Blog in France

I’ve had a rewarding day today. I’ve actually got through almost everything on my ‘to do’ list. I’m a listaholic, forever making lists, but generally losing them or forgetting to take them with me at the crucial time. Yet still I make them. There’s something about writing a few words...

I mentioned Naked Bike Ride Day in passing in a previous post. Well, this weekend saw the first of these naked rides in France. Marseilles has its cyclonudiste event today, and Paris next Saturday (18th June). By my reckoning Nouzerines is about halfway distance-wise between the two, so I should...

It’s cherry picking season here in France. It’s a good year for them. The trees are covered. Even my young, little trees in the garden have produced a bowlful each. And they taste beautiful. We’ve been gleaning from roadside trees as well and so far have collected three very different...

Chris’s family is over at the  moment and this afternoon Ruadhri, Caiti and I went sightseeing with them. Chris had to stay home and tackle shower repairs, and Benj had an assignation with his petite amie. We went to the wolf park – les Loups de Chabriere – just outside...

I hope Caiti will make me a 200th bloggiversary cake This is my 200th post. My 100th post appeared in February. That seemed to be quite a landmark, but this one is more so. I’ve come a long way in 100 posts. They’ve covered such things as llama births and...