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| My new little rabbit, waiting for Régis |
I wasn't looking for a rabbit when I wandered through my favourite brocante in Rennes last spring, but when I found this special ridge tile-- a terracotta petit lapin-- I couldn't resist. I took him home and painted him black, to match the slate tiles on the top of Breton houses.
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| Putting the new roof on the barn |
Régis, my roofer, was scheduled to come to replace the roof over the barn part of the main house in May. Replacing the roof of the stable that became 'Le Petit Lapin' was one of the first things I had to do back in 2001, but the roofs over the two parts of the main house were, Régis told me, O.K., '
Vous pouvez attendre... un peu.' I replaced the roof on the original house in 2006, but held off re-doing the former barn until this year. The barn roof was one of the first Régis worked on as a young apprentice over thirty years ago and he was very proud of its quality, so I felt confident in putting off what I knew would be a big job.
And a big job indeed it was when (in the way of French workmen) Régis finally got round to doing it in September. But Régis is quite the artist and was happy to secure my little rabbit on the roof of the cottage that bears its name. So there he is now, waiting to welcome the next guests to 'Le Petit Lapin'.
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| The little rabbit in place at last |
