What a lovely day! I missed out on lily of the valley this year. I didn’t see any in the shops beforehand and my tiny plant in the garden that has struggled on for a few years appears to have given up the ghost 🙁
However, we did get our swallows back – at last!
Fraussie
May 3rd, 2012 at 8:59 am
So sorry you missed your muguet. Maybe it will bloom later this year? Wonderful for the swallows. I love their flight.
Ouch! That’s a massive beam to crack your head against!
Had we known that there was a brocante at Chambord, we would have changed our schedule and visited it last rather than first so that we could go to it. Nothing makes my husband happier than searching for treasure amongst the junk.
Fraussie
May 5th, 2012 at 3:23 pm
Ah, what a pity you didn’t know about the brocante. Next year maybe?
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What a lovely day! I missed out on lily of the valley this year. I didn’t see any in the shops beforehand and my tiny plant in the garden that has struggled on for a few years appears to have given up the ghost 🙁
However, we did get our swallows back – at last!
So sorry you missed your muguet. Maybe it will bloom later this year? Wonderful for the swallows. I love their flight.
Ouch! That’s a massive beam to crack your head against!
Had we known that there was a brocante at Chambord, we would have changed our schedule and visited it last rather than first so that we could go to it. Nothing makes my husband happier than searching for treasure amongst the junk.
Ah, what a pity you didn’t know about the brocante. Next year maybe?
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