Blog in France

I’ve been out and about with the camera again today as the sunshine was back. I wanted to take some photos of some spring flowers. It’s a pity they’re all so short-lived – I’d love to have them blooming all year round. First some of my tulips. I’ve planted them...

Flying bells are a French Easter tradition Here we are! A stupendous seasonal collection of 45 French sayings (dictons) about Easter. I’ve noticed that a lot of people are coming to my site via queries about Easter sayings and traditions. So I thought I’d see how many I could find...

Yesterday, Sunday, it was the Chasse d’oeufs (Easter Egg Hunt) that Ruadhri’s school co-operative organises each year. Like the last two, it was another grey day, but it least it was dry. The venue this year was St Marien. The eggs had been hidden in the field behind the school,...

A lot of our seed growing this year is going to be a very DIY affair. For a start, we collected a LOT of seeds last autumn. We gleaned apples, plums, pears, cherries and walnuts for eating from the trees along the roadsides. We also picked up conkers, sweet chestnuts...

Technical stuff today. I’ve signed up to Darren Rowse’s 31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge with my Books Are Cool website. Before we started the first day’s challenge, we’re meant to do a SWOT analysis. SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. I vaguely remembered these from...