A trip to Toulouse this morning. We're not using the big car and I'm thinking of selling it. Pre-pandemic we drove off in it all the time but for the last two and a bit years it's rarely been used. We've not been a one car family in forty five years so there's been a small voice in the back of my mind saying keep it as a backup in case of emergencies. It is of course probable/possible that the dealer will make an offer that is so low it shocks me into keeping it, or even worse, buying a newer model.
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The sprinkler ice makes for a fascinating photo. Heavy wet snow here in Aberdeen yesterday morning, even in the city. It wasn't a great choice of day to ratchet up the house training programme for Nobby...
Listen to the small voice in the back of your mind. We live in rural New Zealand and there has been a few times over the last 12 years, we have lived here that a big car (in our circumstances a 4 x 4 Holden) has got us into town after some big storms. Let's just say most locals have a chain saw and high powered torch in their utes to navigate the roads around here when there are trees down over the roads. You never know what will happen in the future. If nothing else it means you have another vehicle if one is in the garage.
The icicles are beautiful, but maybe not so good for the apple trees? We have also been thinking about cars. We have one big car we have used to haul around our children and pets, as well as all the stuff we have carted back and forth to our weekend house. We are selling that house on Monday, and it makes me realize we don't actually need such a big car anymore. Unfortunately, our second car is a 30-year old Mazda RX-7, which is more like a pet than a practical means of transportation. Meanwhile, Charlie is spending his first three nights away from home while we deal with the movers, staying with Cherry's trainer. I'm sure it will be fine . . .
The overnight irrigation and subsequent freezing on the apple trees is to protect the blossom from frost. It sounds strange but it's done all over France, including in vineyards, when a spring frost is forecast. The coating of ice protects from the much more harmful air frost.
Hari OM
Icicles in April. What's the world coming too..? YAM xx
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That Volvo might fetch more than you expect. There is currently a very long wait time for new ones (DIL ordered hers about 7 months ago and only got it last week).
It might be chilly, but it still looks a beautiful day in your part of the world. I've just come back from a miserably cold walk with Inca - grey skies and an ever present threat of yet more rain. Yesterday it didn't stop at all and was too heavy for even a short walk.
When my husband was alive we always had two cars. When he died I sold his big estate car - bought when we had three dogs and would take them travelling with us. Sometimes I wish I hadn't been so hasty as there are times when I could still use the space it had. As Lisa says, you have a spare vehicle if the other is in the garage. Though I would rent if I was without a car for any length of time.
I liked seeing the last photo after reading earlier today about wine growers in Chablis trying to prevent the loss of most of thier current crop by using candles or water during France's unseasonal frosts.
There are two drivers in our house, and we went down from three cars to two last fall. The sensible car had only been driven 400 miles in 10 months, and that was largely because I went out of my way to drive it from time to time. Used car prices are high right now.
We are in the market to replace my 5 year old van - But we're having problems finding one. Two dealerships said that we would need to make a $1000 or $1500 deposit and that didn't even guarantee anything, other than our name on a list. It's a crazy time for car buying and selling.
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