Happy birthday and Bonne Anniversaire to my gorgeous daughter the delectable Miss Frou Frou...... Born on Bastille Day 25 years ago ...

The start of the week saw me struck down with the dreaded Summer flu and I spent 2 days in bed feeling very sorry for myself!  However, ...

Well the footstool was not to be.......................sniff! Madame loved it  as I knew she would.  Oh well.....plenty more fish in th...

Is that a highly trained Ninja at the chateau?  Or even worse a masked intruder making off with my textile archive in a sack? No....

Although  lashing with rain ( yet again; will it ever stop!) we set off at 6.00am Sunday morning for a brocante - if only to see if anyone w...

I must stop buying fromage just because I like the packaging!!! Petite cafe check parcels that look too good to open!! A l...

I love the French word "DODO" "Aller au dodo" means "go to bye-byes". I found this wonderful advertisement...

Its raining yet again here in Normandie. I don`t mind a little rain....that`s why it`s so green and luscious here and our cows are the bes...

I simply had to bring these home at the weekend. ! Bundles and bundles..... of bundles of old Parisian journals from the 1940s.............

I love Sunday for truffling!! 6am through the chateau gates........................ Past the empty moat.........................