Mary Carol, David and Alice Come For a Visit

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

It’s 8:15 am and I’m sitting on a very uncomfortable bench in St Pardoux while Will does his driving lesson. The teacher is going on holiday starting tomorrow so this ... Read more

Tante Mimi’s Second Visit

11/05/201109/05/2023 Fooood, Fromage, Our Travels, Red Wine, Socialising, St Jean de Côle Floralie, The Garden, Visits

My aunt Mimi arrived on Friday. When we were young, she was called Tante Mimi since she was too young to be anyone’s aunt when my older brother Ben was ... Read more

Coming back from Darkness

08/05/201107/06/2023 Fooood, Life in France, Socialising, The Garden, Visits

Bonjour à tous. Yep, we are connected again: both landline (+33 5 53 56 99 70) and internet operational again. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that it hasn’t gone smoothly and ... Read more

Easter with Gavin and Life without Internet

29/04/201108/05/2023 The Garden, Visits

It’s been a long time since our last post and it’s not entirely our fault. We’re currently without Internet since we’re in the process of switching providers. So far, we’ve ... Read more

Nos Premiers Visiteurs

13/04/201108/05/2023 Fooood, The Garden, Visits

Ever since moving into our new place, a question that had been on our minds, and undoubtedly on yours too, is who our first visitors would be. For a long ... Read more

Port 80 Épanoui

05/04/201115/05/2023 Fooood, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Visits

Meaning “in bloom”. Because it is – in several ways. First, the garden is really beginning to look lovely now. We have a wisteria vine creeping up over one half ... Read more

Waiting for Packages

27/01/201106/05/2023 Fooood, Life in France, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, Visits

As Will mentioned in his last entry, my mom was kind enough to arrange to have my old dishes packed and shipped here. It’s a bit of an extravagance but ... Read more

Bienvenue Chez Port 80

30/12/201012/05/2023 Fooood, Househunt/Moving, Life in France, Sausage & the Smoo, Visits

Yes, it’s official – we’re homeowners here in France. The closing was on Monday and it went very smoothly. We had to wait 20 minutes for the notaire to finish ... Read more

Le Monstre de Curry dans la Dordogne

17/11/201006/05/2023 Fooood, Househunt/Moving, Visits

We are very overdue an update on the blog, sorry about that. So, we left off with the news that our offer on the new place was accepted*. After that, ... Read more

As High As An Elephant’s Eye

07/10/201006/05/2023 Fooood, Househunt/Moving, Red Wine, Sausage & the Smoo, The Garden, Visits

The corn, that is. It’s the seeds I brought back from the States and we may actually end up with an ear or two by next week. Some of the ... Read more