Blog in France

Some weeks leave you wondering where they went. This was one of them. It was a bit of a crazy week, but a good one, apart from both Benj and Caiti having days off school due to illness. On the plus side, our first sets of guests in the gite...

I finally made my long overdue trip to the archives in Gueret. I’m so glad I did. I’ve barely made a start on finding out the history of Les Fragnes – who built it, who lived here, what they did – but I’ve already uncovered one fascinating fact. Our large...

A shorter than planned blog for today as I was waylaid by a migraine on Thursday, when I should have been busy blogging. Annoyingly I’m a headachey person, but I live in hopes of growing out of them one day! So, I will just follow the knitting blog week guidelines...

Friday is 1st April, the day of the poisson d’avril (April fish) when Ruadhri and all his friends at school will be trying to sneakily stick fish on each other’s backs, without being detected. I've sewn small squares of Velcro onto little fabric fish So what’s the best way to...

I’ve just found out that this week, 28th March to 3rd April, is Knitting and Crochet Blog Week. As a dedicated knitter, I’m ashamed that I missed its beginning. The idea is that anyone interested will blog about a certain aspect of knitting or crocheting on each day. Today’s theme...