Clik here to view.
Mosaic Monday # 79 - apple blossom clematis
Picture the scene if you will - it's late Spring 2017 and I'm wandering around my local garden centre looking for new plants to replace two climbing roses which didn't make it through the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mosaic Monday # 80 - a ballerina's tale.....................
To quote William Morris"Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” I can't remember when I first heard that quote but I know it was many years and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mosaic Monday # 81 - saturday
Although Saturday got off to a cold and dreary start by the afternoon the sun was out and there were blue skies up above. Perfect weather for wandering around the garden, iPhone in hand, to capture...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mosaic Monday # 82 - a surprising few days
The biggest surprise here this past week has been the scorching weather we've been experiencing since Tuesday, making this the hottest April in Normandy since records began.It was lovely to sit outside...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mosaic Monday # 83 - indulging the senses
Do you ever think about how often we indulge our five senses?Magical perceptions without which we couldn't understand the world around us, every moment of every day even during sleep!Sight, smell,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mosaic Monday # 84 - we're on vacation (almost)
Just one week from now and I'll be on a plane, with the Senior Partner, heading for the Greek island of Corfu. This will be our second visit to Corfu, the first was 39 years ago in 1979!We love the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mosaic Monday # 85 - Efharisto, ikos Dassia, Corfu - you were amazing!
We're back home again after our wonderful trip to the Greek island of Corfu.On the day of departure our flight was delayed because the plane that was supposed to be waiting for us on the tarmac had...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mosaic Monday # 86 - life lately.
What a crazy week it's been weather wise since our return home from Corfu.We haven't suffered as much as others parts of France, no hailstorms or crashing thunderstorms here, but we've had plenty of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mosaic Monday # 87 - a visit from friends
In the week that towns and cities across Normandy took part in splendid celebrations to commemorate the Allied invasion of France, June1944, we welcomed new friends, Elaine and Mark, to the Presbytère...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mosaic Monday # 88 - "Achilleion" Sissi's Palace in Corfu.
In the early 1980's the Senior Partner's career took us to Bavaria, West Germany, we lived there for over 13 years. Our home overlooked Starnberger See (Lake Starnberg) and it was whilst I was living...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mosaic Monday # 89 - what I did on my birthday
Last Friday was my birthday, not one of the big ones the next O is a couple of years away but still a special one in many ways.On the previous day we had driven down to the Pays de la Loire region of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
In the pink!
Joining Beverley @ How Sweet the Sound for this week'sPink Saturday.It has been a while since I had anything Pink to share but summer is here and my garden is "in the Pink"at last.Pink SaturdayNormandy...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mosaic Monday # 90 - discovering the Dordogne
Warning: this post is light on words and overloaded with images.If you enjoy travelling especially from an armchair and love meandering through France well you might want to grab a beverage, get comfy...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mosaic Monday # 91 - searching out the quirky
quirky definition: unusual in an attractive and interesting wayTaking a trip to somewhere new often offers up something odd or quirky to capture through the camera lens.Here are some unusual things...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mosaic Monday # 92 - a different sort of Bastille Day
Looking back through my blog post archives it appears that I blog about Bastille Day every other year so since the last post was in 2016 here I am again.France's National Day 2018 fell on a Saturday, a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mosaic Monday # 93 - those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Bonjour, I've had such a lazy week since our last chat.Sitting out of the sun in the shade of a spreading chestnut tree on an oh so comfortable Lafuma lounger snoozing and reading books on my Kindle....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mosaic Monday # 94 - snap your summer!
Every summer I always enjoy the boost that the Summer Snap Challenge hosted by Sue & Alison @ UK Scrappers gives to my photography and scrap booking mojo.in a jar; drain cover; steeple.Here's the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mosaic Monday # 95 - how time flies when you're having fun
Last week, 1st August to be precise, I celebrated two years as host of Mosaic Monday and let me say what a great time I've had doing it.Feeling slightly nostalgic I took a little look back at the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mosaic Monday # 96 - life lately
Two weeks ago the temperature in Normandy reached a blistering 30*C (98*F) making it the hottest summer that we've experienced here since we arrived in 1996.The lawns are scorched and my hydrangeas...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mosaic Monday # 97 - Chateau de Terre Neuve in the Vendee.
During our trip to the Dordogne and the Vendee in June we heard about the privately owned Chateau de Terre Neuve, open to visitors at certain times of the year and so decided to make a small detour to...
View Article