Apples and Peaches and Pears – Oh My!

24/08/201108/05/2023 Fooood, Life in France, Socialising, The Garden

(or When it Rains, it Pours) If it’s not completely obvious, today’s post is appropriated from the Wizard of Oz except there, it’s “Lions and Tigers and Bears” and is ... Read more

Angoulême Pride

15/08/201108/05/2023 Socialising

Things have been quite subdued and depressing over here lately, so it’s nice to blog about a very happy weekend for a change. About a month ago, we decided we’d ... Read more

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

Good for the Garden, Terrible for the Soul

25/07/201119/05/2023 Fooood, Socialising, Visits

Hello all. I am writing this to give me something to do. Due to the truly abysmal weather we have at the moment, we are pretty much housebound and at ... Read more

Work, Socialising and Finally, Some Rain

18/07/201108/05/2023 Fooood, Socialising, The Garden

Yes, this entry is long overdue but at least I have the excuse that I’ve been hard at work. Picking up where Will left off, we had a quiet Friday ... 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

Mom’s Visit Part 2 and a Bit of Socialising

19/06/201108/05/2023 Fooood, Socialising, The Garden, Visits

You’ll be pleased to learn that the pecan squares came out nicely, as did the cherry-chocolate brownies. One of the things I still miss from the States is pecan pie ... Read more

A Surfeit of Cherries

05/06/201108/05/2023 Fooood, Socialising, The Garden

Many years ago, shortly after I arrived in London, I was having a drink with Mary Carol and Abby along with a friend of Abby’s who was visiting from the ... 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