Blog in France

I’m not talking about my turkeys being missing, thank goodness. The five of them are pottering around happily, blissfully unaware that Christmas is just around the corner! Actually, two will be reprieved because we’ve decided to keep a pair of blacks to breed in the hope of turkeylings in the...

When I was a little girl, the Christmas excitement began with the arrival of a large brown envelope. It contained a beautiful, glittery Advent calendar, a present from Auntie Maude. She sent one to my brother and sister too. She didn’t live that far away, just on the other side...

I enjoy livestock shows of all descriptions, a result of having been involved in the fur and feather circuit back in Ipswich when I was young. I showed golden agouti and self-black cavies (guinea-pigs), my sister Dutch cavies, and my brother black and tan and Havana rabbits. Dad was the...

On my last full day in Canada, Caiti and I went to Québec City on a bus tour with Gray Line coaches. We set off at 8 in a very large, quarter-full coach. Caiti was the second youngest, after a very well behaved toddler. (Caiti was very well behaved too!)...

This weekend, back at Les Fragnes, I’ve been pottering around in t-shirt and light cotton trousers, and popped off for a bike ride in shorts. This is a total contrast to last weekend in Montréal where it was well into the minuses and Caiti and I were well wrapped when...