Birthdays

Birthday Part II and a Visit from Kevin

26/10/201315/05/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Socialising, The Garden, Visits

We celebrated my birthday again, Friday of last week. The guests were Françoise and Philippe, plus Manu and Mathilde, who live down the road in La Jaunie. We met them ... Read more

Poppet’s Birthday Week

18/10/201315/05/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Socialising, Visits, Work

Time for an update from Port 80. It was a very cold and damp week here in Mazeroux, so as Matt hinted, we did indeed have our first fire of ... Read more

Things are looking up

03/03/201315/05/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Music, Socialising

Hello Frog bloggers! I am back from my enforced absence to do my first post in over a month, and I have quite a bit to say. Hope I don’t ... Read more

The Annual Post-Birthday Entry

16/10/201208/05/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Socialising, Visits, Work

I’m writing this in my usual spot on the sofa, enjoying the glorious warmth given off by our newly-installed wood-burning stove. It’s been colder the past few days and we ... Read more

Meanwhile, at Port 80…

29/02/201219/05/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Music, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden

I am afraid I have been rather ‘deleterious’ (a fabulous malapropism I heard recently – the offender believes it means ‘tardy’) with my blog entries of late – sorry about ... Read more

Life, the Universe & Everything

18/10/201106/08/2025 Birthdays, Fooood, Photos, Socialising, Visits

This title is a homage to the late, great Douglas Adams, author of (among other things) the Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy. In it, he describes how the most powerful ... Read more

It’s Been a Long Time

03/03/201106/05/2023 Birthdays, Our Travels

Please forgive us, dear reader, this long delay between posts. There wasn’t much to report in the run up to our trip and we’re only now settling back in after ... Read more

L’anniversaire de Matt

15/10/201006/05/2023 Birthdays, Househunt/Moving

Bloody hell, has it really been one year since Matt’s birthday party/our leaving party in Islington? Actually, I am not sure if it feels like less or more than that, ... Read more

L’Anniversaire de Guillaume

28/02/201004/05/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Fromage

Happy 29th Birthday Sweetie! We’re having a very relaxing day at home today after celebrating the last two nights. All chores have been postponed until tomorrow in commemoration of this ... Read more