I nipped into a small brocante today that I usually pass by. The monsieur that owns the shop is always very pleasant and keen but he never e...

We accompanied our French friends Maxim and Monique to a local stone artist to view the wonderful stone fireplace they have ordered for th...

With grateful thanks to our friend Marcel for writing such wonderful poetry................. Amid a thousand fragrant blooms And ...

Up early this morning for a brocante on the beach! When we set off at 5.30am it was calm, humid but very dull. As we arrived at the beach we...

Every town and village in France has its mayor, who in turn works from his/her 'mairie', or town hall. Even a small hamlet consistin...

Talk to the paw `cos the face don`t wanna hear it.................................. I`m not sleeping.......................... but just ly...

Walked down to the end of the garden and crossed the stream onto the marsh.............................. Managed to get past hundreds of l...

As you will see from the reply to yesterdays blog I appear to have a very bad case of BROCANTITIS.................................. Dea...

Thats it.....I have definitely now been living here long enough to be losing control of the English language! Sometimes I simply cannot reme...

I`ve had my two stone pigs for 25 years. They have moved with me to each new house we bought in the UK and finally crossed the channel with ...