down, the inside of the windows cleaned, and the dresser and the fireplace were looking sparkling. However, It did make us both realise this room will need to be redecorated next winter, and a few areas need addressing.

But for now we were very happy with how it is looking.