The Garden

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

The Return of Spring

10/03/201415/05/2023 Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Work

I’m pleased to report that the weather has stayed true to forecasts and it feels most spring like outside. It peaked at a high of 20 degrees yesterday, and like ... Read more

Will’s Birthday, Featuring a Visit from David C.

04/03/201415/05/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Visits, Work

We had a few days of downtime last week between our trip and our next visitor. On Wednesday, we had an apero with Josiane and Cami to deliver some items ... Read more

Birthday Part II and a Visit from Kevin

26/10/201315/05/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Socialising, The Garden, Visits

We celebrated my birthday again, Friday of last week. The guests were Françoise and Philippe, plus Manu and Mathilde, who live down the road in La Jaunie. We met them ... Read more

The Lead-up to Vacation

03/09/201315/05/2023 Fooood, Socialising, The Garden, Work

We leave tomorrow morning for Greece via London. This will be our first official vacation since our trip to Asia two years ago. Living out here, we don’t feel the ... Read more

Gavin’s Visit and a Weekend in Bordeaux

27/08/201309/05/2023 Fooood, La Fête de St. Augustin, Our Travels, Socialising, The Garden, Visits, Work

I collected Gavin from Limoges on Sunday afternoon. We relaxed during the afternoon, and I prepared a bbq for that evening. I made the spicy orange sauce to go with ... Read more

Summer Continues Unabated

21/07/201315/05/2023 Fooood, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Work

We’ve been enjoying the same weather since the start of July with an average temp around 30 and high teens at night. It’s been sunny nearly every day although we ... Read more

Summer Arrives at Last

06/07/201315/05/2023 Fooood, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Work

We’ve both been feeling a bit cheated by the weather until now. It’s one of the main reasons we moved to France and although we had a mild winter, we’ve ... Read more

Mom’s Visit Part II and a New URL

21/06/201306/08/2025 Fooood, Our Travels, Photos, The Garden, Visits

NOTE: The blog has moved to http://frog-blog.port80services.com. Please update your bookmarks. We left for Bordeaux on Friday morning and made good time getting there. It would have been even quicker ... Read more