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Friday’s French – chevreuil, biche & deer
I’m telling someone about our little wood and explain that the biches ate all our medlars. “We don’t have any biches“, says Jean Michel. “We only have chevreuils“. “Isn’t it the same thing”, I ask. “No, it’s not. The only … Continue reading
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Tagged biche, cervidés, cervids, chevreuil, deer, Friday's French
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Deer and Orchids in Our Little Wood in Blois
This morning when we got up, Jean Michel called me from the bathroom whose first floor window overlooks the little wood behind our house which is part of our property. “Un chevreuil à côté du neflier”. Mr and Mrs Previous Owner … Continue reading

Posted in Cycling, Flowers & gardens, Loire Valley, Restaurants
Tagged Closerie Falaiseau, cycling, deer, L'Herbe Rouge, Saint Dyé, Valaire
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