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Strawberries & cream
Once again this week I've been transfixed by Wimbledon which culminated yesterday with an amazing Men's Singles Final between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovik.What better way to celebrate this...
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God's Fence
In most small villages and towns in our region you will find a "calvaire", a monument erected by the inhabitants which depicts Christ's cruxifiction.The calvaire above is situated by the roadsidein the...
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Normandy staycation
During the "summer" months we prefer to enjoy the delights that Normandy has to offer and save our more far flung travels for when the weather is not so good.We like to take what we call "staycation...
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Houses, fences and gardens - oh my!
The small market town of Trévières in the Bessin region of Calvados boasts some wonderful examples of 18th c. homes built by wealthy merchants and farmers as outward displays of their prestige and...
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Pink & Blue flowers for Mosaic Monday.
For Mosaic Monday with Judith this weeka collection of images taken on Saturday evening just as the sun was going down using my Kindle HDX.Many of these plants were already here when we moved into le...
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Five On Friday - Chateau des Milandes.
Five On Friday hosted by Amy @ Love Made My Home has become one of my favourite places to spend time in blogland.This week for my five a short story about Josephine Baker, a famous African American...
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Mosaic Monday # 1
Welcome one and all to my first Mosaic Monday Linky party!Little did I know back in September 2009 when I joined MM's host Mary @ The little Red House, with a very basic mosaic of Quimper faience...
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Mosaic Monday # 2. Home grown is best.
Welcome to Mosaic Monday #2, thanks to everyone who participated last week for sharing beautiful mosaics and lots of mosaic making expertise.Looking through your comments I saw that like me you mostly...
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Mosaic Monday # 3. Chateau de Bridoire.
I've been reliably informed that there are 1001 chateaux in the Perigord region of the Dordogne but despite our best efforts we only managed to see 3 of the them on our trip there last month.The...
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Mosaic Monday # 4. National Stud, Normandy
Last Sunday morning we paid an impromptu visit to the National Stud in Saint-Lô, (Pôle Hippique - Haras National de Saint-Lô) as it was the penultimate day of the annual Normandy Horse Show.There are...
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Mosaic Monday # 5. what to do with courgettes
What to do with courgettes is the title of one of my boards on Pinterest.Created as a place to keep track of amazing recipes it never fails to inspire me when faced with the annual glut of courgettes...
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Mosaic Monday # 6. A Quintessential English Tea with Alice.
The Senior Partner and I have taken a little trip across the English Channel back to England, the land of our birth, for a few days.Later this month my stepmother will celebrate her 80th birthday and...
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Good Fences - friendly neighbours.
This is the view from the garden of our holiday cottage and with these two lovely guys living a fence post away I just had to join TexWisGirl for Good Fences this week.
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Five On Friday - Coalport China Museum, Ironbridge.
Time once again for Five on Friday with Amy.This is the pretty little cottage which we have been calling home this week, nestled in the heart of Staffordshire and just a few miles from the world famous...
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Mosaic Monday # 7. Blists Hill Victorian Town, Ironbridge.
Our second visit to Ironbridge last week was to the open air museum "Blists Hill Victorian Town" which opened in the early 1970's and is a continuing work in progress.The "Town" is located in an area...
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Mosaic Monday # 8. Emma Bridgewater Factory Tour.and a sandwich.
Anyone visiting my blog for the first time recently might wonder why I called it Normandy Life as the last few posts have been about anywhere other than Normandy, France.That's what happens when NL...
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Five On Friday - every picture tells a story.
Joining Amy once again this week for Five On Friday with five stand alone photos taken during our recent trip to UK.The first four were all taken in Ludlow, described by Sir John Betjeman CBE "as...
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Mosaic Monday # 9 - autumn in the garden.
Mosaic MondayWe haven't quite reached the "fall" stage of Autumn here in Normandy, although it's very dark in the mornings when we wake and the nights are drawing in, our garden chores are still about...
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Mosaic Monday # 10 - October has arrived.
Turning the calendar page to October has seen some subtle changes here at the Presbytere.During the night I have been awakened by heavy rain hitting the leaves of the Virginia Creeper and in the...
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Mosaic Monday # 11 Beach walk in October.
For Mosaic Monday this week I'm taking you down to the beach once again.Now that the tourist season in Normandy has drawn to a close we "locals" can reclaim the quiet solitude of the beach at Saint -...
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