LA FRANCE PROFONDE

Not far from us in Normandy is a three-sided hut made out of corrugated fiberglass. It’s just big enough for one person to stand inside. It is a school bus “waiting room” built by a local farmer for his daughter.

The farmer had barely finished the hut when his wife planted a climbing rose on one side of it. Now, all through the spring and fall, the farmer’s daughter waits in a scented bower of pink roses.

And that is why we love living in the French countryside.

p.s. Recently in a spate of wicked wind and ruinous rain, the farmer added a door to keep his daughter warm and dry.