Excusez-moi

There was a bit of a chill in the air this morning, we’d woken early as I was keen to get to the market to buy some flowers. The lady sells out so quickly, as they are always so spectacular and inexpensive. I bought these two bouquets for just €8. So as not to have to carry them around with me, whilst I did my other shopping, she popped the daises and sunflowers behind her stall, and the dahlias she fitted under the stall. ‘Tout à l'heure’ she piped, as we walked away.

I was heading to get some mushrooms, when Brian briefly looked back, and noticed another lady handing over my bunch of dahlias, and our stallholder about to take the money for them…again! “Excusez-moi, Madame, ma femme vient d'acheter ces fleurs il y a un instant”. The stallholder apologised to us, and the lady, and placed them behind her stall for safe keeping. The other lady looked quite put out though, so we made a hasty retreat.

The market was full of beautiful fresh late summer produce, I couldn’t resist getting a selection. We have a guest dinner this week, so it’s lovely to use local ingredients. We returned for our bouquets and then headed home.

I set myself up to arrange my flowers outside in the sun, choosing from my collection of vases I’ve put together.

The house is full of colour and sunshine now.