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French life

Foraging for Fossils - 11 March 2022
Dossiering About - 30 January 2022
Different Sorts of Cliffs - 18 January 2022
A Bad Day in Brenne - 31 December 2021
Haughty Haute Loire - 22 November 2021
Lofty Lozère - 13 November 2021
Dieppe, Den Haag and Lac du Der - 20 October 2021
A Tour to Touraine - 29 August 2021
Geysers, crosses and quartz - 01 June 2021
Natural Dyes - 25 May 2021
Vaccination Drama - 26 April 2021
Interesting Discoveries - 11 April 2021
Animal Foam - 19 March 2021
Château Rocher - 09 March 2021
DIY Dye - 28 February 2021
February So Far - 15 February 2021
Another January Ticked Off - 31 January 2021
Pluviôse - 22 January 2021
Jour du Van - 15 January 2021
Irish Aran sweaters - 10 January 2021
Chateauneuf-sur-Cher - 05 January 2021
Washing, Past and Present - 04 January 2021
New Years Day - 01 January 2021
Hot Process Soap - 09 November 2020
Return of Lockdown - 01 November 2020
And Soap It Begins... - 17 October 2020
Hérisson - 20 September 2020
Hazelnuts - 13 September 2020
A Glut of Gluts - 03 September 2020
Fourteen Years at Les Fragnes - 11 August 2020
Camper Vanning - 29 June 2020
A Trail of Three Castles - 12 June 2020
Unmasking an issue - 28 April 2020
Confinement - 14 April 2020
Stromatolites - 09 March 2020
Deadly Drevant - 24 February 2020
Montvicq - 10 February 2020
Just a Blog about a Dog - 27 January 2020
On the Trail of a Rabid Wolf - 25 January 2020
Pluviôse - 20 January 2020
Feed the Birds - 12 January 2020
Nivôse - 07 January 2020
New Year, New Adventure - 04 January 2020
Precious - 02 January 2020
Puy de Gaudy - 29 December 2019
Conker Power - 21 October 2019
Upright chickens - 16 September 2019
Beaublanc briefly! - 02 September 2019
Tripped up by red tape - 28 August 2019
Mini-break in Morvan part one - 11 August 2019
Canal de Berry - 23 July 2019
Bac Against The Wall - 15 June 2019
School’s Out - 03 June 2019
European Elections - 01 June 2019
Becoming French - part trois - 28 May 2019
Useful Bits of Kit - 18 May 2019
Becoming French – Part Deux - 25 April 2019
The Tricky TCF - 08 April 2019
Becoming French Part Un - 28 March 2019
Hunting for Ammonites - 13 March 2019
Fossil-hunting at Montgivray - 09 March 2019
Goats - 05 March 2019
Puy de Dôme - 27 February 2019
Worth Their Weight In Gold - 22 February 2019
JPO - 02 February 2019
Reroofing the Barn - 01 February 2019
Candlemas - 29 January 2019
Le grand debat national - 20 January 2019
Later Start - 11 January 2019
Galette des Rois - 05 January 2019
Great Balls of Fat - 02 January 2019
Christmas food in France - 22 December 2018
Le Petit-Dejeuner - 22 December 2018
Conseil de classe - 07 December 2018
Gilets Jaunes - 02 December 2018
Expiry date - 30 November 2018
BIF goes Dutch 5 - 27 November 2018
BIF goes Dutch 4 - 24 November 2018
BIF goes Dutch 3 - 22 November 2018
BIF goes Dutch 2 - 18 November 2018
BIF goes Dutch - 17 November 2018
Bus travel - 14 November 2018
Perplexing rules - 05 November 2018
Monumental ride - 30 September 2018
Sibel - 25 September 2018
Baby boom - 05 September 2018
Switzerland - 23 July 2018
Speed Limits - 12 July 2018
Sarzay - 27 June 2018
Monts de Gueret - 19 June 2018
Radegonde - 14 June 2018
Les Fragnes to Le Fragne - 07 June 2018
Grass-is-greener - 04 June 2018
Naturalisation - 01 June 2018
French Days - 01 May 2018
2 months of TI - 20 April 2018
Seed-bombing - 01 April 2018
Cycling-Clugnat - 14 March 2018
Fete-des-grands-meres - 04 March 2018
Cocci-Doodle-Do - 08 February 2018
Water Torture - 31 January 2018
Spring Cleaning - 24 January 2018
Brahma breakdown - 13 January 2018
La Brande de Landes - 04 January 2018
Empty cages - 17 December 2017
Netting the Lakes - 01 December 2017
The Lady and the Unicorn - 22 November 2017
Modioli in the Mud - 19 November 2017
Brahma Farmer - 01 November 2017
Eggs-asperating - 29 September 2017
Stilt Crazy After All These Years - 17 August 2017
Sew Long - 16 July 2017
Knitting - 02 April 2017
Zut, it’s Zeus - 07 March 2017
More Geocaching Gems - 01 March 2017
Meet Sidney the Canary - 12 February 2017
Cycling to Ste Sévère - 07 February 2017
Huarizos Revisited - 29 January 2017
French Facts and Figures - 26 January 2017
French Food Friday, and the Big Freeze - 20 January 2017
French Food Friday Nougat - 13 January 2017
French Food Friday - 06 January 2017
Hidden History - 02 January 2017
Egg-cellent - 31 December 2016
Keeping It For Best - 28 December 2016
Incomplete Christmas - 25 December 2016
Fancy Fungi - 17 November 2016
Exciting times - 24 October 2016
Summer of cycling - 01 October 2016
Fa-La-Llama-La - 30 September 2016
Rentrée for Ruadhri - 05 September 2016
Bird-day news - 01 August 2016
Bird-day news - 01 August 2016
Catchup - 30 July 2016
Keep calm - 05 June 2016
Mayday - 01 May 2016
Com-Com Compost - 23 April 2016
Lamborjeanie - 19 April 2016
Total Immersion - 07 April 2016
Blowing the cobwebs away - 28 March 2016
CAF-astrophe - 29 February 2016
First Aid - 14 February 2016
A Few Facts and Figures - 31 January 2016
Writing is Good for your Health - 23 January 2016
Haphazard Hatching - 05 January 2016
Limousin no more - 01 January 2016
Maupuy - 28 December 2015
Poultry - 12 December 2015
Christmas Markets - 10 December 2015
Remembrance - 11 November 2015
Ladepeyre - 08 November 2015
Sloe-ly Does It - 11 October 2015
Starry Starry Night – If Only You Could See It - 09 October 2015
The Rentrée That Wasn’t - 01 September 2015
A Bit Of A Do At Boussac Castle - 07 July 2015
Numbers Game - 03 May 2015
How Not To Be Organised - 15 February 2015
France’s Bestselling Books in 2014 - 23 January 2015
Stand Up And Be Counted: 2015 Census in France - 17 January 2015
2015 Surreal Conversations: No. 1 - 16 January 2015
Day of Mourning in France – Journée de Deuil - 08 January 2015
French Schoolbooks Going Digital – Slowly - 07 January 2015
Les Jours Festifs – The Twelve Days of Christmas - 27 December 2014
Who Stole Santa? - 16 December 2014
A Kilo Of Pigeon - 06 December 2014
Bad Bag Fad - 01 October 2014
Forum des Assos - 06 September 2014
La Rentrée With Piglets And A Perruche - 03 September 2014
Ruadhri - 01 July 2014
Snake in the Grass - 30 June 2014
Eight Years At Les Fragnes - 27 June 2014
Bye-bye Bordeaux - 03 June 2014
Animal Outings - 11 May 2014
When Good Bunnies Go Bad… - 30 March 2014
Smug About Smog - 18 March 2014
French Language Week – Semaine de la Langue Française - 16 March 2014
Book Review: Paris, Rue des Martyrs by Adria Cimino - 04 March 2014
Crossing Bridges - 03 March 2014
Book Review: I See London, I See France by Paulita Kincer - 25 February 2014
The Picturesque Parc des Parelles - 23 February 2014
A Gruesome Day - 21 February 2014
France’s Bestselling Books in 2013 - 17 February 2014
Lurgey Lundi - 10 February 2014
A Sociocultural Statement By Fridge Magnets! - 14 January 2014
Total Immersion: our adventures in France continue… - 10 January 2014
Getting High on New Year’s Day - 02 January 2014
Bureaucracy Can Make You Bald - 19 December 2013
Louis Philippe Furniture - 07 October 2013
Country Morning - 29 September 2013
Not Ghoulish But Gaulish: Fête Gauloise at Prébenoit - 21 September 2013
New In French Schools: La Charte de la Laïcité - 20 September 2013
Eglise de Bussière St Georges: A Rare Glimpse into Bussière St Georges’ Church - 14 September 2013
Tour de France Souvenir Stamps - 13 September 2013
Bordeaux, With A Little Extra Luxury This Year - 09 September 2013
The Secret Wacky Side to French People - 01 September 2013
Hedgerow Haul, but Where are the Wasps? - 25 August 2013
7 Signs It’s Nearly La Rentrée - 20 August 2013
How Many Pigs Make A Pig Farmer? - 04 August 2013
Lost in France: Or, Don’t Listen To Your Satnav! - 14 July 2013
The Holiday Season – For Some! - 12 July 2013
Coding, Christenings, Scams and Sore Feet – i.e. Paris! - 30 June 2013
Thunder-Free Fête - 04 June 2013
New French Words - 31 May 2013
Les enfants tweetent – Twitter in French schools - 30 May 2013
Roland-Garros Starts the Tour de France Countdown - 28 May 2013
English Club and No Babies - 23 May 2013
Of Rain, Tax Returns and Eurovision - 18 May 2013
Nettle Tea And No Piglets! - 09 May 2013
Parties and Public Holidays - 06 May 2013
Tiger, Tiger, Please Don’t Bite - 04 May 2013
Edible Gifts - 02 May 2013
Fish Strangling in Creuse - 19 April 2013
Caiti’s Cockroaches - 09 April 2013
Vintage Cars at Les Fragnes - 07 April 2013
April Sunrise - 04 April 2013
English Teaching and French Editions - 03 April 2013
Snow, Cistes and Simplicity - 16 March 2013
Noz, Limoges at Night and Violet Chocolate - 12 March 2013
Map of Literary French History - 24 February 2013
Toilet Troubles Revisited - 04 February 2013
Masgot, Village of Sculptures - 30 January 2013
Léon Détroy - 27 January 2013
Blue Monday – And I Don’t Mean The Pop Song - 20 January 2013
Coping With The Cold - 18 January 2013
Save or Spend - 10 January 2013
Crazy French Laws - 04 January 2013
France’s First Baby In 2013 Creates A Stir - 02 January 2013
Hooray For Huriel – And Team Llamagem! - 29 December 2012
The End Is Nigh – Apart From In Bugarach - 20 December 2012
Would You Rather Spend Christmas With Your Pets Or Your In-laws? - 18 December 2012
Nouzerines Marché de Noël - 09 December 2012
Logging Blog And Wacky Warning Signs! - 07 December 2012
Croc Monsieur: Meet Adam Ruck, The Man Who Cycles in Crocs! - 05 December 2012
Chicken Fest: Exposition Nationale d’Aviculture at Gueret - 04 December 2012
Cracking Advent: Wolves And Dandelion Honey - 01 December 2012
Time To Talk Trees - 28 November 2012
Charollais on Show - 18 November 2012
The Tricolor—Vive la France! - 15 November 2012
Nutty Nutella Tax - 09 November 2012
Cat-ash-tree-phe: France’s Frênes In Danger - 08 November 2012
Festival du Nouveau Mot OR How To Make Up French! - 04 November 2012
L’heure d’hiver – Winter Time - 29 October 2012
Brilliant Bleus de Travail - 06 October 2012
October – Jam, Ham and Fishing for Medlars - 02 October 2012
Wood Is Good - 27 September 2012
From Bordeaux To Blue String - 19 September 2012
Discovering Bordeaux For €4.30: Bordeaux By Tram - 17 September 2012
Done In By The Dune Du Pyla! - 16 September 2012
How To Buy A Microwave: Patience Required - 12 September 2012
Comment? OR Surreal Phone Calls! - 07 September 2012
Globe Trottinetteurs – Globe Trotting on a Scooter - 21 August 2012
The Canicule Is Coming - 17 August 2012
Olympic Games – Who To Cheer For? - 30 July 2012
Bordeaux - 14 July 2012
Météorites – French Meteorites - 09 July 2012
More French Words Than Ever! - 08 July 2012
Pedalling to Help Protect Polar Bears: Didier Bovard - 03 July 2012
How To Baptise A Windturbine: Baptême d’une Éolienne - 29 June 2012
Six Years At Les Fragnes - 28 June 2012
Fridge Fun And Feathers - 23 June 2012
France Still In Voting Frenzy: Who Will Be Next Président of the Assemblée Nationale? - 22 June 2012
A DEEElightful Idea To Encourage Recycling - 11 June 2012
Summer Starts – Sort Of! - 20 May 2012
DIY Defibrillation - 15 May 2012
Guéret Under Attack! Back Off, Technikart - 12 May 2012
Collège in Abbreviations - 11 May 2012
Tractor Tour de France - 10 May 2012
Resourceful Neighbours - 02 May 2012
Expat Blog Hop Celebration - 23 April 2012
Not As Generous As They Seem – Supermarket Vouchers - 21 April 2012
Cheap Noz and Sheep News - 18 April 2012
A Fatter France - 10 April 2012
Two French Hens vs 300 kg Of Rubbish - 02 April 2012
Palm Sunday (Rameaux) From Both Sides - 01 April 2012
Impulse Buying – Achats d’Impulsion - 29 March 2012
Pocket Money or is it Pokémon Money? – L’Argent de Poche - 28 March 2012
On The Road With ACSNEC – Nouzerines Cycling Club - 25 March 2012
Alder Is Alive Again - 24 March 2012
Friday Night Ritual - 23 March 2012
Vigipirate Écarlate – What Is It? - 20 March 2012
School Shooting Shocks France - 19 March 2012
School Tomorrow? - 18 March 2012
Renault Recovery Roadtrip Via Valençay - 12 March 2012
Paris Nice 2012: Daggs See Day Three - 06 March 2012
Blog In France – 400, And Just Warming Up - 01 March 2012
Queer Quantities And Strange Statistics - 26 February 2012
Liberté, Fraternité Maybe – But Égalité Is Struggling In French Schools - 23 February 2012
Mademoiselles and Bells - 22 February 2012
La Présidentielle 2012 – Or, M Hollande Wants A Fiver! - 19 February 2012
The Expat Life As Seen From Outside - 18 February 2012
Plan Vélo – France Promotes Cycling - 17 February 2012
Seagulls, the Louvre and David’s Fountain - 16 February 2012
Paris Part Deux - 13 February 2012
To Paris and Back - 12 February 2012
Twenty Years to Publish a Novel – Guest Post by Steve Bichard - 09 February 2012
Snow White And The Seven Arts - 28 January 2012
Blessing the Clocher at Nouzerines - 21 January 2012
FEDAE – Working To Support Auto-Entrepreneurs - 18 January 2012
Water Torture - 15 January 2012
France’s Presidential Candidates – Too Wealthy To Be In Touch? - 13 January 2012
Sold On Les Soldes - 12 January 2012
Cheese on Tuesday – Cantal - 10 January 2012
Étang des Landes – Limousin’s Largest Lake - 09 January 2012
TEOTWAWKI – No More Public Toilet Roll in Boussac! - 08 January 2012
Record Weather for France in 2011 - 07 January 2012
Fizzy Drinks Tax – Fuzzy Logic More Like! - 06 January 2012
Pièces Jaunes 2012 – Put Your Loose Change to Work - 05 January 2012
Préveranges, Cher – More Than Meets The Eye - 04 January 2012
Obligatory Breath Test Kit for all French Motorists - 02 January 2012
A Crafty New Year with Serviettage - 01 January 2012
Hot Calendars! - 30 December 2011
Skating on Thin Plastic – Ice That Isn’t! - 29 December 2011
Deer Me – No Place for Snares - 26 December 2011
Marchés de Noël in Limoges - 18 December 2011
Spectacular! - 15 December 2011
Moving To France – 10 Top Tips - 13 December 2011
Installing the Crèche at Nouzerines - 11 December 2011
Winter and Wind Turbines – L’Hiver et les Eoliennes - 05 December 2011
Follicles, Fighting and Fables – Wool Course at Le Dorat - 03 December 2011
Sunflowers, Spying and a Couple of Santas - 01 December 2011
Long Lorries and Missing Mince Pies - 29 November 2011
Noël Nouvelet – A Carol for Advent - 27 November 2011
Pharmacie Faux-Pas or Cock-Up at the Chemists - 26 November 2011
EWWR – European Week for Waste Reduction - 23 November 2011
Squeaky Clean – Bien Propre - 22 November 2011
Counting in French – the Vexing Vicesimal - 20 November 2011
Best of Blog in France … Download It For Free! - 17 November 2011
How To Be Clean In French - 15 November 2011
A Bike, A Banana And A Camera - 13 November 2011
Armistice and Apples - 11 November 2011
Hidden Treasures of France – Rendez-vous sur les chemins - 08 November 2011
Boussac Battle of the Bands 2011 - 06 November 2011
Oh No, Noël is Coming - 05 November 2011
Halloween Round-Up - 01 November 2011
Limoges Leftovers - 27 October 2011
Pumpkins at Préveranges – Fête de la Citrouille - 23 October 2011
Presidential Baby and Three Happy Bilingual Kids - 20 October 2011
The Evils of Tomato Ketchup - 17 October 2011
Fête de la Grue – Crane Celebrations - 16 October 2011
Disruptions … - 09 October 2011
Quincessentially French - 08 October 2011
October Observations – or Dismal Dictons Continued - 05 October 2011
Dogs Go To Church But Cats Drink Beer - 02 October 2011
Still Rabbiting On About Superstitions – And A Giveaway! - 01 October 2011
Superstitions – Grigris - 29 September 2011
Autumn Ride - 27 September 2011
Schools on Strike - 26 September 2011
7 Links (Better Late Than Never) - 24 September 2011
Autumn Omens - 23 September 2011
Contes? Count Me Out! Or: Why I Hate Fairytales - 22 September 2011
Great Fire of Limoges - 08 September 2011
Profs and Plastic - 07 September 2011
Taxing Times - 04 September 2011
Rentrée Countdown – Final Instalment - 30 August 2011
Eoliennes around Boussac: Wind Turbines in Creuse - 29 August 2011
Rentrée Countdown Continued - 28 August 2011
Stormy Summer - 26 August 2011
Countdown to the Rentrée: Part 1 - 23 August 2011
Can You Cope With The Canicule? - 21 August 2011
Five Years in France - 14 August 2011
Perles du Bac – Pearls of Wisdom in Bac Answers - 06 August 2011
Politically Incorrect Food - 04 August 2011
Sarzay Castle – Chateau du Sarzay: DIY Castle Restoration - 31 July 2011
Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Want - 23 July 2011
Debt Today and Yesterday - 17 July 2011
Tour de France Publicity Caravan Trivia - 14 July 2011
Sea and Tulips in Creuse – Frédéric Fortanier’s Art at Prébenoît - 11 July 2011
Tour de France Action in Creuse - 09 July 2011
Tour de France Build-Up - 08 July 2011
A Raw Milk Distributor That Doesn’t Go Moo - 07 July 2011
Fêteful Day - 04 July 2011
Celebrations and Cornflake Ice-cream - 02 July 2011
Pole Dancing - 01 July 2011
Tour de France 2011 in Creuse - 29 June 2011
Gueret 7 June 1944 - 26 June 2011
Bacs Against the Wall - 22 June 2011
Freezing and Form Filling - 20 June 2011
Lavoirs - 16 June 2011
Tempting Fête - 05 June 2011
The Joys of June - 02 June 2011
June Dictons - 31 May 2011
Apples, Crosses and Gravel - 27 May 2011
I Hate Hayfever - 24 May 2011
Hijacked by Kitties - 23 May 2011
Water, Babies and Outings - 21 May 2011
Naked Eurovision and Other Updates - 19 May 2011
As Inexplicable As Ever – Eurovision 2011 Round Up - 15 May 2011
Naked Gardening and Celebrating Bread - 14 May 2011
Europe Day - 09 May 2011
Victory and Victoria - 08 May 2011
Double Take – Appearances Can Be Deceptive - 04 May 2011
Yves Rocher – Plant-Based Beauty - 03 May 2011
Lilies and Labour - 01 May 2011
You Know You’re Fully Frenchified When … - 28 April 2011
Good Reading from 1909 - 26 April 2011
Come on a Bike Ride - 25 April 2011
Happy Easter - 24 April 2011
Three Weeks to Get Naked - 23 April 2011
E-Organisation - 22 April 2011
The Downside of School Holidays - 20 April 2011
Scary Fair - 16 April 2011
Creuse Masons - 15 April 2011
Berry Special Things - 14 April 2011
Easter Sayings – Dictons de Pâques - 12 April 2011
Chasse d’oeufs – Easter Egg Hunt - 11 April 2011
Mysterious Meridienne Verte - 07 April 2011
Making up French - 05 April 2011
Monday Méli-Mélo (mish-mash) - 04 April 2011
Weighing up the Week - 03 April 2011
Getting Ready for Fishy Friday - 31 March 2011
La République Indépendante de Nouzerines ? Oh là là ! - 29 March 2011
Punctures, pot pourri and planning pig-out breakfasts! - 23 March 2011
Cycling season - 22 March 2011
Are the French fat or not? - 21 March 2011
Who needs Paris? - 18 March 2011
Sayings about France - 13 March 2011
Story time – beginning of my book! - 12 March 2011
Moving the earth in France - 11 March 2011
Mind your PQs – or why French toilet paper is pink! - 10 March 2011
Tome Raider - 08 March 2011
Making friends in France – Amitiés Internationales du Pays de Boussac - 06 March 2011
La Mode Illustrée - 02 March 2011
Getting organised – and a 135 year old puzzle! - 01 March 2011
Table manners - 28 February 2011
In my absence, a good book to read - 26 February 2011
A long shot - 25 February 2011
Why winter holidays? - 23 February 2011
Qu’est-ce que c’est ? - 20 February 2011
Poostal Service - 18 February 2011
100 today! - 17 February 2011
Whoops – what have I done? - 16 February 2011
Kindle thoughts - 15 February 2011
Sex it up the French way on St Valentine’s Day! - 13 February 2011
French or faux pas - 11 February 2011
Oh for a four à pain - 05 February 2011
Why learning French is better than sex! - 27 January 2011
Log Blog - 20 January 2011
Firefighters versus Posties! - 13 January 2011
End of a Revolution – the French Republican Calendar - 31 December 2010
Battling Bands at Boussac - 28 November 2010
Stressed but blessed - 04 October 2010
A Difficult Birth - 02 May 2010
Marching On - 17 March 2010
The Free Press – French and English - 07 March 2010
Wise Words for March - 02 March 2010
Get Plastered in France - 23 February 2010
Fête de la St Valentin - 12 February 2010
Le Pub - 10 February 2010
February sayings and traditions - 01 February 2010
Flu in France - 29 January 2010
Censused - 26 January 2010
January blues - 20 January 2010
Out brothers, out - 16 January 2010
January - 01 January 2010
Wood – and green living - 31 December 2009
December sayings - 14 December 2009
Remember in November - 11 November 2009
November past and present - 04 November 2009
October sayings – and a bright future - 15 October 2009
To eat – or not to eat - 10 October 2009
Autumn - 24 September 2009
Never underestimate la rentrée - 28 August 2009
August begins - 01 August 2009
Le Tour - 27 July 2009
Bienvenue - 24 July 2009

Weather

Hey June – where did you go? - 01 July 2015
Chilly Day In Paris - 11 November 2014
Getting High on New Year’s Day - 02 January 2014
Sunny December And Nervous Turkeys - 17 December 2013
Sure Signs It’s Autumn - 10 October 2013
Hedgerow Haul, but Where are the Wasps? - 25 August 2013
The Holiday Season – For Some! - 12 July 2013
Nettle Tea And No Piglets! - 09 May 2013
Bird Blog - 11 April 2013
Vintage Cars at Les Fragnes - 07 April 2013
An Un-Eastery Easter - 31 March 2013
Crozant: Stone Frogs and Lizards and a Rather Bizarre Dragon - 04 March 2013
Snowy Show - 26 February 2013
Blue Monday – And I Don’t Mean The Pop Song - 20 January 2013
Coping With The Cold - 18 January 2013
Snow - 15 January 2013
After Epiphany - 08 January 2013
2012 at Les Fragnes - 31 December 2012
Wet Farm - 17 December 2012
Nouzerines Marché de Noël - 09 December 2012
Beautiful Boussac Castle - 08 December 2012
Cracking Advent: Wolves And Dandelion Honey - 01 December 2012
Autumn Colours - 14 November 2012
Holiday Geocaching, Film-Going And Sausage-Making - 02 November 2012
October – Jam, Ham and Fishing for Medlars - 02 October 2012
Wood Is Good - 27 September 2012
Which Farm Animal Is The Thirstiest? - 08 September 2012
Globe Trottinetteurs – Globe Trotting on a Scooter - 21 August 2012
The Canicule Is Coming - 17 August 2012
Summer, Soldes and Cooking Grannies - 27 June 2012
Bees, Buns and Berkshires - 03 June 2012
Summer Starts – Sort Of! - 20 May 2012
Pollen Problem In Limousin - 17 May 2012
Laines Locales Wool Festival At Prébenoit - 15 April 2012
Alder Is Alive Again - 24 March 2012
Plumb Dumb - 09 March 2012
Sunshiney Fun - 02 March 2012
Busy Week – Branches, Brouettes, Barbed Wire and Berkshires - 25 February 2012
Thaw, More Chaos and Boursin - 14 February 2012
Good Weather for Schoolboy Biscuits – Petit Écoliers - 06 February 2012
Wind Chill – Froid Ressenti – and Ice Walks - 05 February 2012
Winter Woes! - 04 February 2012
Le Grand Froid à la Ferme i.e. It’s Freezing at Les Fragnes! - 02 February 2012
Wednesday Warm Up - 01 February 2012
Snow On Tuesday – It’s Cold In Creuse - 31 January 2012
Snow White And The Seven Arts - 28 January 2012
Winter - 16 January 2012
Record Weather for France in 2011 - 07 January 2012
Dreaming of a Wet Christmas - 22 December 2011
Tree-mendous Excitement – First Tempête of Winter - 16 December 2011
Spectacular! - 15 December 2011
Winter and Wind Turbines – L’Hiver et les Eoliennes - 05 December 2011
Autumn on the Farm - 03 November 2011
Halloween Round-Up - 01 November 2011
Autumn Beauty – Guest Post by Ruadhri Dagg - 24 October 2011
Nuts and Little Pumpkins - 07 October 2011
October Observations – or Dismal Dictons Continued - 05 October 2011
Still Rabbiting On About Superstitions – And A Giveaway! - 01 October 2011
Stormy Summer - 26 August 2011
Can You Cope With The Canicule? - 21 August 2011
Log Blog - 20 January 2011
Springing Into Life - 25 April 2010
Wise Words for March - 02 March 2010
January blues - 20 January 2010
Frozen solid - 10 January 2010
Llamaless fields - 08 January 2010
Happy Christmas! - 22 December 2009
Christmas concert – and lots of snow - 18 December 2009
First snows of winter - 16 December 2009
December sayings - 14 December 2009
November past and present - 04 November 2009
October sayings – and a bright future - 15 October 2009
Autumn - 24 September 2009
Seasonal weather - 14 August 2009
All hail - 25 July 2009

French food

Sloe-ly Does It - 11 October 2015
Bristol - 19 April 2015
Too Much Yaourt aux Ananas - 30 July 2013
Turkey Blog - 16 May 2013
Discover Some Truly Tasty Irish Treats - 15 February 2013
A Nice Cup Of Tea – Or Is It Tisane? - 28 December 2012
Heads Up For Christmas – Chocolate Style - 19 December 2012
Croc Monsieur: Meet Adam Ruck, The Man Who Cycles in Crocs! - 05 December 2012
Christmas Cooking - 29 November 2012
Nutty Nutella Tax - 09 November 2012
October – Jam, Ham and Fishing for Medlars - 02 October 2012
Peach Recipes Please, Plus A Silly Kitty - 20 September 2012
Swiss Invasion - 21 July 2012
Move Over Pumpkins! - 13 June 2012
National Garlic Day - 19 April 2012
A Fatter France - 10 April 2012
Ruadhri’s Radish Recipe - 04 April 2012
A Seedy Way Of Life - 22 March 2012
Macarons, And Why You Might Cry! - 21 March 2012
Frog Hops, Blog Hops and Hopping Mad - 17 March 2012
A Tale Of Two Cheeses – Louché and Etorki - 13 March 2012
Queer Quantities And Strange Statistics - 26 February 2012
Thaw, More Chaos and Boursin - 14 February 2012
Good Weather for Schoolboy Biscuits – Petit Écoliers - 06 February 2012
Favophilie – Fève Fever (Mad About Beans) - 25 January 2012
Cheese on Tuesday – Petit Suisse - 24 January 2012
Cheese on Tuesday – Camembert - 17 January 2012
Fizzy Drinks Tax – Fuzzy Logic More Like! - 06 January 2012
Cheese on Tuesday – Emmental - 03 January 2012
Teeth and Turnips – Dents et Navets - 20 December 2011
Squeaky Clean – Bien Propre - 22 November 2011
A Nifty Fruit Picker - 28 October 2011
Messing with Medlars - 19 October 2011
Creuse’s Famous Cake – Le Creusois - 18 October 2011
The Evils of Tomato Ketchup - 17 October 2011
Wall to Wall Walnuts - 18 September 2011
Dog Butt Fruit - 11 September 2011
Rainbow Cake Recipe - 12 August 2011
Politically Incorrect Food - 04 August 2011
A Raw Milk Distributor That Doesn’t Go Moo - 07 July 2011
Cherry Confusing - 10 June 2011
Cracking ice-cream - 19 April 2011
Going Bananias! - 26 March 2011
When is custard not custard? - 24 March 2011
Punctures, pot pourri and planning pig-out breakfasts! - 23 March 2011
Are the French fat or not? - 21 March 2011
Frirish food for St Patrick’s Day - 17 March 2011
Eating llamas - 09 March 2011
Back to school – let’s get cooking - 07 March 2011
Cake au jambon – a delicious apéro - 22 February 2011
Sex it up the French way on St Valentine’s Day! - 13 February 2011
A bunch of flours - 09 February 2011
Oh for a four à pain - 05 February 2011
Pumpkin Bread à la française - 03 February 2011
Living off the land - 14 September 2010
Hedgerow bounty - 30 August 2010
August celebrations - 04 August 2010
To eat – or not to eat - 10 October 2009
Free Food - 24 August 2009
A berry good summer - 29 July 2009
Le petit déjeuner - 26 July 2009

Family

Fun With Finches - 03 September 2015
The Rentrée That Wasn’t - 01 September 2015
Hey June – where did you go? - 01 July 2015
Chickzilla - 25 April 2015
Bristol - 19 April 2015
High Speed Holidays - 03 January 2015
Canadian Weekend - 23 November 2014
Blog In France Goes Canadian - 14 November 2014
Chilly Day In Paris - 11 November 2014
Chaotic Granite - 26 October 2014
Bad Bag Fad - 01 October 2014
Smack, It’s Autumn! - 25 September 2014
Forum des Assos - 06 September 2014
La Rentrée With Piglets And A Perruche - 03 September 2014
A Week Ago And A Week To Go - 25 August 2014
The Return of the Llama Freeloaders - 20 August 2014
Thunderstorms and Toblerone - 03 August 2014
Ruadhri - 01 July 2014
Eight Years At Les Fragnes - 27 June 2014
Hog Blog - 22 June 2014
Bye-bye Bordeaux - 03 June 2014
Blue Herons That Aren’t, And Chocolate Fish That Are! - 20 April 2014
London Book Fair At High Speed - 11 April 2014
Lurgey Lundi - 10 February 2014
Culan Castle, Viaducts and Child Restraints - 26 December 2013
SNCF Strikes Again And A Wolf On The Loose - 22 December 2013
Bureaucracy Can Make You Bald - 19 December 2013
Country Morning - 29 September 2013
A Quick Look At Chickens - 26 September 2013
Growing Pains - 17 September 2013
Bordeaux, With A Little Extra Luxury This Year - 09 September 2013
A Dymo Is A Girl’s Best Friend - 07 September 2013
7 Signs It’s Nearly La Rentrée - 20 August 2013
7 and 700 - 13 August 2013
Birthday Pig - 01 August 2013
Piglets – Just Not the Right Sort! - 02 June 2013
Of Rain, Tax Returns and Eurovision - 18 May 2013
Nettle Tea And No Piglets! - 09 May 2013
Food Shopping and White Legs - 16 April 2013
Caiti’s Cockroaches - 09 April 2013
An Un-Eastery Easter - 31 March 2013
Snow, Cistes and Simplicity - 16 March 2013
Noz, Limoges at Night and Violet Chocolate - 12 March 2013
The Kindness of Exchangers - 11 March 2013
Teachers in Short Supply - 07 March 2013
Crozant: Stone Frogs and Lizards and a Rather Bizarre Dragon - 04 March 2013
The Viaduc and the Virgin’s Buttocks - 01 March 2013
The Happy Physiotherapist and an Impatient Patient - 05 February 2013
Toilet Troubles Revisited - 04 February 2013
Walking Along Railways And Not Using Enough Gas - 02 February 2013
Dyspraxic But Fantastic - 12 January 2013
After Epiphany - 08 January 2013
The Tree of the Wolf (L’Arbre du Loup) and Getting Lost - 06 January 2013
Past Glories at Thizon: Tison-Villars Mineral Water - 01 January 2013
2012 at Les Fragnes - 31 December 2012
Waxing Lyrical – Or Maybe Just A Bit Messily - 26 December 2012
A Pig And A Kindle - 11 December 2012
Nouzerines Marché de Noël - 09 December 2012
Twenty-One Today! - 02 December 2012
Cracking Advent: Wolves And Dandelion Honey - 01 December 2012
Autumn Colours - 14 November 2012
Geocache Crazy - 11 November 2012
Holiday Geocaching, Film-Going And Sausage-Making - 02 November 2012
Happy Halloween! - 31 October 2012
Wet Cross Run - 26 October 2012
Restless Recuperation: Or, Sons, Sausages and Sheep - 24 October 2012
Rors Does The Chores - 20 October 2012
Chocs Away! - 16 October 2012
Discovering Bordeaux with a Bumpkin: Part I - 15 October 2012
Centimeless Students - 08 October 2012
Brilliant Bleus de Travail - 06 October 2012
October – Jam, Ham and Fishing for Medlars - 02 October 2012
Wood Is Good - 27 September 2012
Carting A Cartable About - 24 September 2012
From Bordeaux To Blue String - 19 September 2012
Done In By The Dune Du Pyla! - 16 September 2012
Back in Bordeaux - 15 September 2012
How To Buy A Microwave: Patience Required - 12 September 2012
Getting Rid of the Children: Troisième Partie – All Gone - 04 September 2012
Getting Rid of the Children: Deuxième Partie – Caiti continued - 03 September 2012
Getting Rid Of The Children: Première Partie – Caiti - 02 September 2012
What You Discover When You Go Geocaching … - 30 August 2012
Packing And Preparing - 28 August 2012
Abonnement Hope - 24 August 2012
Llama Drama Featuring Bertie - 07 August 2012
The Big Five-Uh-Oh! - 01 August 2012
Caramel Crisps and Macaron Mix - 28 July 2012
Summer Blogging Blues And A Lesson In Motivation - 18 July 2012
Bordeaux - 14 July 2012
Did You Miss Me? - 13 July 2012
Lost Property: Objets Perdus - 10 July 2012
Birthdays, Beyblades, Baby Hedgehogs and Berkshire/Saddleback Crosses - 02 July 2012
Six Years At Les Fragnes - 28 June 2012
Summer, Soldes and Cooking Grannies - 27 June 2012
Kitties versus Solar Oven - 25 June 2012
Fridge Fun And Feathers - 23 June 2012
Fionn McCool - 20 June 2012
National Evaluations - 18 June 2012
Skids, Slits And How To Water A Pig - 15 June 2012
Photos To Cheer You Up - 10 June 2012
Bees, Buns and Berkshires - 03 June 2012
Blackberries In Limoges In May – WIF 2012 - 01 June 2012
The Bac Is Back - 30 May 2012
Scooters, With And Without Frogs, Lambs And Dogs! - 29 May 2012
How To Survive Changeover Saturday – Ten Tips - 25 May 2012
Is A Red Nose Grounds For Divorce? - 21 May 2012
Summer Starts – Sort Of! - 20 May 2012
Pollen Problem In Limousin - 17 May 2012
A Four-Headed Worm And Training For The Lamb Olympics - 14 May 2012
Collège in Abbreviations - 11 May 2012
Zarafa Part Deux - 05 May 2012
Zarafa – France’s First Giraffe - 04 May 2012
Not An Anniversary - 29 April 2012
Catch Up Blog - 25 April 2012
Expat Blog Hop Celebration - 23 April 2012
Not As Generous As They Seem – Supermarket Vouchers - 21 April 2012
Nocturnal Ramblings and Footballing Lambs - 16 April 2012
Humble Pie, Hungry Sons and Hormonal Sheep - 14 April 2012
Too Much Concrete - 09 April 2012
Easter Morning – Treasure, Lambs (Chocolate) And Seeds - 08 April 2012
Palm Sunday (Rameaux) From Both Sides - 01 April 2012
Impulse Buying – Achats d’Impulsion - 29 March 2012
Pocket Money or is it Pokémon Money? – L’Argent de Poche - 28 March 2012
On The Road With ACSNEC – Nouzerines Cycling Club - 25 March 2012
Friday Night Ritual - 23 March 2012
Frog Hops, Blog Hops and Hopping Mad - 17 March 2012
Plumb Dumb - 09 March 2012
A Busy Sort Of Day - 07 March 2012
Breakdown – or Beware the Third of March - 03 March 2012
Sunshiney Fun - 02 March 2012
Benefitting From Our Bonus Day - 29 February 2012
Houba, Houba ! Meet Marsupilami - 28 February 2012
Queer Quantities And Strange Statistics - 26 February 2012
Food Self-Sufficiency, Here We Come! - 21 February 2012
One Orange Balloon - 15 February 2012
How To Get To Paris - 08 February 2012
Good Weather for Schoolboy Biscuits – Petit Écoliers - 06 February 2012
Snow White And The Seven Arts - 28 January 2012
Mystery Solved – Or Why Part Of My Fiat is Missing - 26 January 2012
Winter - 16 January 2012
Cheese on Tuesday – Cantal - 10 January 2012
Pièces Jaunes 2012 – Put Your Loose Change to Work - 05 January 2012
A Crafty New Year with Serviettage - 01 January 2012
Happy New Year – and an old poem to celebrate - 31 December 2011
Skating on Thin Plastic – Ice That Isn’t! - 29 December 2011
Hidden Treasures of Bois du Lassoux - 28 December 2011
Caching in on Christmas – Geocaching, Gold Mines, Muggles and Viaducs - 25 December 2011
Teeth and Turnips – Dents et Navets - 20 December 2011
Energetic Mince-Pie Making, A Missing Baby and Book Bags - 19 December 2011
Marchés de Noël in Limoges - 18 December 2011
Tree-mendous Excitement – First Tempête of Winter - 16 December 2011
Spectacular! - 15 December 2011
Carols, Challenges and Thank Heavens for Chris - 10 December 2011
Calendriers de l’Avent – Advent Calendars - 30 November 2011
Long Lorries and Missing Mince Pies - 29 November 2011
Pharmacie Faux-Pas or Cock-Up at the Chemists - 26 November 2011
Kitchen Capers - 19 November 2011
La Mode Pratique 11.11.1911 – Fur, Dowries, Patterns and Potions - 12 November 2011
Halloween Round-Up - 01 November 2011
Last Minute Halloween - 31 October 2011
A Nifty Fruit Picker - 28 October 2011
Something Fishy in Limoges -L’Aquarium du Limoges - 26 October 2011
Pumpkins at Préveranges – Fête de la Citrouille - 23 October 2011
A Smurfing Success – Schtroumpfs Rule! - 22 October 2011
Presidential Baby and Three Happy Bilingual Kids - 20 October 2011
Disruptions … - 09 October 2011
I Don’t Like Mondays - 20 September 2011
Socks and Flocks - 19 September 2011
Electric Bed and a Fridge – Student Rooms French Style - 16 September 2011
Pasta as Currency – Meet the Kipastalo - 15 September 2011
And So The Meetings Begin … - 14 September 2011
Stop Press – New Cover Story - 12 September 2011
Limoges Revisited - 09 September 2011
Great Fire of Limoges - 08 September 2011
Lurking in the Medicine Cabinet – Outdated Anti-Radiation Drugs - 06 September 2011
Taxing Times - 04 September 2011
ZooParc de Beauval – Beauval Zoo - 02 September 2011
Rentrée Countdown – Final Instalment - 30 August 2011
Countdown to the Rentrée: Part 1 - 23 August 2011
Wool - 17 August 2011
Five Years in France - 14 August 2011
Mastering the Knitmaster - 13 August 2011
Rainbow Cake Recipe - 12 August 2011
A Silver Day - 09 August 2011
Birthday - 02 August 2011
Croix de Peuple – The People’s Cross - 29 July 2011
In-faux-mation - 26 July 2011
Chilliness and Silliness, Camelids and Kindles - 22 July 2011
Quick Taste of Haute Touche - 18 July 2011
How NOT To Leave Your Drive and Survive Accommodation - 16 July 2011
A Bad, Sad Bastille Day - 15 July 2011
Briquettes to Burn and Bastille Day Bunting - 13 July 2011
Summer Revision - 06 July 2011
Good Start to Summer - 05 July 2011
Celebrations and Cornflake Ice-cream - 02 July 2011
Bacs Against the Wall - 22 June 2011
Freezing and Form Filling - 20 June 2011
Daggses with Wolves - 08 June 2011
200 Today! - 07 June 2011
The Joys of June - 02 June 2011
Apples, Crosses and Gravel - 27 May 2011
Water, Babies and Outings - 21 May 2011
Naked Eurovision and Other Updates - 19 May 2011
Smashing Geocaching! - 12 May 2011
Midnight Ramblings - 10 May 2011
Diamondbacks are a Girl’s Best Friend - 05 May 2011
Cop Out Blog - 27 April 2011
Happy Easter - 24 April 2011
E-Organisation - 22 April 2011
The Downside of School Holidays - 20 April 2011
Autobiographical ABC - 18 April 2011
Caitlín - 17 April 2011
Monday Méli-Mélo (mish-mash) - 04 April 2011
Knitting in Rhyme - 01 April 2011
Getting Ready for Fishy Friday - 31 March 2011
Knit Girl - 30 March 2011
Punctures, pot pourri and planning pig-out breakfasts! - 23 March 2011
Cycling season - 22 March 2011
Who needs Paris? - 18 March 2011
Story time – beginning of my book! - 12 March 2011
Back to school – let’s get cooking - 07 March 2011
A long shot - 25 February 2011
Sabotaged – but saved by the sweet life - 19 February 2011
Poostal Service - 18 February 2011
Curling up with a good Kindle - 07 February 2011
Log Blog - 20 January 2011
Write back where I belong - 15 January 2011
Sky My Husband – learn French through strange expressions - 12 January 2011
Hedgerow bounty - 30 August 2010
In the news - 14 August 2010
August celebrations - 04 August 2010
Springing Into Life - 25 April 2010
Marching On - 17 March 2010
Flu in France - 29 January 2010
Censused - 26 January 2010
Let chaos reign! - 23 January 2010
Out brothers, out - 16 January 2010
Frozen solid - 10 January 2010
Green lanes - 03 January 2010
January - 01 January 2010
So that was 2009 … - 30 December 2009
Happy Christmas! - 22 December 2009
Christmas concert – and lots of snow - 18 December 2009
Comings – not goings! - 02 December 2009
Remember in November - 11 November 2009
Sick of sick notes - 02 October 2009
Bus o’clock - 09 September 2009
Three to One - 02 September 2009
Wired! - 07 August 2009
Cool pool - 03 August 2009
August begins - 01 August 2009

Animals

Baby Blues - 02 June 2017
Huarizos Revisited - 29 January 2017
Hatchling Action - 20 September 2015
Fun With Finches - 03 September 2015
Jubilant Jess and the Catfish Caper! - 03 August 2015
Turkey Tales and Trials - 25 July 2015
Hey June – where did you go? - 01 July 2015
Hot Chicks - 30 May 2015
How To Catch A Budgie - 10 May 2015
A Word About Birds - 09 May 2015
Chickzilla - 25 April 2015
Easter Turkey Chicks - 08 April 2015
Another Threesome - 26 March 2015
Good Things Come In Threes - 09 March 2015
Turkey Tails - 04 January 2015
Where Are The Turkeys? - 14 December 2014
A Kilo Of Pigeon - 06 December 2014
Canadian Weekend - 23 November 2014
Blog In France Goes Canadian - 14 November 2014
Chilly Day In Paris - 11 November 2014
Chaotic Granite - 26 October 2014
Not A Good Morning OR Sideways Rain And No Blessings - 05 October 2014
Chick Blog - 02 October 2014
Bad Bag Fad - 01 October 2014
Smack, It’s Autumn! - 25 September 2014
Animal Antics - 18 September 2014
Frogs and Fortesses, Toads and Towers - 11 September 2014
La Rentrée With Piglets And A Perruche - 03 September 2014
A Week Ago And A Week To Go - 25 August 2014
Indispensable Indeed! - 22 August 2014
A Tale of Two Budgies - 21 August 2014
The Return of the Llama Freeloaders - 20 August 2014
Thunderstorms and Toblerone - 03 August 2014
Snake in the Grass - 30 June 2014
Hog Blog - 22 June 2014
Hedgehog Sanctuary - 20 May 2014
Animal Outings - 11 May 2014
Henlings - 30 April 2014
Blue Herons That Aren’t, And Chocolate Fish That Are! - 20 April 2014
Eggstraordinary Incubator - 18 April 2014
Animal Antics - 06 April 2014
When Good Bunnies Go Bad… - 30 March 2014
More Lambs - 15 March 2014
A Gruesome Day - 21 February 2014
Llama Lundi - 03 February 2014
A Sociocultural Statement By Fridge Magnets! - 14 January 2014
Total Immersion: our adventures in France continue… - 10 January 2014
How To Chase An Alpaca OR Brendan Does A Benny Hill! - 09 January 2014
No More Gobbling - 31 December 2013
SNCF Strikes Again And A Wolf On The Loose - 22 December 2013
Sunny December And Nervous Turkeys - 17 December 2013
Eat More Eggs! - 11 October 2013
Sure Signs It’s Autumn - 10 October 2013
A Suri With A Fringe On Top - 04 October 2013
A Quick Look At Chickens - 26 September 2013
More Pig Relocations - 24 September 2013
Not Ghoulish But Gaulish: Fête Gauloise at Prébenoit - 21 September 2013
The Secret Wacky Side to French People - 01 September 2013
Animal Antics - 30 August 2013
Hedgerow Haul, but Where are the Wasps? - 25 August 2013
Growing Up On The Farm - 22 August 2013
How Many Pigs Make A Pig Farmer? - 04 August 2013
Portia’s Piglets - 28 July 2013
Back In Business With Berkshires and a B17 Bomber - 27 July 2013
The Holiday Season – For Some! - 12 July 2013
More Pig Relocations - 04 July 2013
Coding, Christenings, Scams and Sore Feet – i.e. Paris! - 30 June 2013
Meet The Berkshire Piglet Gang - 26 June 2013
Forgotten Summer - 25 June 2013
Midsummer Baby Madness - 24 June 2013
Worms, Slugs and Unknown Bugs - 12 June 2013
To Elastrate, Or Not To Elastrate… - 10 June 2013
Piglets – Just Not the Right Sort! - 02 June 2013
English Club and No Babies - 23 May 2013
Turkey Blog - 16 May 2013
Nettle Tea And No Piglets! - 09 May 2013
Relocating Rosie - 23 April 2013
Fish Strangling in Creuse - 19 April 2013
Food Shopping and White Legs - 16 April 2013
An April Lamb - 15 April 2013
Festival of Giant Sheep at Prébenoit Abbey - 14 April 2013
Bird Blog - 11 April 2013
Caiti’s Cockroaches - 09 April 2013
An Un-Eastery Easter - 31 March 2013
Snow, Cistes and Simplicity - 16 March 2013
Snowy Show - 26 February 2013
Cormorant Scarer/Cat Toy - 22 February 2013
Beware Blue Baling Twine - 16 February 2013
Horses Forks Courses - 13 February 2013
My Furry Valentine - 10 February 2013
Big Pig - 08 February 2013
Coping With The Cold - 18 January 2013
Knitting Therapy - 16 January 2013
Snow - 15 January 2013
Shouldering On - 11 January 2013
2012 at Les Fragnes - 31 December 2012
No Snow This Noël - 24 December 2012
Eating Llamas: Part Deux - 22 December 2012
Would You Rather Spend Christmas With Your Pets Or Your In-laws? - 18 December 2012
Wet Farm - 17 December 2012
A Pig And A Kindle - 11 December 2012
Logging Blog And Wacky Warning Signs! - 07 December 2012
Chicken Fest: Exposition Nationale d’Aviculture at Gueret - 04 December 2012
Cracking Advent: Wolves And Dandelion Honey - 01 December 2012
Charollais on Show - 18 November 2012
L’heure d’hiver – Winter Time - 29 October 2012
Restless Recuperation: Or, Sons, Sausages and Sheep - 24 October 2012
Flying Spiders – How Orbsome! - 22 October 2012
Rors Does The Chores - 20 October 2012
And Another One … Grainne, the Final Huarizo - 19 October 2012
Science And Calculating Cats - 11 October 2012
Food Glorious Food - 04 October 2012
Oh Là Lapins ! - 25 September 2012
A Boorish Berkshire Boar OR Oberon’s New Abode - 23 September 2012
Peach Recipes Please, Plus A Silly Kitty - 20 September 2012
Which Farm Animal Is The Thirstiest? - 08 September 2012
Healthy Sheep i.e. Lambo and his Ladies! - 05 September 2012
Happy Pig Picture - 31 August 2012
Beauval Zoo, Busy But Brilliant - 27 August 2012
Guess Where We’ve Been Today … - 25 August 2012
When Good Pigs Go Bad – And Another Huarizo! - 23 August 2012
Big Pig Relocation - 14 August 2012
Wiggo (The Alpaca Version) - 13 August 2012
Bookmarks and Bertie - 10 August 2012
Flystrike - 09 August 2012
Llama Drama Featuring Bertie - 07 August 2012
Turbo Tennis and Turbo-Charged Animals - 06 August 2012
Rodent Relocation - 03 August 2012
Cat Scans And Beyond: Unusual Pet Portraits - 27 July 2012
Cook-A-Cock-A-Doodle-Do! - 26 July 2012
I Think Caiti May Be Bored … - 25 July 2012
Huarizo Update: Cute Photo Time - 15 July 2012
Hip, Hip Huarizo, It’s Holiday Time! - 06 July 2012
Pedalling to Help Protect Polar Bears: Didier Bovard - 03 July 2012
Birthdays, Beyblades, Baby Hedgehogs and Berkshire/Saddleback Crosses - 02 July 2012
Snail Fair and Bee Careful in Crocs - 01 July 2012
Oops, or Brendan’s Busy Time - 30 June 2012
Kitties versus Solar Oven - 25 June 2012
Fridge Fun And Feathers - 23 June 2012
Fionn McCool - 20 June 2012
Meet Our First Huarizo! - 19 June 2012
How Does Your Garden Grow? - 17 June 2012
Skids, Slits And How To Water A Pig - 15 June 2012
Singing Walls! - 14 June 2012
Photos To Cheer You Up - 10 June 2012
Hello Kitty or Hell-No Kitty? - 05 June 2012
Bees, Buns and Berkshires - 03 June 2012
Scooters, With And Without Frogs, Lambs And Dogs! - 29 May 2012
Cool Creepy Crawlies - 22 May 2012
Something Pretty, Refrigerator Kitty and Euro Ditty - 18 May 2012
Counting Sheep in Limousin - 09 May 2012
Zarafa Part Deux - 05 May 2012
Foot-baa-ll Crazy! - 03 May 2012
Resourceful Neighbours - 02 May 2012
Hog Blog – More About Berkshire Pigs - 01 May 2012
Pigs! - 30 April 2012
Not An Anniversary - 29 April 2012
A Local Loup-Garou – The Crozant Werewolf - 28 April 2012
The Lamb and the Chick - 27 April 2012
Catch Up Blog - 25 April 2012
Cheap Noz and Sheep News - 18 April 2012
Nocturnal Ramblings and Footballing Lambs - 16 April 2012
Laines Locales Wool Festival At Prébenoit - 15 April 2012
Humble Pie, Hungry Sons and Hormonal Sheep - 14 April 2012
Life With A Live-In Lamb - 12 April 2012
Lamby Of Les Fragnes – No. 27 Delivers, At Least Partially - 11 April 2012
A Country Veterinary Surgery - 03 April 2012
Two French Hens vs 300 kg Of Rubbish - 02 April 2012
Sheep Shenaningans - 31 March 2012
Impulse Buying – Achats d’Impulsion - 29 March 2012
Frightful Fliers – Chickens and Franz Reichelt - 08 March 2012
A Busy Sort Of Day - 07 March 2012
Mission Printemps – Spring Mission: Counting Worms - 05 March 2012
Busy Week – Branches, Brouettes, Barbed Wire and Berkshires - 25 February 2012
Food Self-Sufficiency, Here We Come! - 21 February 2012
Thaw, More Chaos and Boursin - 14 February 2012
Winter Woes! - 04 February 2012
The Great Pig Experience - 29 January 2012
Pandas in France – Huang Huang and Yuang Zi at Zooparc Beauval - 23 January 2012
Missing and Mistreated Hens - 20 January 2012
Funny Animal Photos - 19 January 2012
Deer Me – No Place for Snares - 26 December 2011
Dreaming of a Wet Christmas - 22 December 2011
Food Processing - 08 December 2011
Beetle Drive - 10 November 2011
Hidden Treasures of France – Rendez-vous sur les chemins - 08 November 2011
Autumn on the Farm - 03 November 2011
Something Fishy in Limoges -L’Aquarium du Limoges - 26 October 2011
Autumn Beauty – Guest Post by Ruadhri Dagg - 24 October 2011
Fête de la Grue – Crane Celebrations - 16 October 2011
Creuse Carp - 14 October 2011
Millions of Mulots - 13 October 2011
The Good, The Bad and The Delicious – Crayfish (Ecrevisses) in France - 12 October 2011
Guinea-Pig Gardeners of Les Fragnes - 11 October 2011
Invading Ladybirds - 10 October 2011
Dogs Go To Church But Cats Drink Beer - 02 October 2011
Just How Dumb Are Turkeys? - 28 September 2011
Socks and Flocks - 19 September 2011
ZooParc de Beauval – Beauval Zoo - 02 September 2011
Can You Cope With The Canicule? - 21 August 2011
Swallows - 11 August 2011
Angry Birds (or maybe just hungry) - 08 August 2011
Oh Auntie and Farm News - 28 July 2011
In-faux-mation - 26 July 2011
Cadel Evans Wins – Cadella Cavendish Arrives - 24 July 2011
Chilliness and Silliness, Camelids and Kindles - 22 July 2011
Haute Touche Parc Animalier Revisited - 19 July 2011
Quick Taste of Haute Touche - 18 July 2011
Suffolk in France - 03 July 2011
Shear Horror! - 27 June 2011
Blog 1, France 0 - 18 June 2011
Daggses with Wolves - 08 June 2011
The Joys of June - 02 June 2011
Animal Farm - 30 May 2011
Bertie the Baby Llama - 28 May 2011
Excellent Eglu - 25 May 2011
Hijacked by Kitties - 23 May 2011
Don’t Sit On The Fence - 17 May 2011
Victory and Victoria - 08 May 2011
Shrike A Light! - 06 May 2011
Dog Gone Blog - 29 April 2011
Noisy Nights and Days - 21 April 2011
Berry Special Things - 14 April 2011
SWOTs and Elevators - 09 April 2011
Weighing up the Week - 03 April 2011
Chats in space - 19 March 2011
In sickness and in health … llama drama - 16 March 2011
Eating llamas - 09 March 2011
Sorting shelves and cracking shells - 05 March 2011
Fish and chips - 27 February 2011
Dog blog - 21 February 2011
Bernard (the llama formerly know as Alex de Garenne) - 02 February 2011
Write back where I belong - 15 January 2011
The grus flew by - 17 November 2010
Of Les Fragnes, or not of Les Fragnes? - 10 October 2010
Stressed but blessed - 04 October 2010
In the news - 14 August 2010
Baby alpaca photo blog - 25 July 2010
High Speed Delivery - 23 May 2010
What’s in a Name? - 29 April 2010
Springing Into Life - 25 April 2010
Marching On - 17 March 2010
Moles - 17 February 2010
Bare cupboards - 13 January 2010
Frozen solid - 10 January 2010
Llamaless fields - 08 January 2010
So that was 2009 … - 30 December 2009
First snows of winter - 16 December 2009
Best fishes for Christmas - 09 December 2009
Lulin has news for you! - 20 November 2009
Prayers for pets - 04 October 2009
Alpaca update - 19 September 2009
Alpalama Club - 21 August 2009
APPLE - 04 August 2009

General observations

Lavaufranche Commanderie: A Commanding Slice Of History - 21 September 2015
Where’s The Glitter? OR The Decline of the Advent Calendar - 12 December 2014
Canada Continued - 17 November 2014
Ragondins in France OR Coypus Aren’t Cute And Why Are They Here Anyway? - 01 February 2014
Grumbles Amongst The Graphic Novels - 30 January 2014
Introducing Literary Lundi! - 27 January 2014
Lifting the January Gloom - 25 January 2014
What Does Your Département Pig Out On? - 22 January 2014
A Winter’s Day At Notaire’s Lakes - 19 January 2014
Pottering Around The Farm - 18 January 2014
Bordeaux Zoo OR White Tigers In A Housing Estate - 01 December 2013
Getting Festive (And Bruised) In Bordeaux - 30 November 2013
The Ecotaxe Is Already Taxing Our Patience! - 27 November 2013
Hunkering Down - 25 November 2013
Cow Fest, Cranes and a Greedy Cat - 18 November 2013
A Big Bag Bungle - 15 November 2013
Cranes and Clever Creatures - 13 November 2013
Llama Tram Drama - 06 November 2013
Blog in France Goes Swiss - 04 November 2013
Puy de Vache - 03 November 2013
Pomologie - 29 October 2013
How Sporty is France? - 23 October 2013
Porkabout OR A Pig Goes Walkabout - 21 October 2013
Autumn Glory: L’Aroboretum de la Sédelle - 20 October 2013
Licensed to Drive - 17 October 2013
How Galling - 15 October 2013
Food Or Fibre – Wool Week versus Semaine du Goût - 14 October 2013
Shopping for Summer: 2013 and 1912 - 06 April 2013
Christmas Blog Hop On Its Way … - 24 November 2012
Ste Croix, St Georges and Snakes Biting Boobs in Bordeaux - 18 October 2012
Fruit And Fruitcake Policies: Damsons And Endangered Autoentrepreneurs - 30 September 2012
An Unconventional Girl In Greece: Guest Post from Rebecca Hall - 29 September 2012
Discovering Bordeaux For €4.30: Bordeaux By Tram - 17 September 2012
Scamming It - 19 August 2012
Euphoriavision – Eurovision 2012 - 27 May 2012
Russian Grannies, Moonwalking Bagpipers And A Lot Of Thigh - 23 May 2012
Expat Blog Hop - 07 April 2012
On Yer Bike! - 15 March 2012
French Chicks and Hairy Chests - 04 March 2012
Année Bissextile – Leap Year - 27 February 2012
Cheese on Tuesday – Camembert - 17 January 2012
7 Links (Better Late Than Never) - 24 September 2011
Eoliennes around Boussac: Wind Turbines in Creuse - 29 August 2011
Briquettes to Burn and Bastille Day Bunting - 13 July 2011
Tour de France 2011 in Creuse - 29 June 2011
Belts and Books - 28 June 2011
Naked Eurovision and Other Updates - 19 May 2011
Books Are Cool is back - 27 March 2011
Sorted cutlery and shamrock cupcakes - 15 March 2011
Road trip to Strasbourg – or 1,250 km in 36 hours! - 14 March 2011
Write up to date - 03 March 2011
Can’t see the point - 24 February 2011
Qu’est-ce que c’est ? - 20 February 2011
Christmas trees on strike - 19 December 2010
Marking Christmas with a Christmas market - 11 December 2010
Cherry nice - 19 July 2010
Blog slog - 11 July 2010
Comment ? i.e. You what? - 17 June 2010
Bike Fancy Dress - 07 June 2010
Fete-al Attraction - 01 June 2010
Victoria - 12 May 2010
Happy Birthday - 08 May 2010
Naked for the Sake of a Good Yarn - 19 April 2010
Electric Gardening - 08 April 2010
Polytunnel Update - 31 March 2010
April Sayings and Easter Traditions - 31 March 2010
A Collective Noun for Bloggers - 28 March 2010
Shrove Tuesday – Mardi Gras - 15 February 2010
Aisling update - 25 November 2009
Dark nights and panicking turkeys! - 19 November 2009
Halloween - 02 November 2009
To eat – or not to eat - 10 October 2009
Autumn - 24 September 2009
Alpaca update - 19 September 2009
Gite no more - 12 September 2009
Seasonal weather - 14 August 2009

Farm

Huarizos Revisited - 29 January 2017
Fun With Finches - 03 September 2015
Hey June – where did you go? - 01 July 2015
A Word About Birds - 09 May 2015
Chickzilla - 25 April 2015
Easter Turkey Chicks - 08 April 2015
Another Threesome - 26 March 2015
Good Things Come In Threes - 09 March 2015
Turkey Tails - 04 January 2015
Chick Blog - 02 October 2014
Smack, It’s Autumn! - 25 September 2014
Animal Antics - 18 September 2014
The Return of the Llama Freeloaders - 20 August 2014
Thunderstorms and Toblerone - 03 August 2014
Snake in the Grass - 30 June 2014
Eight Years At Les Fragnes - 27 June 2014
Hay There! - 26 June 2014
Hog Blog - 22 June 2014
Animal Outings - 11 May 2014
Blue Herons That Aren’t, And Chocolate Fish That Are! - 20 April 2014
More Lambs - 15 March 2014
Llama Lundi - 03 February 2014
A Sociocultural Statement By Fridge Magnets! - 14 January 2014
Sure Signs It’s Autumn - 10 October 2013
A Suri With A Fringe On Top - 04 October 2013
Country Morning - 29 September 2013
A Quick Look At Chickens - 26 September 2013
More Pig Relocations - 24 September 2013
Animal Antics - 30 August 2013
Hedgerow Haul, but Where are the Wasps? - 25 August 2013
Growing Up On The Farm - 22 August 2013
7 and 700 - 13 August 2013
How Many Pigs Make A Pig Farmer? - 04 August 2013
Back In Business With Berkshires and a B17 Bomber - 27 July 2013
The Holiday Season – For Some! - 12 July 2013
Midsummer Baby Madness - 24 June 2013
To Elastrate, Or Not To Elastrate… - 10 June 2013
Piglets – Just Not the Right Sort! - 02 June 2013
Turkey Blog - 16 May 2013
Relocating Rosie - 23 April 2013
Food Shopping and White Legs - 16 April 2013
An April Lamb - 15 April 2013
Festival of Giant Sheep at Prébenoit Abbey - 14 April 2013
Bird Blog - 11 April 2013
Vintage Cars at Les Fragnes - 07 April 2013
April Sunrise - 04 April 2013
An Un-Eastery Easter - 31 March 2013
Snowy Show - 26 February 2013
Cormorant Scarer/Cat Toy - 22 February 2013
Beware Blue Baling Twine - 16 February 2013
Horses Forks Courses - 13 February 2013
Big Pig - 08 February 2013
Coping With The Cold - 18 January 2013
Snow - 15 January 2013
Shouldering On - 11 January 2013
2012 at Les Fragnes - 31 December 2012
From Gate Crashes to Geocaches - 15 December 2012
A Pig And A Kindle - 11 December 2012
Christmas Cooking - 29 November 2012
Charollais on Show - 18 November 2012
Autumn Colours - 14 November 2012
Rors Does The Chores - 20 October 2012
Brilliant Bleus de Travail - 06 October 2012
A Boorish Berkshire Boar OR Oberon’s New Abode - 23 September 2012
Which Farm Animal Is The Thirstiest? - 08 September 2012
Degrévement – Nothing To Do With Strikes - 06 September 2012
Healthy Sheep i.e. Lambo and his Ladies! - 05 September 2012
When Good Pigs Go Bad – And Another Huarizo! - 23 August 2012
Wiggo (The Alpaca Version) - 13 August 2012
Flystrike - 09 August 2012
Llama Drama Featuring Bertie - 07 August 2012
Rodent Relocation - 03 August 2012
Cook-A-Cock-A-Doodle-Do! - 26 July 2012
Hip, Hip Huarizo, It’s Holiday Time! - 06 July 2012
Six Years At Les Fragnes - 28 June 2012
Fridge Fun And Feathers - 23 June 2012
Singing Walls! - 14 June 2012
Photos To Cheer You Up - 10 June 2012
How To Survive Changeover Saturday – Ten Tips - 25 May 2012
A Four-Headed Worm And Training For The Lamb Olympics - 14 May 2012
Counting Sheep in Limousin - 09 May 2012
Resourceful Neighbours - 02 May 2012
Hog Blog – More About Berkshire Pigs - 01 May 2012
Pigs! - 30 April 2012
The Lamb and the Chick - 27 April 2012
Cheap Noz and Sheep News - 18 April 2012
Nocturnal Ramblings and Footballing Lambs - 16 April 2012
Laines Locales Wool Festival At Prébenoit - 15 April 2012
Life With A Live-In Lamb - 12 April 2012
Lamby Of Les Fragnes – No. 27 Delivers, At Least Partially - 11 April 2012
Too Much Concrete - 09 April 2012
Easter Morning – Treasure, Lambs (Chocolate) And Seeds - 08 April 2012
Sheep Shenaningans - 31 March 2012
Alder Is Alive Again - 24 March 2012
A Seedy Way Of Life - 22 March 2012
Frog Hops, Blog Hops and Hopping Mad - 17 March 2012
A Quick Job - 16 March 2012
A Busy Sort Of Day - 07 March 2012
Benefitting From Our Bonus Day - 29 February 2012
Busy Week – Branches, Brouettes, Barbed Wire and Berkshires - 25 February 2012
Food Self-Sufficiency, Here We Come! - 21 February 2012
One Orange Balloon - 15 February 2012
Wind Chill – Froid Ressenti – and Ice Walks - 05 February 2012
Le Grand Froid à la Ferme i.e. It’s Freezing at Les Fragnes! - 02 February 2012
Snow On Tuesday – It’s Cold In Creuse - 31 January 2012
The Great Pig Experience - 29 January 2012
Missing and Mistreated Hens - 20 January 2012
Winter - 16 January 2012
Dreaming of a Wet Christmas - 22 December 2011
Tree-mendous Excitement – First Tempête of Winter - 16 December 2011
Food Processing - 08 December 2011
DIY Around The Farm - 06 December 2011
Follicles, Fighting and Fables – Wool Course at Le Dorat - 03 December 2011
St Catherine and Kitchens - 24 November 2011
Squeaky Clean – Bien Propre - 22 November 2011
Autumn on the Farm - 03 November 2011
Autumn Beauty – Guest Post by Ruadhri Dagg - 24 October 2011
Creuse Carp - 14 October 2011
Just How Dumb Are Turkeys? - 28 September 2011
Autumn Ride - 27 September 2011
Autumn Omens - 23 September 2011
Five Years in France - 14 August 2011
Swallows - 11 August 2011
Angry Birds (or maybe just hungry) - 08 August 2011
In-faux-mation - 26 July 2011
Cadel Evans Wins – Cadella Cavendish Arrives - 24 July 2011
Chilliness and Silliness, Camelids and Kindles - 22 July 2011
How NOT To Leave Your Drive and Survive Accommodation - 16 July 2011
A Bad, Sad Bastille Day - 15 July 2011
Suffolk in France - 03 July 2011
Shear Horror! - 27 June 2011
Tractor Temptations - 25 June 2011
The Joys of June - 02 June 2011
Bertie the Baby Llama - 28 May 2011
Excellent Eglu - 25 May 2011
Don’t Sit On The Fence - 17 May 2011
Time To Prance And Dance - 13 May 2011
Dog Gone Blog - 29 April 2011
Noisy Nights and Days - 21 April 2011
Spring Things - 13 April 2011
Late Again - 08 April 2011
A Great Im-peru-movement - 06 April 2011
Weighing up the Week - 03 April 2011
In sickness and in health … llama drama - 16 March 2011
Sorting shelves and cracking shells - 05 March 2011
Scaremorants - 04 March 2011
Bernard (the llama formerly know as Alex de Garenne) - 02 February 2011
Baby alpaca photo blog - 25 July 2010
High Speed Delivery - 23 May 2010
What’s in a Name? - 29 April 2010
Springing Into Life - 25 April 2010
Polytunnels and potatoes - 24 March 2010
Moles - 17 February 2010
Nodes and Nudes - 06 February 2010
Bare cupboards - 13 January 2010
Llamaless fields - 08 January 2010
Best fishes for Christmas - 09 December 2009
Comings – not goings! - 02 December 2009

Organising

How To Survive Changeover Saturday – Ten Tips - 25 May 2012
Kitchen Capers - 19 November 2011
Last Minute Halloween - 31 October 2011
Rentrée Countdown Continued - 28 August 2011
E-Organisation - 22 April 2011
A Great Im-peru-movement - 06 April 2011
Monday Méli-Mélo (mish-mash) - 04 April 2011
Knit Girl - 30 March 2011
Unstuck thanks to cheap cologne! - 20 March 2011
Sorting shelves and cracking shells - 05 March 2011

Books and ebooks

Haircuts, Hens and Homicide – an extract - 05 April 2015
France’s Bestselling Books in 2014 - 23 January 2015
London Book Fair At High Speed - 11 April 2014
Book Review: Collector of Dying Breaths - 04 April 2014
French Language Week – Semaine de la Langue Française - 16 March 2014
Book Review: Paris, Rue des Martyrs by Adria Cimino - 04 March 2014
Book Review: I See London, I See France by Paulita Kincer - 25 February 2014
France’s Bestselling Books in 2013 - 17 February 2014
Why Only The French Like French Books - 11 December 2013
Anna à la française - 11 May 2013
Paris Salon du Livre - 23 March 2013
Knitting Therapy - 16 January 2013
Christmas Blog Hop - 25 November 2012
A New Breed of Pioneer Women - 06 November 2012
Guest Post From A Gutsy Writer: Sonia Marsh - 21 September 2012
Write A Book And Win €10: Prix Goncourt 2012 - 13 September 2012
Abonnement Hope - 24 August 2012
Bookmarks and Bertie - 10 August 2012
From Russia With Lots To Say! Guest Post from Grigory Ryzhakov - 05 July 2012
Houba, Houba ! Meet Marsupilami - 28 February 2012
Sunflowers, Spying and a Couple of Santas - 01 December 2011
Best of Blog in France … Download It For Free! - 17 November 2011
A Smurfing Success – Schtroumpfs Rule! - 22 October 2011
Sunshine Soup - 21 October 2011
7 Links (Better Late Than Never) - 24 September 2011
Books and Cooking Cupcakes - 13 September 2011
Stop Press – New Cover Story - 12 September 2011
Kindles, Skins, Scans and Opportunites - 19 August 2011
Oh Auntie and Farm News - 28 July 2011
French Revolutions – Book Review - 21 July 2011
Expat Women - 03 June 2011
What You Need To Be A Woman In France - 02 May 2011
A Song for Europe - 30 April 2011
Cop Out Blog - 27 April 2011
Tome Raider - 08 March 2011

History of les fragnes

Postcards: Tendrils of Friendship - 19 February 2013
French Magazine Serials 1907 and 1908 Style - 17 February 2013
Micheline - 09 February 2013
Cat-ash-tree-phe: France’s Frênes In Danger - 08 November 2012
Six Years At Les Fragnes - 28 June 2012
Resourceful Neighbours - 02 May 2012
Best of Blog in France … Download It For Free! - 17 November 2011
La Mode Pratique 11.11.1911 – Fur, Dowries, Patterns and Potions - 12 November 2011
Five Years in France - 14 August 2011
Good Reading from 1909 - 26 April 2011
Pêcherie du Frâne - 02 April 2011
Beautiful bonnets – but what to do with them? - 25 March 2011

Fun stuff

Haircuts, Hens and Homicide – an extract - 05 April 2015
2015 Surreal Conversations: No. 1 - 16 January 2015
Who Stole Santa? - 16 December 2014
Chaotic Granite - 26 October 2014
Blue Herons That Aren’t, And Chocolate Fish That Are! - 20 April 2014
French Language Week – Semaine de la Langue Française - 16 March 2014
Plotting World Do-minion-ation With A 3D Printer - 26 February 2014
Llama Lundi - 03 February 2014
A Sociocultural Statement By Fridge Magnets! - 14 January 2014
How To Chase An Alpaca OR Brendan Does A Benny Hill! - 09 January 2014
Postcard Stop Press - 08 January 2014
Serviettage OR Cutting Up Napkins - 05 December 2013
Sure Signs It’s Autumn - 10 October 2013
Not Ghoulish But Gaulish: Fête Gauloise at Prébenoit - 21 September 2013
A Dymo Is A Girl’s Best Friend - 07 September 2013
The Secret Wacky Side to French People - 01 September 2013
New French Words - 31 May 2013
An Un-Eastery Easter - 31 March 2013
Postcrossing - 28 March 2013
Snow, Cistes and Simplicity - 16 March 2013
The Kindness of Exchangers - 11 March 2013
Colourful Knitting - 27 February 2013
Postcards: Tendrils of Friendship - 19 February 2013
Horses Forks Courses - 13 February 2013
Love Knitting - 12 February 2013
Toilet Troubles Revisited - 04 February 2013
Blue Monday – And I Don’t Mean The Pop Song - 20 January 2013
The Tree of the Wolf (L’Arbre du Loup) and Getting Lost - 06 January 2013
2012 at Les Fragnes - 31 December 2012
Waxing Lyrical – Or Maybe Just A Bit Messily - 26 December 2012
No Snow This Noël - 24 December 2012
The End Is Nigh – Apart From In Bugarach - 20 December 2012
Concrete Eiffel Tower - 20 November 2012
Geocache Crazy - 11 November 2012
Festival du Nouveau Mot OR How To Make Up French! - 04 November 2012
Happy Halloween! - 31 October 2012
Brilliant Bleus de Travail - 06 October 2012
Turbo Tennis and Turbo-Charged Animals - 06 August 2012
Peculiar Olympic Sports - 05 August 2012
Cat Scans And Beyond: Unusual Pet Portraits - 27 July 2012
Pedalling to Help Protect Polar Bears: Didier Bovard - 03 July 2012
Tractor Tour de France - 10 May 2012
Expat Blog Hop Celebration - 23 April 2012
The Expat Life As Seen From Outside - 18 February 2012
A Crafty New Year with Serviettage - 01 January 2012
Caching in on Christmas – Geocaching, Gold Mines, Muggles and Viaducs - 25 December 2011
Last Minute Halloween - 31 October 2011
Still Rabbiting On About Superstitions – And A Giveaway! - 01 October 2011
Contes? Count Me Out! Or: Why I Hate Fairytales - 22 September 2011
Wool Week and Giveaway! - 10 September 2011
Euro English - 21 June 2011
Do ‘To Do’ Lists Do Any Good? - 14 June 2011
Time To Prance And Dance - 13 May 2011
Getting Ready for Fishy Friday - 31 March 2011

Gardening

Indispensable Indeed! - 22 August 2014
Seedy for 270 Years - 15 February 2014
Worms, Slugs and Unknown Bugs - 12 June 2013
Nettle Tea And No Piglets! - 09 May 2013
Parties and Public Holidays - 06 May 2013
The Mutant Dandelions Are Back! - 20 April 2013
Cat-ash-tree-phe: France’s Frênes In Danger - 08 November 2012
Le Viandier – Or, How To Cook A Hedgehog - 10 September 2012
Custard In My Garden OR How To Grow A Beyblade - 22 July 2012
Swiss Invasion - 21 July 2012
How Does Your Garden Grow? - 17 June 2012
Move Over Pumpkins! - 13 June 2012
Carp Capers - 06 May 2012
The Attack Of The Mutant Dandelions? - 20 April 2012
National Garlic Day - 19 April 2012
Easter Morning – Treasure, Lambs (Chocolate) And Seeds - 08 April 2012
Languishing Lettuces, Miserable Mâche And A Few Flax Facts - 27 March 2012
Made in France, Marshmallow Llamas – And Not Forgetting Dave - 26 March 2012
A Seedy Way Of Life - 22 March 2012
A Quick Job - 16 March 2012
A Busy Sort Of Day - 07 March 2012
Mission Printemps – Spring Mission: Counting Worms - 05 March 2012
Busy Week – Branches, Brouettes, Barbed Wire and Berkshires - 25 February 2012
Food Self-Sufficiency, Here We Come! - 21 February 2012
Autumn on the Farm - 03 November 2011
Guinea-Pig Gardeners of Les Fragnes - 11 October 2011
Invading Ladybirds - 10 October 2011
Quincessentially French - 08 October 2011
Nuts and Little Pumpkins - 07 October 2011
Polytunnel Progress - 03 October 2011
Dog Butt Fruit - 11 September 2011
I Hate Hayfever - 24 May 2011
Diamondbacks are a Girl’s Best Friend - 05 May 2011
Double Take – Appearances Can Be Deceptive - 04 May 2011
Three Weeks to Get Naked - 23 April 2011
Berry Special Things - 14 April 2011
Spring Things - 13 April 2011
DIY Seed Growing - 10 April 2011
Late Again - 08 April 2011

Blogging

Surprising Language - 22 January 2013
From Gate Crashes to Geocaches - 15 December 2012
12.12.12 Blog Hop Fun - 11 December 2012
Calendriers de l’Avent and A Scary Santa - 27 November 2012
Christmas Blog Hop - 25 November 2012
Catch Up Blog - 25 April 2012
Blog In France – 400, And Just Warming Up - 01 March 2012
Best of Blog in France … Download It For Free! - 17 November 2011
7 Links (Better Late Than Never) - 24 September 2011
Kindles, Skins, Scans and Opportunites - 19 August 2011
Blog 1, France 0 - 18 June 2011
Do ‘To Do’ Lists Do Any Good? - 14 June 2011
200 Today! - 07 June 2011
Search Me - 07 May 2011

Cycling

Crossing Bridges - 03 March 2014
Tour de France Souvenir Stamps - 13 September 2013
Roland-Garros Starts the Tour de France Countdown - 28 May 2013
Becoming a Statistic: Bike Theft in France - 24 April 2013
Food Shopping and White Legs - 16 April 2013
Lac St Pardoux - 20 March 2013
Paris-Nice 1933 and 2013 - 02 March 2013
Croc Monsieur: Meet Adam Ruck, The Man Who Cycles in Crocs! - 05 December 2012
Olympics Are Bad For Your Health - 12 August 2012
Tour de Brits – I Mean Tour de France 2012! - 23 July 2012
Snail Fair and Bee Careful in Crocs - 01 July 2012
Made in France, Marshmallow Llamas – And Not Forgetting Dave - 26 March 2012
On The Road With ACSNEC – Nouzerines Cycling Club - 25 March 2012
Paris Nice 2012: Daggs See Day Three - 06 March 2012
Mission Printemps – Spring Mission: Counting Worms - 05 March 2012
World Cycle Racing Grand Tour – Currently in France - 20 February 2012
Plan Vélo – France Promotes Cycling - 17 February 2012
A Bike, A Banana And A Camera - 13 November 2011
And So The Meetings Begin … - 14 September 2011
Birthday - 02 August 2011
Croix de Peuple – The People’s Cross - 29 July 2011
Tour de France – Costs and Benefits - 27 July 2011
Tour de France Publicity Caravan Trivia - 14 July 2011
Tour de France Action in Creuse - 09 July 2011
Tour de France Build-Up - 08 July 2011
Renude-able Energy - 12 June 2011
Apples, Crosses and Gravel - 27 May 2011
Cyclists’ Rights - 11 May 2011

Getting organised

How To Survive Changeover Saturday – Ten Tips - 25 May 2012
Do ‘To Do’ Lists Do Any Good? - 14 June 2011

History

A Bit Of A Do At Boussac Castle - 07 July 2015
High Speed Holidays - 03 January 2015
Villemonteix Castle – Some Of It Anyway… - 08 July 2014
The Picturesque Parc des Parelles - 23 February 2014
Getting High on New Year’s Day - 02 January 2014
Culan Castle, Viaducts and Child Restraints - 26 December 2013
Louis Philippe Furniture - 07 October 2013
Not Ghoulish But Gaulish: Fête Gauloise at Prébenoit - 21 September 2013
Eglise de Bussière St Georges: A Rare Glimpse into Bussière St Georges’ Church - 14 September 2013
Back In Business With Berkshires and a B17 Bomber - 27 July 2013
Vintage Cars at Les Fragnes - 07 April 2013
Snow, Cistes and Simplicity - 16 March 2013
Crozant: Stone Frogs and Lizards and a Rather Bizarre Dragon - 04 March 2013
Map of Literary French History - 24 February 2013
Postcards: Tendrils of Friendship - 19 February 2013
French Magazine Serials 1907 and 1908 Style - 17 February 2013
Micheline - 09 February 2013
Walking Along Railways And Not Using Enough Gas - 02 February 2013
Masgot, Village of Sculptures - 30 January 2013
Léon Détroy - 27 January 2013
Brace Yourself - 24 January 2013
The Tree of the Wolf (L’Arbre du Loup) and Getting Lost - 06 January 2013
Past Glories at Thizon: Tison-Villars Mineral Water - 01 January 2013
Hooray For Huriel – And Team Llamagem! - 29 December 2012
Beautiful Boussac Castle - 08 December 2012
Eiffel Tower – Creuse Version - 23 November 2012
Marvellous Malval - 21 November 2012
Concrete Eiffel Tower - 20 November 2012
Charollais on Show - 18 November 2012
Chandelle versus Bougie: A Brief History of Candles - 17 November 2012
The Tricolor—Vive la France! - 15 November 2012
Geocache Crazy - 11 November 2012
A New Breed of Pioneer Women - 06 November 2012
Ste Croix, St Georges and Snakes Biting Boobs in Bordeaux - 18 October 2012
Météorites – French Meteorites - 09 July 2012
Dem Bones: More Skeletons And Journées Archéologie 2012 - 08 June 2012
Archaeological Digger In Nouzerines (And No, I Don’t Mean Dig) - 06 June 2012
A Local Loup-Garou – The Crozant Werewolf - 28 April 2012
Laines Locales Wool Festival At Prébenoit - 15 April 2012
A Fatter France - 10 April 2012
Renault Recovery Roadtrip Via Valençay - 12 March 2012
Frightful Fliers – Chickens and Franz Reichelt - 08 March 2012
Seagulls, the Louvre and David’s Fountain - 16 February 2012
Snow White And The Seven Arts - 28 January 2012
Hot Calendars! - 30 December 2011
Follicles, Fighting and Fables – Wool Course at Le Dorat - 03 December 2011
St Catherine and Kitchens - 24 November 2011
Counting in French – the Vexing Vicesimal - 20 November 2011
La Mode Pratique 11.11.1911 – Fur, Dowries, Patterns and Potions - 12 November 2011
Sarzay Castle – Chateau du Sarzay: DIY Castle Restoration - 31 July 2011
Nos Loisirs – journal-revue from 1906 - 30 June 2011

Cooking

Sloe-ly Does It - 11 October 2015
Disappearing Trains and Tasty Cakes - 14 December 2013
Country Morning - 29 September 2013
Too Much Yaourt aux Ananas - 30 July 2013
Discover Some Truly Tasty Irish Treats - 15 February 2013
Shouldering On - 11 January 2013
Eating Llamas: Part Deux - 22 December 2012
Heads Up For Christmas – Chocolate Style - 19 December 2012
Christmas Cooking - 29 November 2012
Nutty Nutella Tax - 09 November 2012
Holiday Geocaching, Film-Going And Sausage-Making - 02 November 2012
Happy Halloween! - 31 October 2012
Five Fun Things To Do For Halloween - 27 October 2012
Sausage Blog - 13 October 2012
Food Glorious Food - 04 October 2012
Peach Recipes Please, Plus A Silly Kitty - 20 September 2012
Le Viandier – Or, How To Cook A Hedgehog - 10 September 2012
Custard In My Garden OR How To Grow A Beyblade - 22 July 2012
Swiss Invasion - 21 July 2012
Birthdays, Beyblades, Baby Hedgehogs and Berkshire/Saddleback Crosses - 02 July 2012
Kitties versus Solar Oven - 25 June 2012
National Garlic Day - 19 April 2012
Ruadhri’s Radish Recipe - 04 April 2012
Made in France, Marshmallow Llamas – And Not Forgetting Dave - 26 March 2012
Macarons, And Why You Might Cry! - 21 March 2012
Wednesday Warm Up - 01 February 2012
Favophilie – Fève Fever (Mad About Beans) - 25 January 2012
Energetic Mince-Pie Making, A Missing Baby and Book Bags - 19 December 2011
Squeaky Clean – Bien Propre - 22 November 2011
How To Be Clean In French - 15 November 2011
Last Minute Halloween - 31 October 2011
Sunshine Soup - 21 October 2011
Messing with Medlars - 19 October 2011
Creuse’s Famous Cake – Le Creusois - 18 October 2011
Quincessentially French - 08 October 2011
Wall to Wall Walnuts - 18 September 2011
Books and Cooking Cupcakes - 13 September 2011
Dog Butt Fruit - 11 September 2011
Rainbow Cake Recipe - 12 August 2011

Knitting

Crafty Christmas - 28 December 2013
Festival of Giant Sheep at Prébenoit Abbey - 14 April 2013
Colourful Knitting - 27 February 2013
Knitting Therapy - 16 January 2013
Fabulous Fête de la Laine at Felletin – Wonderful World of Wool - 29 October 2011
Knitting My Socks Off - 21 September 2011
Wool Week and Giveaway! - 10 September 2011
Wool - 17 August 2011
Mastering the Knitmaster - 13 August 2011

Christmas

High Speed Holidays - 03 January 2015
Les Jours Festifs – The Twelve Days of Christmas - 27 December 2014
Who Stole Santa? - 16 December 2014
Getting High on New Year’s Day - 02 January 2014
Crafty Christmas - 28 December 2013
Culan Castle, Viaducts and Child Restraints - 26 December 2013
SNCF Strikes Again And A Wolf On The Loose - 22 December 2013
Sunny December And Nervous Turkeys - 17 December 2013
Serviettage OR Cutting Up Napkins - 05 December 2013
After Epiphany - 08 January 2013
Hooray For Huriel – And Team Llamagem! - 29 December 2012
A Nice Cup Of Tea – Or Is It Tisane? - 28 December 2012
Waxing Lyrical – Or Maybe Just A Bit Messily - 26 December 2012
No Snow This Noël - 24 December 2012
Heads Up For Christmas – Chocolate Style - 19 December 2012
Would You Rather Spend Christmas With Your Pets Or Your In-laws? - 18 December 2012
From Gate Crashes to Geocaches - 15 December 2012
12.12.12 Blog Hop Fun - 11 December 2012
Nouzerines Marché de Noël - 09 December 2012
Beautiful Boussac Castle - 08 December 2012
Cracking Advent: Wolves And Dandelion Honey - 01 December 2012
Christmas Cooking - 29 November 2012
Time To Talk Trees - 28 November 2012
Calendriers de l’Avent and A Scary Santa - 27 November 2012
Christmas Blog Hop - 25 November 2012
Chandelle versus Bougie: A Brief History of Candles - 17 November 2012
A New Breed of Pioneer Women - 06 November 2012
Chocs Away! - 16 October 2012
Skating on Thin Plastic – Ice That Isn’t! - 29 December 2011
Caching in on Christmas – Geocaching, Gold Mines, Muggles and Viaducs - 25 December 2011
Merry Christmas! - 23 December 2011
Teeth and Turnips – Dents et Navets - 20 December 2011
Energetic Mince-Pie Making, A Missing Baby and Book Bags - 19 December 2011
Marchés de Noël in Limoges - 18 December 2011
Installing the Crèche at Nouzerines - 11 December 2011
Carols, Challenges and Thank Heavens for Chris - 10 December 2011
Winter and Wind Turbines – L’Hiver et les Eoliennes - 05 December 2011
Calendriers de l’Avent – Advent Calendars - 30 November 2011

Geocaching

Ladepeyre - 08 November 2015
High Speed Holidays - 03 January 2015
Chaotic Granite - 26 October 2014
Frogs and Fortesses, Toads and Towers - 11 September 2014
Crossing Bridges - 03 March 2014
Plotting World Do-minion-ation With A 3D Printer - 26 February 2014
The Picturesque Parc des Parelles - 23 February 2014
Getting High on New Year’s Day - 02 January 2014
Culan Castle, Viaducts and Child Restraints - 26 December 2013
Lac St Pardoux - 20 March 2013
Snow, Cistes and Simplicity - 16 March 2013
Crozant: Stone Frogs and Lizards and a Rather Bizarre Dragon - 04 March 2013
The Viaduc and the Virgin’s Buttocks - 01 March 2013
After Epiphany - 08 January 2013
Past Glories at Thizon: Tison-Villars Mineral Water - 01 January 2013
2012 at Les Fragnes - 31 December 2012
Hooray For Huriel – And Team Llamagem! - 29 December 2012
No Snow This Noël - 24 December 2012
Wet Farm - 17 December 2012
From Gate Crashes to Geocaches - 15 December 2012
Logging Blog And Wacky Warning Signs! - 07 December 2012
Eiffel Tower – Creuse Version - 23 November 2012
Marvellous Malval - 21 November 2012
Geocache Crazy - 11 November 2012
Holiday Geocaching, Film-Going And Sausage-Making - 02 November 2012
What You Discover When You Go Geocaching … - 30 August 2012
Easter Morning – Treasure, Lambs (Chocolate) And Seeds - 08 April 2012
Sunshiney Fun - 02 March 2012
Année Bissextile – Leap Year - 27 February 2012
Étang des Landes – Limousin’s Largest Lake - 09 January 2012
Préveranges, Cher – More Than Meets The Eye - 04 January 2012
Hidden Treasures of Bois du Lassoux - 28 December 2011

Crafts

A Year In Postcards - 05 January 2014
Crafty Christmas - 28 December 2013
Festival of Giant Sheep at Prébenoit Abbey - 14 April 2013
Love Knitting - 12 February 2013
My Furry Valentine - 10 February 2013
Knitting Therapy - 16 January 2013
Waxing Lyrical – Or Maybe Just A Bit Messily - 26 December 2012
Cracking Advent: Wolves And Dandelion Honey - 01 December 2012
Chandelle versus Bougie: A Brief History of Candles - 17 November 2012
Five Fun Things To Do For Halloween - 27 October 2012
No More Vexatious Veluxes: How To Make Your Own Inexpensive Blinds For Skylights - 24 June 2012
Palm Sunday (Rameaux) From Both Sides - 01 April 2012
A Crafty New Year with Serviettage - 01 January 2012

Politics

French Schoolbooks Going Digital – Slowly - 07 January 2015
New In French Schools: La Charte de la Laïcité - 20 September 2013
Tiger, Tiger, Please Don’t Bite - 04 May 2013
France’s First Baby In 2013 Creates A Stir - 02 January 2013
Chandelle versus Bougie: A Brief History of Candles - 17 November 2012
The Tricolor—Vive la France! - 15 November 2012
Nutty Nutella Tax - 09 November 2012
France Still In Voting Frenzy: Who Will Be Next Président of the Assemblée Nationale? - 22 June 2012
Meet The New French President - 07 May 2012
Humble Pie, Hungry Sons and Hormonal Sheep - 14 April 2012
Election Fever Hits Nouzerines - 13 April 2012
Letter From The Président - 06 April 2012
La Présidentielle – A Family Affair - 11 March 2012

Lakes

No More Gobbling - 31 December 2013
Lac St Pardoux - 20 March 2013
Snowy Show - 26 February 2013
Cormorant Scarer/Cat Toy - 22 February 2013
Wet Farm - 17 December 2012
Autumn Colours - 14 November 2012
Scooters, With And Without Frogs, Lambs And Dogs! - 29 May 2012
Carp Capers - 06 May 2012
Not An Anniversary - 29 April 2012
Alder Is Alive Again - 24 March 2012

Education

How Not To Be Organised - 15 February 2015
La Rentrée With Piglets And A Perruche - 03 September 2014
New In French Schools: La Charte de la Laïcité - 20 September 2013
Bordeaux, With A Little Extra Luxury This Year - 09 September 2013
7 Signs It’s Nearly La Rentrée - 20 August 2013
Les enfants tweetent – Twitter in French schools - 30 May 2013
English Club and No Babies - 23 May 2013
English Teaching and French Editions - 03 April 2013
Teachers in Short Supply - 07 March 2013
Surprising Language - 22 January 2013
Dyspraxic But Fantastic - 12 January 2013
Science And Calculating Cats - 11 October 2012
Centimeless Students - 08 October 2012
Carting A Cartable About - 24 September 2012
Getting Rid of the Children: Troisième Partie – All Gone - 04 September 2012
Getting Rid of the Children: Deuxième Partie – Caiti continued - 03 September 2012
Getting Rid Of The Children: Première Partie – Caiti - 02 September 2012
Packing And Preparing - 28 August 2012
Beauval Zoo, Busy But Brilliant - 27 August 2012
Abonnement Hope - 24 August 2012
Lost Property: Objets Perdus - 10 July 2012
Hip, Hip Huarizo, It’s Holiday Time! - 06 July 2012
No School on Wednesday: End of an Era - 04 July 2012
How To Baptise A Windturbine: Baptême d’une Éolienne - 29 June 2012
Fionn McCool - 20 June 2012
National Evaluations - 18 June 2012
Blackberries In Limoges In May – WIF 2012 - 01 June 2012
The Bac Is Back - 30 May 2012
Is A Red Nose Grounds For Divorce? - 21 May 2012

Health

Lurgey Lundi - 10 February 2014
Growing Pains - 17 September 2013
Tiger, Tiger, Please Don’t Bite - 04 May 2013
Caiti’s Cockroaches - 09 April 2013
The Happy Physiotherapist and an Impatient Patient - 05 February 2013
Knitting Therapy - 16 January 2013
Dyspraxic But Fantastic - 12 January 2013
Shouldering On - 11 January 2013
After Epiphany - 08 January 2013
A Nice Cup Of Tea – Or Is It Tisane? - 28 December 2012
Nutty Nutella Tax - 09 November 2012
The Canicule Is Coming - 17 August 2012
Olympics Are Bad For Your Health - 12 August 2012
Is A Red Nose Grounds For Divorce? - 21 May 2012

Bordeaux

How Not To Be Organised - 15 February 2015
Bye-bye Bordeaux - 03 June 2014
SNCF Strikes Again And A Wolf On The Loose - 22 December 2013
Disappearing Trains and Tasty Cakes - 14 December 2013
Roland-Garros Starts the Tour de France Countdown - 28 May 2013
Becoming a Statistic: Bike Theft in France - 24 April 2013
Caiti’s Cockroaches - 09 April 2013
2012 at Les Fragnes - 31 December 2012
Heads Up For Christmas – Chocolate Style - 19 December 2012
Ste Croix, St Georges and Snakes Biting Boobs in Bordeaux - 18 October 2012
Discovering Bordeaux with a Bumpkin: Part I - 15 October 2012

Halloween

Happy Halloween! - 31 October 2012
Nearly Halloween - 30 October 2012
Five Fun Things To Do For Halloween - 27 October 2012

Expat life

Hey June – where did you go? - 01 July 2015
2015 Surreal Conversations: No. 1 - 16 January 2015
Forum des Assos - 06 September 2014
Eight Years At Les Fragnes - 27 June 2014
Total Immersion: our adventures in France continue… - 10 January 2014
7 and 700 - 13 August 2013
Of Rain, Tax Returns and Eurovision - 18 May 2013
Edible Gifts - 02 May 2013
An Un-Eastery Easter - 31 March 2013
Snow, Cistes and Simplicity - 16 March 2013
Snowy Show - 26 February 2013
Postcards: Tendrils of Friendship - 19 February 2013
Toilet Troubles Revisited - 04 February 2013
Walking Along Railways And Not Using Enough Gas - 02 February 2013
Would You Rather Spend Christmas With Your Pets Or Your In-laws? - 18 December 2012
Nouzerines Marché de Noël - 09 December 2012
A New Breed of Pioneer Women - 06 November 2012

Postcards

Postcard Stop Press - 08 January 2014
A Year In Postcards - 05 January 2014

Canada

Were You Ever In Québec? - 28 November 2014
Canadian Weekend - 23 November 2014

Walking

Ladepeyre - 08 November 2015

History

Remembrance - 11 November 2015

Ww2

Remembrance - 11 November 2015

Travel

Magnificent Manly - 11 June 2017
Opals - 20 May 2017
Wild Life - 15 May 2017
Food Interlude - 12 May 2017
Bushwalking 1 - 08 May 2017
Wild Life - 06 May 2017
Sea Life - 05 May 2017
A Day at the Seaside - 03 May 2017
Paris to Sydney - 01 May 2017