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2013 SPSH - Item #13 - A fence
The 2013 SPSH hosted by Rinda @ Gallo Organico has really had me thinking outside the box this week, keeping my eyes peeled for items yet to be checked off the list.This morning on our walk I spotted a...
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2013 SPSH - Item # 7 - a sign.
A 2 minute drive in the car will bring you to our local "mom & pop" storeLike most m & p stores they seem to be always open, even on Holidays & Saint's Days.They work hard.They sell almost...
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2013 SPSH - Item # 6 - someone napping.
Item # 6 , on Rinda's 2013 Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt list @ Gallo Organico, requires a photograph of someone or something napping.During the past couple of weeks the house has been having a...
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2013 SPSH - Item # 9
It's been a week since I shared a scavenger hunt photograph with you, the reason being that we have been socializing a little more than usual these past few days.As August is the month that most of la...
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Autumn days
Autumn has arrived in Normandy bringing chilly mornings, stunning sunrises, falling leaves and the last of the potager's bounty. Hedgerows along the lanes are laden with blackberries just waiting for...
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Shadow shots - poolside
As Mother Goose once said - "Home again, home again jiggity jig!!"and it is lovely to be home again after our wonderful stay at the amazing Michelangelo Resort in Kos, but oh! that infinity...
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Hippocrates and the Knights Castle, Kos.
I wouldn't want you to think that all we did on vacation was lounge around in the sun, oh no.On two occasions we took the ramshackle local bus down into Kos Town to wander the twisty streets and...
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that old chestnut
I've called this post that old chestnut because this isn't the first time that I've shared images of our garden in the fall and chestnuts always seem to feature in those autumn posts.After a...
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Historic Haddon Hall.
Haddon Hall on the banks of the River Wye just a few miles from the popular town of Bakewell is probably the very finest example of a medieval manor house not just in Derbyshire but possibly anywhere...
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Haddon shadow shots
For Shadow Shot Sunday this week some wonderful shadows captured during our visit to the amazing Haddon Hall in Derbyshire.Shadow Shot Sunday 2
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Should old acquaintance be forgot........
FOR NEW YEAR'S EVEOutside my window... it is cold and wet just as it has been for days, no White Christmas for us in Normandy this year.I am thinking... that although I've been sad this year, losing Mr...
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A very wet New Year's Day
As I mentioned in yesterday's post it is a tradition that the family Bryant's New Year's Day walk is taken on one of Normandy's famous beaches.2014 dawned wet, blustery and cold but were we faint...
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January sunrise.
For some time now I have been regularly contributing to an amateur photography challenge on the scrap booking website UK Scrappers - Snap.Alison has stepped in to take over the reins from Elaine for...
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The Simple Womans Daybook - February
THE SIMPLE WOMAN'S DAY BOOKFor today: February 2nd 2014Outside my window... it is cold but dry. Our beach walk this morning was very pleasant; it’s always good for M’selle Fleur to socialize with other...
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news from the Presbytere
I know that I've been awol (again) for some time but there's not been a lot going on around here that I consider to be "blogworthy".the office get's emptiedinto the dining roomThe renovations continue...
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Home thoughts from abroad.................................
It seems that this year it has been feast or famine for my Normandy Life blog with more famine than feasting going on.Dear reader that is all about to change, first the latest news from the Presbytère....
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Life is like a box of chocolates................
Hallbottom Farm, Stokenchurch.To misquote Forrest, Forrest Gump............... finding accommodation on the internet "is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are gonna get".Our visit to...
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Chatsworth - some of the paintings
The highlight of our stay in Derbyshire earlier this month was a long awaited visit to Chatsworth House, home to the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire.I'm not going to attempt to relate Chatsworth's...
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Chatsworth House is in the pink
This weekend Beverly @How Sweet the Sound is celebrating 6 years of Pink Saturdays!Congratulations, Beverly.Although it has been a long while since I joined in the pink party "ness" Beverly...
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Cute as a Button
on the left Button Cottage, Alstonefield.Joining Mary @ the little red housefor Mosaic Monday once again.It's been many moons since I had something as pretty as Button Cottage, Alstonefield (our home...
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