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Mosaic Monday # 66 - 'tis the season
But the Christmas tree is a tree of FableA Phoenix in EvergreenAnd the world cannot changeOr chill what its Mysteries meanTo your Hearts and Eyes now.The Christmas Tree, C. Day Lewis.It was lovely to...
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au bord de la mer - Christmas Day 2017
December 25th in Normandy dawned fresh and clear, a little bit breezy but no rain, so following our Christmas Day tradition we wrapped up warm and headed for the beach.Fleur quickly palled up with an...
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Mosaic Monday # 67 - Life is Good
In my first post of 2017 I declared that it was going to be a ridiculously amazing year and after looking back through my blog posts of the last 12 months I'm inclined to say "Oh, yes it was!"If you've...
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Mosaic Monday # 68 - Five on Monday.
There used to be a weekly meme, which I always enjoyed being a part of, called Five On Friday hosted by Amy @ Love Made My Home. A while ago Amy took a break from blogging but I'm happy to tell you...
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Mosaic Monday # 69 - letting go of hygge? No, I didn't think so.
I first heard about hygge, the Danish lifestyle concept of comfortable coziness, about two maybe three years ago when the internet was suddenly buzzing with ideas of how we could incorporate hygge...
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Mosaic Monday # 70 - early signs of spring
For Mosaic Monday today I'm sharing some images of the beautiful countryside that surrounds our home as it begins to transition from winter to spring. I found this lovely little ode to snowdrops,...
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Mosaic Monday # 71 - doing my bit for the planet
There's been a lot in the media recently about the build up of discarded plastic garbage and how it is slowly poisoning marine life and choking the ocean.Last December a UN resolution calling for...
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Beachcombing Sunday
I recently started to look at beachcombing in a totally different way.Instead of collecting shells or searching out glittering pieces of sea glass I've started to collect plastic garbage during my...
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Mosaic Monday # 72 - life lately
Life lately has been centred around the home, no foreign vacations planned for this month unlike previous years when we've escaped the February glooms and headed off to enjoy winter sunshine in...
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On St. Valentine's Day.
Sending love and a special sweet treat to you on St.Valentine's Day.
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Mosaic Monday # 73 - Chinese New Year 2018 - Year of the Dog.
At the supermarket this week I saw that they were promoting a range of ready made Chinese meals in celebration of the Chinese New Year 2018 - "Year of the Dog".I gathered up some sauces, a packet of...
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Paris in February
The Senior Partner and I are very much looking forward to seeing our nephew Alex and his girlfriend Kim when thy arrive tomorrow for a four day visit.At present they are enjoying the sights and sounds...
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Mosaic Monday # 74 - it's all about family......
When your nephew and his girl come to visit you know things are going to go well when they bring you macarons, not just any old macarons but Angelina's macarons from Paris!It was a great visit, on...
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Mosaic Monday - # 75 - Hugging Daffodils.
In the week that marked the meteorological first day of spring, March 1st, as in other parts of Europe (Spain; Italy and the UK) some regions of France have been experiencing extreme weather caused by...
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Sunday Beach walk.
On our beach walk today there was almost no plastic garbage to collect, yay! Just a couple of broken pieces from an old flower pot and a container that might once have held engine oil or something...
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Mosaic Monday # 76 - come dine with me
During the recent cold spell brought about by the Siberian blizzard "Beast from the East" I spent a lot of time feeding the wild birds who co-habit with us at the Presbytere.I doubled up the fat balls...
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A quintessential English B & B.
After a 4 hour drive through Normandy to Calais, a 30 minute train ride under the English Channelaboard the Eurostar Shuttle, a quick trip to Ashford for an appointment with my optician we finally...
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Mosaic Monday # 77 - Harvington Hall, an Elizabethan Manor House.
Here I am warmly ensconced in the sitting room of a small cottage in Worcestershire looking out of the large window at the snow laying gently on the garden. There's a wonderful log fire burning...
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Mosaic Monday # 78 - a visit to Worcester Cathedral
Whenever we go back "home" to England we like to include spending some time in an area or county that we've not been to before. Renting a vacation cottage enables us to "self cater" and come and go as...
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Happy Easter from Normandy
We went to the beach this morning with M'selle Fleur after a two week break, as it's Easter weekend there were many others out enjoying the lovely day. This weekend marks the start of the tourist...
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