My Week Home Alone

23/06/201515/05/2023 Fooood, Music, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Work

I’m going to double dip, so that Will can catch his breath when he returns. By all accounts, his few days in London have been action-packed, and the words “sore ... Read more

A Quick Visit from Katherine and Julian

02/06/201517/03/2026 Fooood, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Visits, Work

We’re not long returned from Angouleme where we dropped off our latest visitors at the train station. We first had lunch outside at one of the places on “restaurant row”, ... Read more

Yet another May Bank Holiday

25/05/201517/03/2026 Music, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Visits, Work

Welcome back to Frog Blog, your only source for the latest happenings in Mazerouxcity. Today is a bank holiday in France – barely worth mentioning as virtually every Monday in ... Read more

Home and Garden

19/05/201517/03/2026 Fooood, Music, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Work

Picking up from Will’s last entry, the Smoo is feeling better now. We think it may have been worms, since we discovered Louis definitely had them. We’ve dealt with that, ... Read more

These are dark times we live in

11/05/201517/03/2026 Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Work

Well, what can I say? To the surprise of everyone – themselves included – the Conservative party won the UK election. Months of polls, including one on the eve of ... Read more

The First Margaritas of 2015

13/04/201517/03/2026 Socialising, The Garden, Work

Welcome back to Frog Blog for all the latest news from Mazeroux. The first and most important thing to mention is the weather, which after weeks of dreary grey monotony, ... Read more

A Big Gay (Good) Friday

06/04/201517/03/2026 Fooood, Socialising, The Garden, Work

Easter weekend is wrapping up around here today, although we’ve not done much to celebrate. In fact, we both worked today. However, we did kick off the weekend in style ... Read more

Feeling Spring-like Around Here

09/03/201517/03/2026 Fooood, Fromage, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Work

Our mild winter has morphed into an early spring. It was grey and cool last week, but we had a lovely weekend, with temps near 20C both days, and lots ... Read more

Happy 98th Birthday to Grammy!

23/02/201520/05/2023 Birthdays, Life in France, The Garden, Work

As the title says, it’s Grammy’s 98th birthday today. The whole family, except me, went to Mpls to celebrate. I spoke to her today and she had a nice weekend, ... Read more

Will is Street Legal

03/09/201417/03/2026 Fooood, Red Wine, Socialising, The Garden, Work

The title is my clever attempt at saying that Will is no longer an apprentice driver as of Saturday. It has been three years since he passed his test, so ... Read more