Ebb Tide
I’ve been maintaining this blog for a long time now, and one thing I’ve noticed is that I go in and out of periods where I feel like updating a lot. And right now it’s all I can do to tackle each day as it comes. We’ve had lots of visitors since I last updated, and I even flew across the country with Sol to be part of my best friend’s wedding. But the thought of writing about any of it seems exhausting; I just don’t have it in me. I wake up each morning and think: what’s got to get done, and what could be pushed to tomorrow?
Another thing I know from my years in blogging is that I have approximately two weeks of Internet silence before people (well, grandparents) start checking in with me. So let me just say: we’re fine, we’re all fine—we’ve enjoyed hosting all our visitors, and we’re looking forward to those who can join us for Robin’s birthday party on the 12th—but I’m exhausted and keeping up my blog has slipped way down on the list of priorities.
August 6th, 2013 at 2:39 pm
Totally get it!
Your book just spent a week travelling through France, Spain and Holland & still hasn’t been read. I literally had reading it (again!) as one of my number 1 priorities for this summer’s vacation.
One night I took it out of my backpack and put it in the car to read. I then forgot about it and the next evening two of our four tents went down and pretty much all our stuff got drenched.
Long live The Millenial Sword. All of my Robin’s Magic Tree House books (English and Spanish) didn’t survive quite as well 🙂
See below for info.
Also, yes, car camping with little kids in Europe is fantastic 🙂 Lots and lots of castles to visit.
Anyways, enjoy the last days of summer!
Maike.
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Burgundy vineyards devastated by storm
By Hugh Carnegy in Paris
A view taken on July 24, 2013 near Pommard in France’s Burgundy region of
prestigious vineyards seriously damaged after a summer hailstorm that caused
up to 70 percent of crops destroyed on some estates. The storms, which saw
strong hail accompanied by high winds, caused widespread damage in some of
France’s best-known areas for wine, including Cote de Beaune, Volnay,
Pommard and Savigny-les-Beaune. AFP PHOTO / JEFF PACHOUDJEFF
PACHOUD/AFP/Getty Images
Pommard in France’s Burgundy region, seriously damaged after a summer
hailstorm
Winemakers in a prime wine-growing area in France???s Burgundy region, are
reeling from a freak hail storm that in some vineyards completely wiped out
this year???s harvest.
The rare conjunction of two storms, one blowing hot air from the south, the
other cold air from the north, ripped through the C??te de Beaune area on
Tuesday afternoon in 20 devastating minutes, pummelling grapes, tearing
leaves from the vines and flooding the vineyards.
Pierre Cornu, who runs the Domaine Edmond Cornu et Fils near
Beaune, said one of his vineyards in Savigny-l??s-Beaune suffered between 80
and 100 per cent damage to this year???s crop.
???It was an enormous storm. I???ve never seen a storm like it. The hail
stones were as big as ping-pong balls and there were huge gusts of wind,???
he told the Financial Times.
France???s agriculture ministry said on Friday that up to 40 per cent of
vineyards were hit in the C??te de Beaune, which accounts for about 10 per
cent of the Burgundy region???s annual 200m bottle production. Crop damage
in the stricken vineyards ranged from 10 per cent to 100 per cent, the
ministry said.
etc.
August 6th, 2013 at 3:49 pm
Wow, that’s crazy about the storm! Your vacation still sounds amazing though 🙂