Category Archives: Vendee

Kiss and Make up……

Posted on May 17, 2013 by

Being nearly June, I’m surprised to still be lighting the fire at the end of each day. As the nights are still cold I find that we are continuing the winter ritual of watching television, in the warm glow of … Continue reading →

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I got the blues….

Posted on May 5, 2013 by

I had to go and check, and I can confirm that it’s OK. The sea is still blue, as is the sky, with a cleverly contrasting yellow for the ground. Whoever worked that one out is no fool, it gets … Continue reading →

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The Hound of the Daffodils….

Posted on April 28, 2013 by

Much as I dislike diminutives, I’m very fond of Trigger and Gypsy. The two eponymous poodles have been in our charge over the last few days, which has meant that I have been drawn away from stove and keyboard and … Continue reading →

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Still waiting for the green man…

Posted on April 6, 2013 by

This is the forest that acts as the backcloth to our lives. We look out of the windows of the house, or from the window of the car as we go about our daily business, searching for the first signs … Continue reading →

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Rigoletto in his christening robe…

Posted on March 30, 2013 by

Last week I had to undertake the arduous task of tasting Rigoletto, a new cuvée at Prieuré La Chaume, whilst talking to Christian Chabirand, from whose loins Rigoletto sprang, about shooting a portrait of the new born in his christening outfit. … Continue reading →

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First taste of summer…

Posted on March 24, 2013 by

For three successive mornings we have woken to sun pouring in through the windows. But winter habits being hard to shake off, ask any monk, on my way back from buying bread, I stopped at Claude’s house to order some … Continue reading →

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One fine morning….

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

A grey morning found me cutting firewood behind the house. The squeak of an old barn door opening announced the arrival of Annie, one of our neighbours. Annie and her husband Remy have raised Charolais beef cattle for the last … Continue reading →

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Merkin whoopee….

Posted on December 9, 2012 by

The simple red and white inverted triangle of the “Cedez le passage” road sign put me in mind of a festive merkin. It also put me in mind of stopping as it would be a bad Sunday indeed that included … Continue reading →

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Gone fishing….. an update with more pictures

Posted on November 21, 2012 by

Les Cabanes de Pécheur de Faymoreau       “Where is everyone?”is the question most often asked by visitors to France as they pass through villages of empty streets and shuttered windows. I am at home in the peaceful stillness of … Continue reading →

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I can hardly contain myself…

Posted on November 15, 2012 by

This morning, before I had begun the normal business of my day, I had gathered together a handful of empty, disposable containers. Shaving cream aerosol, milk container, egg box, kitchen roll, firelighter box and deodorant were part of the early … Continue reading →

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