Renovating the house

I've written before that we're renovating the top floor of our house and while the progress is slow, there is some progress. 

 

The rooms are beginning to look like rooms!

It takes a lot of my time. But finishing the joints is so 'zen' ;-)

Winter holidays

We've been away.

 

Looking at des Ecrins. Over 4000 m and hardly any snow!

But we found snow in a valley where the sun doesn't shine. At least not in winter.

Random question

Does listening to Les lacs du Connemara make me want to go more to France or to Ireland? 

Hmmmmm ...

All the best!

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and all the best in 2022!

Stay safe.

And well.

More statistics - Sufferfest

Inspired by the Duolingo progress, I also did some Sufferfest-ing statistics. Or am I supposed to say Systming?

So, in the last five months, I've spent 102 hours and 15 minutes Suffering. That is, on average, 40 minutes a day! 

That is a lot of suffering :-D

Unfortunately, I cannot give a yearly statistics, as the first half of the year I was either Les Mills-ing or Rouvy-ing the French passes.

Duolingo

Duolingo just calculated my yearly progress.

Extrapolating to the end of the year: 696 day streak and 3537 minutes spent learning. Mostly French, also a bit of Italian.

Whoa, this is almost 60 hours of active learning.

Still not much compared to the hours spent passively learning by watching French films and series ;-)

Christmas cards!

With most of the Christmas cards on their way, I can finally reveal this year's design. I must admit, never before did I have this much trouble making the cards as sub-millimetre precision was required.

They are lots of fun. They work. 

But I am making something simpler next year!

 

P.S. The inspiration obviously came from  Rufus Butler's Gallop! - a wonderful children's book with plenty of such 'scanimations'.