Monday night was fun, fun, fun! An outing with friends to see the Grande Course Landaise festival in St sever. Now before any of you throw up your hands in horror and think, 'hell no, not a bull fight', panic not, this is something totally different and unique to this region. There are no…
Archives for June 2010
Small town colour
No, my darlings I have not forgotten you, you are all still here in France with me. The weather is warm and sunny, we are at ease. This weekend has been the St Sever fete. The small town has decked herself out in cheerful bunting and fairly lifted her skirts and danced with music,…
Lovely flowers for lovely ladies
Well my darlings, it would be very remiss of me if I didn't welcome you all to France with some beautiful French flowers for your bedrooms. Lovely blooms for lovely ladies. Beauty in every petal. Fireworks colours in shaded corners. Wish this was in 'smell-o-vision', breath deep and imagine the scents. Hear the lazy bees…
J’arrive
We have arrived. Well I arrived the other day and haven't got sorted out enough to get photos or anything, so I am welcoming you guys with this view of the Lightning Tree in the paddock right outside Ann's house. To me it is symbolic, stands proud, good, bad, hot, cold, wet, you name it….
Never trust an old bag
So thrilled with all your comments yesterday. Your packing for the virtual trip is fabulous. Thank goodness someone remembered the corkscrew/bottle opener. Practicality and imagination – the perfect combination. Disaster struck on the packing front at 5.10pm yesterday. Have been weighing luggage as I go along and was just on the magic 15k for Ryan…
Come fly with me
Regular readers will recognise this photo as the one I always use to say that I'm off to France. It is my 'yippeee!' pic, my sign to myself that the excitement can bubble over and a big grin can spread from ear to ear. Normally I just sign off leaving you guys in cyberspace and…
Country living
The field cutting monsters are away again for another few months, the fields are shorn of their greenery, and the landscape takes on a patchwork quilt effect. The cows have moved in, and since the farmers round here have a somewhat lax attitude to fencing, the cows rove from one field to another all over…
Letting go
Thank you all so much for your comments and emails. I was working on the laptop all day. I saw them coming in and couldn't bear to read them. I waited till I had finished my 4 hour stint of book cover design and general computer learning curve (do hate that phrase) /stressy hassle time….
