Matt’s Birthday weekend & RIP Norris

15/10/201809/05/2023 Birthdays, Rants and Nonsense, Socialising, Visits

Here’s the latest news from Mazeroux, where we are today celebrating Matt’s birthday! He has just popped out to the shops for a few supplies while I finish off cleaning ... Read more

Big Storm and Trip to England Part 1

13/07/201806/08/2025 Birthdays, Fooood, Life in France, Our Travels, Photos, Socialising, The Garden

We had a major storm last Wed around 6pm, with gusts up to 120k/h and loads of rain. We’ve had a number of warnings for similar storms this year, but ... Read more

Welcome Elvie!

26/06/201806/08/2025 Birthdays, Fooood, Gigs, Music, Photos, Socialising, The Garden, Work

I’m pleased to announce the birth of Elvie Roberts, born 25 June at 3am, weighing in at a whopping 8lb 9oz. Both mother and baby are doing well by all ... Read more

Will’s Birthday Week

06/03/201817/05/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Socialising, The Garden, Work

Ok, it wasn’t the whole week, but since Will’s birthday fell on a Wednesday, we had multiple celebrations. Before the festivities began, we had two very busy days getting the ... Read more

The Birthday Marathon Weekend

16/10/201716/05/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Music, Socialising, Work

It’s been a very busy week in terms of work. We both have a number of projects on the go, with more to come. I’ve done four or five proposals ... Read more

Getting Ready to Go

05/06/201727/12/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Socialising

We’re in the final stages of preparing for our upcoming trip to MN via Iceland. We leave tomorrow afternoon, get an early morning flight to Reykjavik on Wed, leaving the ... Read more

The Birthday / Citizenship Celebrations

06/03/201727/12/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising

We’re in the midst of a power-cut here in Mazeroux that means I am legitimately unable to do any work. So instead I am getting my blogging done. Our outage ... Read more

Grammy’s 100th Birthday Celebration

01/03/201720/05/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Our Travels, Socialising

I returned last night from a lovely trip to the States for the big birthday celebration. Despite being a short trip, it was packed with activities. Will took me to ... Read more

My Birthday Weekend with Anne and Andrew

17/10/201616/05/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Music, Socialising, The Garden, Visits, Work

We had a few activities early in the week. On Monday we had dinner chez Rigit who are in town for a few weeks. They are both well, and looking ... Read more

Thirty Bloody Five

01/03/201616/05/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Socialising, Work

I should really have done this entry yesterday to get us back to the beginning of the week but I forgot. Actually, I’m blaming it on the leap year which ... Read more