Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
I was just on holiday for 2 1/2 weeks….. It went like this: I spent 3 weeks frantically busy getting ready for it. I was busy every day and every evening while I was gone. I've spent the week since I've been home frantically busy catching up. What's wrong with this picture? Every summer we … Continue reading…
I’ve decided to ignore the rabbits and plant my garden. I’ll take reasonable precautions, such as repair the holes in the fence, sprinkle anti-rabbit pellets around the most tempting crops, and plant catnip (farmer’s advice) amongst the rest. It will work…. Or not. I am not going to spend 250 Euros for an electric fence … Continue reading…
It’s been a fussy week, chez nous. When walls are going up or coming down progress is always dramatic. But at some point all the finishing work has to get done. This week he did the trim around the ceiling, and started work on the fireplace. A very poor extension was done on it at … Continue reading…
Well….. We’re not quite ready to move in the easy chairs… But progress is being made. It’s the little things that always puts one behind schedule, especially when working with an old house. He had to remove the door that goes into the pantry in order to lay the tiles. It took almost 2 hours … Continue reading…
I used to love this time of year. I loved watching the leaves slowly turn from summer greens to brilliant reds, oranges and golds. They don’t really do that here. I loved the cool crisp evenings with the bright harvest moon of October. Here, the nights skip cool and go right to cold, rainy winter. … Continue reading…
Serendipity! Today, after dropping mon mari off at the hospital for his check-up (they DO like to do a thorough job) I got 2 letters in the post. The first, from our top-up carrier (for those who don’t know, the French medical system does not provide 100% coverage. There are deductibles and co-pays. One buys … Continue reading…
Tomato Garlic Salad There are two kinds of gardens. 1. A fresh, clean, new garden. A spot is chosen, the top bit of ground, with all the growing stuff, is removed, a load of fresh, rich black topsoil is brought in, distributed, raked and: Voila! It’s a garden. The soil is easy to work with … Continue reading…