Bonne santé surtout

It's very important in France to wish all your friends and neighbours Happy New Year, usually expressed as meilleurs voeux (best wishes) or bonne année (literally 'good year'). Very often this is followed up with et bonne santé surtout ! If you get in first with the bonne santé they will agree vigorously -- oui, oui, surtout la santé ! -- and comment that good health is everything, the most important thing -- 'good health above all'.

So -- we wish all our readers, friends and family a very happy new year, with good health and much happiness!

(The picture is from last January, by the way.)

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Loire Valley Nature: A section for Peleteria varia has been added to the Parasitic Flies Tachinidae entry.
A new entry for House Flies Muscidae has been added.
A new entry for Helophilus spp hover flies Syrphidae has been added.

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A la cuisine hier: Adobo chicken. I made a paste from délice de tomate (dried tomato paste), yoghurt and home made adobo seasoning mix, spread it over chicken legs and marinated them for a couple of hours then baked in the oven.