Looks romantic! Have you started sampling the bubbly yet?
Maybe...
Actually, the owners of our holiday property left a bottle of Champagne in the fridge to welcome us [emoji4]
Looks romantic! Have you started sampling the bubbly yet?
I had the solar repair guy out yesterday and as soon as he opened the cover on the older of the two inverters one could see what's wrong. There are two blue capacitor-looking gizmos soldered to connectors on the ceiling of the inverter box. One of them was hanging at an angle and upon closer inspection you could see that it was only hanging on by one soldering point instead of four. So that inverter hadn't been working for quite a while. As luck would have it, the unit was 10 years old (warranty age) in May of this year. Also, they don't stock that part anymore, so I need a new inverter. Looking on the bright side, the new inverter will be guaranteed for 10 years and my existing solar panels are supposed to be good for 20 years, that means the new inverter and the solar panels will run out of warranty/steam at the same time! Oh well. in 10 years I'll be 91, and probably not around anymore anyway!
Wonderful pictures of the old quarry and the aqueduct!And finally we drove just down the road to see Roman remains... 2000 years old.
This was an aqueduct which supplied 8 water mills. The aqueduct took water to the edge if a steep hill and the mills were built in four pairs going down the slope. The output of one mill powered the next mill down and so on. This was very advanced for its time!
It’s believed these mills also ground flour. They supplied the nearby town of Arles which was a big, busy place even in Roman times. Lots of bread meant lots of flour was needed.
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Walking down the aqueduct heading for the drop
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And the mill sites below the drop. 4 mills on each side, their waterwheels would have been in the middle
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Having done its work, he water was then taken by aqueduct into the nearby town of Arles. Little of that aqueduct remains now though.
Did I mention that I ordered me a mixture of duckling eggs a couple weeks ago?? They are incubating now and due to hatch next Thursday. I ordered 12 eggs and I have 8 viable babies at this point. I got an email that my chicken coop was delivered today . Maybe I’ll get that together in the early hours this weekend.
I have a lot of wild ducks that visit so I thought some home-base foragers might be good for the property...
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Oh yes, forgot to share my morning visitor...
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You and your sidekicks will do just fine...I still think ducks are nuts...especially after they find out they can fly.Thanks.. we’ll see if it still looks like that when I put it together
Oh my garsh...Just threaten to take away the iPad. Works like a charm. [emoji6]
And then they also put up one way only signs with an arrow pointing the right way. If I go right on my street, I'm going the wrong way down a one way street.The M20 which passes through my county of Kent from the ports has equally large reminders in several languages to drive on the left [emoji16]
Hummingbird food too. I want some of those older varieties of Rose of Sharon in my yard. The next door neighbors have some...tons of starts are a real possibility...but I would still do them.
That's what I am hoping. 10 am this morning had to have my wife remove his hide and get him out. He walked to the first opened screen door and turned around. Went to the 2nd door that goes to the backyard and turned around. Went to go in his hide but it wasn't there. Coaxed him outside and ate grass right away. Put him in is pool and he enjoyed it. Drank and then did his business. Took him out sprayed him down. For the next hr non stop eating grass. Came back in the porch by himself. Went to his hide that was back in place. Dug in and didn't move the rest of the day. A few more days of this and I am gonna really get worried.You changed things. Torts don’t like change [emoji849][emoji23]
We had an unintentional industrial theme today.
Our next stop was the nearby town of Fontvieille where we climbed the hill to see the windmills. They’re around 200 years old. There were 4 that we found, these two are the most complete. They were used to grind flour.
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You and your sidekicks will do just fine...I still think ducks are nuts...especially after they find out they can fly.
That's what I am hoping. 10 am this morning had to have my wife remove his hide and get him out. He walked to the first opened screen door and turned around. Went to the 2nd door that goes to the backyard and turned around. Went to go in his hide but it wasn't there. Coaxed him outside and ate grass right away. Put him in is pool and he enjoyed it. Drank and then did his business. Took him out sprayed him down. For the next hr non stop eating grass. Came back in the porch by himself. Went to his hide that was back in place. Dug in and didn't move the rest of the day. A few more days of this and I am gonna really get worried.