Happy Third Anniversary!

01/11/201208/05/2023 Anniversary Entries, Life in France, Socialising, The Garden, Work

We arrived in France three years ago yesterday. Will did the last two anniversary entries so it’s my turn this time around. To recap, the first year entry was a ... Read more

French Efficiency in Action

26/10/201215/05/2023 Life in France, Rants and Nonsense, Socialising, The Garden

Another overdue one – my fault. I was hoping to coerce Matt into doing an entry but failed so am biting the bullet and getting on with it. It’s still ... Read more

Back to Work and Some Socialising

01/10/201208/05/2023 Fooood, Life in France, Socialising, The Garden, Work

It’s been a busy week and a number of things happened so I will try my best not to ramble. I restarted work on Tuesday and picked up exactly where ... Read more

Chuck’s Visit Part II and Some Unexpected News

16/09/201206/08/2025 Fooood, Life in France, Our Travels, Photos, Socialising, The Garden, Visits, Work

Ever since I moved away from home, my dad has come to visit just about every year. Normally, we spend part of that time exploring a different city for a ... Read more

A Long Weekend With David C.

06/09/201206/08/2025 Fooood, Photos, Socialising, The Garden, Visits, Work

We continue to be busy, mostly with visitors. After our busy week, we had a few days of quiet before David arrived on Friday afternoon. We invited Lee and Richard ... Read more

Life inside an Oven

22/08/201207/06/2023 Socialising, The Garden

Hello all. It’s been a week, so time for another update. In summary, it has been hot. Really, really hot. It’s not been below 30 degrees for over a week, ... Read more

A Midweek Holiday

15/08/201208/05/2023 Fooood, Life in France, Socialising, The Garden

It’s a public holiday today in France so I am not avoiding work by writing this post. It’s called Assumption Day which is really just the end-of-summer-holiday here but I ... Read more

J’adore les Canicules

10/08/201211/06/2023 Socialising, The Garden, Work

Overdue, yes I know. It’ll probably be too long as well, even though not much has happened lately. The main thing to note is that Summer has finally gotten its ... Read more

La Nuit du Spardos

29/07/201206/05/2023 La Fête du Spardos, Red Wine, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden

I am writing this with a slight hangover that I’m trying to slay with headache tablets and tea. I hope to have it under control by the time I finish ... Read more

Mom’s Visit – Part 2

14/07/201206/08/2025 Fooood, Our Travels, Photos, Socialising, The Garden, Visits

Since we are trying to do more frequent, shorter entries, Will strongly suggested that I do one today. We had a lovely meal on Sunday with Mike & Jean and ... Read more