Do you see Yann on top of the scaffolding?
When you own a home, repairs, and renovations are often required. Our home was completely renovated years ago. The walls are made of stones and are three feet thick dating back four hundred years ago.
Our house like other houses in our village adjacent to one another creating six feet of stones between one home and another. Therefore, when you want to hang a picture it is not as simple as a hammer and a nail.
Our entire roof in our house will be taken off, and the new one will be in this place. In the south of France, they use red clay tiles that used to be made on women’s thighs. Yeah, you read that right.
Yann took this photo to show me the progress on our roof. Since I fell off a ladder years ago and shattered my wrist, I rarely climb ladders, let alone scaffolding.
The young men redoing our roof are impressive. They move around the scaffolding like monkeys, with amazing agility and confidence. Watching them work is both fascinating and reassuring, as they handle the task of replacing our traditional red clay tiles with ease. Thanks to Yann’s photo, I can stay updated on the renovation without having to climb up the scaffolding myself.
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