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Happy New Year 2018
It’s nearly mid-January and I have only just found the time to write this new year post. Even though we have up until the end of January in France to do so, it’s still better to wish people a happy … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Blogging, Closerie Falaiseau, Cycling, Cyprus, Eastern Europe, Flowers & gardens, Hungary, Loire Valley, Romania, Slovenia, Travelling
Tagged blogging in France
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I Have Not Disappeared
I do not understand where all my time goes. When I lived in Paris, I had lots of time for blogging. Now that we live in Blois, I don’t seem to have any spare time at all! I do keep … Continue reading
Posted in Closerie Falaiseau, Cycling, Flowers & gardens, France, India, Italy, Life in France, Loire Valley, Travelling
Tagged cycling in Italy, flooding in the Loire
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Happy New Year 2016 – Bonne année à tous !
It’s New Year’s Eve and there are just the two of us, in front of our fireplace. We’re not having anything complicated to celebrate the New Year. I once spent all day making a special dish that took forever and … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Closerie Falaiseau, Flowers & gardens, Loire Valley, Renovation
Tagged blogging, new year resolutions
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Outwitting the Cat
I used to have a German friend and every time she came to my house in Fontenay sous Bois, she would look out the window and say “there’s a blue tit” or “there’s a nuthatch” which always made me very … Continue reading
Our Foie Gras Atelier
There was a time when we used to eat quite a lot of foie gras. In the winter, we would often rent a gîte for a long weekend somewhere in the country within a couple of hours from Paris and … Continue reading
Posted in Closerie Falaiseau, Cooking
Tagged foie gras, foie gras au sel, making your own foie gras
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A Little Trip to Paris Two Weeks after the Terrorist Attacks
We’ve been planning to go to the Independent Wine Growers’ Fair in Paris for some time. During our two-day stay, I’ve lined up three routine medical appointments and organised to see two lots of friends. We decide not to let … Continue reading
Posted in Accommodation, Closerie Falaiseau, Exhibitions, Paris, Wine
Tagged independent wine growers fair, paris after the attacks
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The Bird Bath
We’re dining al fresco on a very hot evening. A blue tit swoops down from the rose of Sharon onto the bird bath and starts squawking loudly. It flies off. “It wants some water”, says Jean Michel. “That’s funny”, I … Continue reading
Instagram Favourites This Week #1
Since I don’t have a lot of time to post at the moment I thought I would share my favourite Instagram photos. The format on Instagram is square which is an interesting cropping exercise. What’s your pick?
Posted in Closerie Falaiseau, Country living, Cycling, Photography, Renovation
Tagged cour sur loire, instagram photos
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A Hedgehog, a Poppy Field and a Horse & Buggy
My son Leonardo, who lives in Berlin en route for New York (and incidentally is the person who encouraged and helped me to set up this blog), is visiting for the weekend. We’re in the upstairs living room and Jean Michel … Continue reading
Posted in Closerie Falaiseau, Country living, Cycling, Flowers & gardens
Tagged château de Cheverny, hedgehog in France, Loire à vélo
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May Flowers in the Loire
I have never had any doubts about moving to Blois despite the dreary winter but spring in our garden and the surrounding villages and countryside is just so wonderful that I don’t think I could ever spend it anywhere else! … Continue reading
