Our village held its annual fête this past weekend, a wonderfully, traditional 3 day long event. Called the Fête Patronale. It included parades, rifle marksmanship competitions, petanque, fair ground rides for kids and even a flea market. The occasion began in 1427 as a bird shooting competition, hence the rifleRead More →
Decisions, decisions, decisions. The weekend beckons me in to the restoration garden, where two Big Dig’s are now calling me to dig, dig, dig. Well, ok, in the case of Big Dig 1 it is more like shift, shift, shift. This past week, a couple hours each morning have beenRead More →
Very, very excited! Our new and all our own vegetable garden gave us our first petite harvest yesterday. I feel like a proud Mom. Ok, it may not have been much. 11 new potatoes, 15 carrots, 2 celery branches, 5 chives and 7 green beans. But I figure there mayRead More →
Lovely nap in the heat of yesterday afternoon. It was so delicious I decided to enjoy a second one. Such decadence. I was rousted from sleep by the not so subtle sounds of Maggie (pet duck). As the windows were open, my sleepy brain didn’t take it in, until IRead More →
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