Okay,okay ....I`m back, keep your pantalons on! Firstly today.................and what a hoo har! We had decided to attend an auction of t...

It is always amazing what turns up at the Sunday brocantes!! After a fabulous morning truffling for treasures we flopped down at the last vi...

'Frou Frou' and Monsieur 'Frou Frou' are restoring a tiny 18th century cottage a few villages away. It really will be the sw...

The swallows that nested in the barn we are attaching to the house are having a wonderful summer!  It does however mean that we cannot ful...

Our  nearest local small town has a once a year brocante and vide grenier and I always love it! Today was no exception with 300 plus stands ...

My office roof is going on as we speak and heavens its hot here!! This photograph looks as if Jaques is roofing in the buff!! He is wea...

 It is so nice to be feeling so well again now that all the pipes and stitches are gone!! I went back to hospital last week to have the dr...

It looks as if I have a new pet!! This little critter has been sunbathing all day in the windowbox!! Hope Charles  le Baron du Breuil do...

I recently found these old, unopened boxes of eau de cologne  made by F. Millot of Paris. Still tied around with string they are so simply w...