The post in this house can be a source of excitement, dread or amusement. Living in the countryside of France we don't have a letterbox in our front door but what I can only describe as a two-door (front and back), metal box with two sets of keys. We had to buy this on arrival to France and place our names on it so that La Poste (the postman or woman in our case) knows where to leave our mail. The box is cool as it is big enough to leave fairly big packages and envelopes in and it is locked and secure. The postlady has a master key for all of the boxes she has on her route.
This year we've had quite some trouble with our post though. I often forget to check the box and by the time I remember to empty it it is often riddled with holes (a bit embarrassing when it is something official that needs to be filled in and sent back - French paperwork!) The culprits of these holes are tiny snails that enjoy eating our post. They must climb up the wooden post that the box is attached to.
Like everything there is routine, and our pub (publicity mail) is delivered on a Monday. We like to peruse this to see what's going on in the outside world around us. When I retrieved this from the box yesterday we were lucky, the snails (which I do brush out regularly, honest) had only nibbled on the envelope of a bill and one of the leaflets in there so we had plenty of others to look at. This half page spread caught our eye.
We've all seen the organic and homegrown vegetable pictures that go around the email and social media circuits that usually look quite rude but humourous all the same. Our local supermarket (Intermarche) has added their picture to their advertising and is celebrating the fact that the "ugly" vegetables are back and "you're going to love them". Briiliant and a big hands up for organic vegetables, natural vegetables, French sense of humour and increased sales! It put a smile on our faces :)
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