I took more photos of lanes and houses where people have taken care to put flowers where they can - being a shortage of dirt in which to plant.
I thought this just might be a project for Kevin's Grand Designs. There must be some rules about demolishing houses here - they must be protected and would cost an absolute fortune to rebuild and renovate. I came across a little shop that makes what I thought were plaster and the shop lady said were resin moulds of angels and curlicues and things to put on the house walls. I couldnt work it out as she didnt speak English until she showed me that she had just spray painted one - I thought it was really dull until I realised she had coloured it the colour of stone to hang it on the walls. A bit tacky. But it would have looked like stone in the colour she made it. I thought of seeing if I could get her to colour a small one in terracotta for my courtyard renovations where I would not be pretending that it is 12th century.
Today is the last day the rest of the family will be here. They all take off for Andora tomorrow - for Richard to fish in the Pyrenees, for Thomas to perhaps see snow or his only chance to do so. A lady in a shop Elspeth was talking to said there was snow on the mountains last week so he is hopeful, although I have been trying to tell him it is not guaranteed.
Elspeth is busy packing their clothes at the moment and trying to reduce her luggage again, having posted 2 boxes home. More when I am solo. Wendy and her mother, Lyn and Angela arrive on Friday evening at about 7 pm. The others are driving from Andora directly to Toulouse airport so I hope the meet goes OK with swapping car keys and the GPS. Their flight leaves at 6.05 and the others arrive at 5.15 all being well. There is a back up plan as to the keys being left with INFORMATION if they will permit. I have emailed Wendy a photo of the car and she has the rego details. We all just have to cross our fingers that it works.
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