Fairly Busy Not Doing Much

01/08/201106/05/2023 Fooood, La Fête du Spardos, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Visits

Yes, the title seems like it would be a contradiction but that’s the best way to describe the last week. First, on the work front, there is still little to ... Read more

Lud, Kike and in Memory of Sista

08/07/201108/05/2023 Sausage & the Smoo, Visits

Nothing from me for over 6 weeks and then you get 2 entries in a row! This one will hopefully be a more concise effort than my last ramble, at ... Read more

Party in Milhac and Walking the Cats

05/07/201108/05/2023 Red Wine, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Visits

Bonjour. Apologies for my 6-week absence from the Blog: I am now back in the saddle. So, after our hung-over but productive day when Cyril left, we got up to ... Read more

La Crém(aillèr)e Anglaise

29/05/201108/05/2023 Fooood, Life in France, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, Visits

Today’s title is in reference to our housewarming party which was last night. In France, having a housewarming is called “pendaison de Cremaillere”, literally “hanging a chimney hook” and is ... Read more

Must Stop Eating So Much

22/05/201119/05/2023 Fooood, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, Visits

I want to preface this entry with an apology to Mum and Dad. It was their anniversary on the 21st of May (the alleged day of the rapture, according to ... Read more

Port 80 Épanoui

05/04/201115/05/2023 Fooood, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Visits

Meaning “in bloom”. Because it is – in several ways. First, the garden is really beginning to look lovely now. We have a wisteria vine creeping up over one half ... Read more

How Does Your Garden Grow?

11/03/201106/05/2023 Sausage & the Smoo, The Garden

Very well, we hope. Due to the continuation of our amazing weather, we’ve spent most of the past week gardening. With the exception of yesterday, it’s been at least 15C ... Read more

From one Extreme…

05/03/201106/05/2023 Life in France, Our Travels, Sausage & the Smoo, The Garden

Hi. After a week of sheer bedlam back in the UK, things are back to their usual snail’s crawl of a pace for us out in France. Well, there actually ... Read more

Il Fait Beau

10/02/201106/05/2023 Fooood, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden

I know many of you are enduring a harsh winter so I am not writing this to rub it in your faces. For us, the blog is our diary and ... Read more

Waiting for Packages

27/01/201106/05/2023 Fooood, Life in France, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, Visits

As Will mentioned in his last entry, my mom was kind enough to arrange to have my old dishes packed and shipped here. It’s a bit of an extravagance but ... Read more