A Flying Parental Visit

27/05/201416/05/2023 Fooood, Life in France, Socialising, The Garden, Visits, Work

First, a few updates since Will’s last post. We did get everything planted on Monday, which was our last sunny day. Since then, we’ve had some really fierce storms, complete ... Read more

Les Sapins de Mai (Seront Plantés en Août)

19/05/201416/05/2023 Life in France, Socialising, The Garden, Visits, Work

Which means “The May Pine Trees (will be planted in August)”. That sentence will currently be utterly meaningless to you – but not for long should you choose to read ... Read more

New Friends and the Floralie

12/05/201409/05/2023 Fooood, Socialising, St Jean de Côle Floralie

As I write this, we are without power, so I hope my battery holds out. This is a planned outage and we’re meant to be wired again by 1pm. The ... Read more

Our Annual Pilgrimage to the Brantôme Spring Fair

05/05/201406/05/2023 Brantôme Spring Fair, Fooood, Life in France, Red Wine, Socialising, Work

Matt’s been erratic with the timing of his posts of late. This is my bid to get us back to Monday blogging – which means I’ve only a half-week to ... Read more

I Have “Fixed” the Lawn Mower

30/04/201416/05/2023 Fooood, Socialising, The Garden, Work

In other words, I fixed it so it no longer works at all. It was on its last legs anyway, so I don’t feel too bad. Recently, it would run ... Read more

Two Overdue Catch-ups

21/04/201416/05/2023 Fooood, Red Wine, Socialising, The Garden

As much as I approved of the idea of Matt dedicating an entry entirely to the French elections, I realise this has left me with the job today of covering ... Read more

Cyril’s Visit & Bidding Farewell to Françoise

08/04/201415/05/2023 Fooood, Socialising, Visits

This entry’s a bit late, sorry about that. I was trying to coerce Matt into doing it but I’ve been overruled so I’d better get on with it before another ... Read more

Nan’s 80th Birthday Bash

28/03/201415/05/2023 Our Travels, Socialising

It’s a double-entry day on the Frog Blog! Here’s my recent trip to the UK, and underneath is the story of Matt’s week. The boys dropped me at Angouleme station ... Read more

Kevin’s Visit and a Few Days Alone

28/03/201415/05/2023 Fooood, Socialising, The Garden, Visits, Work

Apologies for the lateness of this entry. I blame work. We had a lovely visit with Kevin, who arrived Wed of last week. Will collected him from Limoges, and they ... Read more

Hoping David Makes a Speedy Recovery

17/03/201409/05/2023 Fooood, Socialising, The Garden, Visits, Work

We had a bit of a shock on Friday when Will received a Facebook message from David’s father. He was getting in touch with all of David’s friends to find ... Read more