Looking back through October posts from previous years I noticed a theme...............conkers/horse chestnuts; leaves and mushrooms.
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October in Normandy is special to us because that's the month, 21 years ago, that we moved into this old house.
The Virginia creeper that covers the front of the house is green no longer.
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It seems that almost overnight the leaves have turned a million shades of red and gold, they remind me of how the house looked the day we drove up with the removal van close behind.
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The horse chestnut tree in the back garden has once again, true to form, literally covered the grass with fallen leaves and conkers.
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I brought some indoors to display in an antique pewter dish on the hall table.
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After a couple of days of back breaking raking and wheel barrowing the Senior Partner and I called it a day because today our brother in law and nephew are travelling from the UK to help us get the garden sorted before winter arrives.
Hopefully the weather will be kind to us as we'll need to have a garden bonfire before they leave.
There are also plans to empty one or two attics of unwantedpossessions junk, the garage space will be getting an overhaul too, if time allows.
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A large white van has been rented, they'll collect it in the morning, to take everything to the dechetterie (recycling).
We're also expecting deliveries of gravel for the driveway and pine bark mulch for the flower beds.
It's going to be a very busy week, hopefully I'll have some photos to share next time.
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A selection of fungi found growing at the bases of trees, in the grass and also on the compost heap this week.
Although they look pretty harmless some of them might not be so the closest I got was to capture them with my iPhone, they will not be making an appearance in the kitchen!
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Wish we had a sweet chestnut and not a horse chestnut tree in the garden, at least then we'd be able to eat them.
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October in Normandy is special to us because that's the month, 21 years ago, that we moved into this old house.
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| early June 2017 |
The Virginia creeper that covers the front of the house is green no longer.
The horse chestnut tree in the back garden has once again, true to form, literally covered the grass with fallen leaves and conkers.
I brought some indoors to display in an antique pewter dish on the hall table.
After a couple of days of back breaking raking and wheel barrowing the Senior Partner and I called it a day because today our brother in law and nephew are travelling from the UK to help us get the garden sorted before winter arrives.
Hopefully the weather will be kind to us as we'll need to have a garden bonfire before they leave.
There are also plans to empty one or two attics of unwanted
A large white van has been rented, they'll collect it in the morning, to take everything to the dechetterie (recycling).
We're also expecting deliveries of gravel for the driveway and pine bark mulch for the flower beds.
It's going to be a very busy week, hopefully I'll have some photos to share next time.
Although they look pretty harmless some of them might not be so the closest I got was to capture them with my iPhone, they will not be making an appearance in the kitchen!
À bientôt.
