September, Fall….And Hope?
It's the first week of September and the first drops of rain (in over a month) have just fallen. The garden is breathing a collective sigh of [...] continue reading
Lost In Translation (And French Supermarkets)
""Effet immédiat", oui c'est exactement ce qu'il me faut" I declared "immediate effect, that's exactly what I need" I was browsing our local [...] continue reading
Back To Basics
Pre-Post Note/ Well, that was a roller-coaster of a week! Regular readers may have noticed that I missed my usual post last Sunday. Well, dad started [...] continue reading
Septic Tanks, COVID-19 Antibodies & The August Effect
"En raison de congés nous serons fermés du 5 Août au 27 Août inclus " (Due to vacation we will be closed from 5th August to 27th [...] continue reading
Slow Days, Breezy Evenings
There’s sunsets and then there are sunsets. I think you know what I mean. There’s the type where the sky goes crazy and explodes with colors that [...] continue reading
Hot, Hot, and Fiery Hot
It was a dark and stormy night, with lightning strikes that spread like giant spiderwebs in the sky. We were outside at close to midnight as the first [...] continue reading
Running On Pellets
Well we finally did it! We finally converted our old propane boiler/heater to wood pellets, and as of today we're fully, completely operating on [...] continue reading
Sunflowers, Tomatoes & Rainbows
Pre-Post Note/ THANK you for all the comments in my last post!! Clearly I hit a topic that resonated with many of you, and I'm glad I could provide an [...] continue reading
Feeling Safe (In Unsafe Times)
This week I found myself in an awkward situation. Some French friends of ours invited us out for dinner. At first I thought it would be an [...] continue reading
The Fruits Of Our Labour
Ever since I was a young child I've loved raspberry jam. I've always thought it the most special of fruits, perhaps because the only time I [...] continue reading
A Midsummer Fairytale – Carcassonne, France
“Are you sure/That we are awake? It seems to me/That yet we sleep, we dream” ― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream circa 1595 It felt [...] continue reading
Going Bananas, And Talking Fruity
These past months, just like almost everyone under quarantine I've been doing a lot of baking. It's something I did way before the lockdown and have [...] continue reading
