You can tell a person

by the company they keep

 

Or so my mother used to say.

 The same nowadays could perhaps include, the You Tube channels they subscribe to. Certainly, as far as I'm concerned, the things that I watch on a regular basis probably would give anybody a good insight into what I spend my life doing, the kind of people and topics which I love listening to or watching and what I spend most of my retired life aspiring to. and I reckon, if you are a You Tube watcher, then that probably is the same for all of you.

My only problem watching You Tube is that my computer normally  runs out of steam halfway through, and just shuts down and switches itself off with no warning, I think it overheats, it's either that or the content is just so boring that it can't cope with anymore gardening or model railways !!!

 As an aside,

I did think of initiating my own You Tube channel, but sometimes when I watch some of them, it's a bit like watching paint dry, especially those that are just a series of photos, I find it's a bit like the difference between watching the film, or reading the book, nine times out of ten, I prefer to read the book. I don't think that the kind of thing I waffle on about here is the kind of thing that would suit the You Tube format either. Also, I know some contributors to You Tube who get thoroughly pissed off by some people not liking their efforts and giving them the big thumbs down, and these are contributors who produce totally innocuous model railway videos. If you don't like it, don't watch it!!!.

 

 

Changing the subject 

 

 

either the back or the front depending !!

 

That's one view of my front, (or back) garden in winter. I like my garden, but to see it at the moment, you wouldn't believe it. It's either getting larger or I am getting older ! The white shed down the bottom by the way, is my chicken shed (with windows cos I had some hanging about), the chickens seem to like it, but not sufficient enough at the moment to give me any eggs in return for my endeavours. 

 

The house itself was built on top of the rock,  before it descends down into the Dordogne valley, (that's the rock, not the house) with the river below. The river side of the house was originally the front, with a road for access built that side (due south facing, as nearly all houses in this region were). Then a new road was built the other side of the house, putting us and our neighbour on a kind of island, so that has now become the front of the house with our gate and driveway, it's all a bit confusing really. We normally get about a dozen cars a day past our house and as the road is only wide enough for one and a half cars, traffic jams do sometimes occur, usually two tractors !!

 

Life's exciting ain't it ?