Meanwhile, Back at the Farm...
The Domergue side of the family continues to thrive. Just got back from a nice week in France where my sister Karen, my parents and I went to the family farm for a few days to help celebrate my mother's cousin Gaston and his wife Nadine's 40th wedding anniversary, and then Karen and I went to Paris for 3 wonderful days.
It was the week before the election, and I would have to say that the feeling amongst all the friends and family that I talked to was universal disdain for the Bush presidency and so I'm sure they're joining all of us in celebrating the results of last week's elections and subsequent events.
But, back to the farm, and France. It continues to be one of my favorite places in the world. The countryside is just so lush and beautiful and (perhaps because of the family connection), I always just feel so grounded there.
The family now has three houses - the original farmhouse, which is where Francoise and his family are now living, a somewhar smaller house just down the hill where Gaston and Nadine are now living (Francoise and family were there until this year), and Christian's house which is just a short walk away. The business seems to be doing well with both the dairy and the veal production, and they've even added solar panels to the original farmhouse.
The 40th anniversary celebration was food, food and more food. After a morning mass in the local (Flagnac) church, it was on to a 7 course, 5 hour lunch for 100 people, followed by a 3 hour break and then dinner for 60 people. Dinner, thankfully, was much simpler, but did feature our second major dessert of the day. A truly fantastic celebration. Congratulations to Gaston and Nadine.
More on the rest of the trip later.
It was the week before the election, and I would have to say that the feeling amongst all the friends and family that I talked to was universal disdain for the Bush presidency and so I'm sure they're joining all of us in celebrating the results of last week's elections and subsequent events.
But, back to the farm, and France. It continues to be one of my favorite places in the world. The countryside is just so lush and beautiful and (perhaps because of the family connection), I always just feel so grounded there.
The family now has three houses - the original farmhouse, which is where Francoise and his family are now living, a somewhar smaller house just down the hill where Gaston and Nadine are now living (Francoise and family were there until this year), and Christian's house which is just a short walk away. The business seems to be doing well with both the dairy and the veal production, and they've even added solar panels to the original farmhouse.
The 40th anniversary celebration was food, food and more food. After a morning mass in the local (Flagnac) church, it was on to a 7 course, 5 hour lunch for 100 people, followed by a 3 hour break and then dinner for 60 people. Dinner, thankfully, was much simpler, but did feature our second major dessert of the day. A truly fantastic celebration. Congratulations to Gaston and Nadine.
More on the rest of the trip later.
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