The Loire Valley and especially Blois
We saw this phone delivery truck three times in the space of 15 minutes on our walk this afternoon. Everyone must be buying new phones! Today was Black Friday in France, postponed by a week to enable newly-opened local businesses to participate but I find it hard to imagine there was a same day delivery …
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Another unusual feature in the village of Vallières les Grandes are these little peaked roofs each with its own weather vane, seen from the front gate and back gate. Un autre point d’intérêt au village de Vallières les Grandes est cet ensemble de petits toits pointus, avec chacun sa girouette, vu du portail devant et …
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These sheep live at the end of our street in a stud along with some goats that have appeared here in the past. I just love the way the first one is posing. After we walked past them, they all started following us. Talk about a lot of sheep. Ces moutons habitent au bout de …
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Today is City Daily Photo’s monthly theme day – comfort food! I don’t have much of a sweet tooth so I think I would have to say that the potato crisp with a good glass of white wine in front of the fire before dinner is probably my favourite comfort food! Aujourd’hui est la journée …
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Yesterday was our first really cold day this winter. We went to a village called Vallières les Grandes about 20 minutes away by car and walked around briskly for an hour at a temperature of 3 degrees. I was glad to get back to the car and warm myself in front of the fire when …
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As we drove past the entrance to Château de Chaumont today, we saw these wonderful flowers that Jean Michel was convinced were a floral arrangement but I was not so sure so we stopped on the way back to get a closer look. The second photo shows the secret. What a clever idea! En passant …
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So we made the most of our new freedom – 3 hours and a radius of 20 k for physical activity – to go mushroom foraging in the forest. During the first half hour we only saw a few inedible russulae then suddenly we came across the most enormous hedgehog mushrooms in an area where …
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Pansies are for thoughts. This post is dedicated to all the family and friends I haven’t seen for many months due to Covid. Yesterday we celebrated a virtual thanksgiving with my children and their partners in Boston. At least they are able to see each other regularly. We can only hope for better days ahead. …
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On our walk today – the last where we will be limited to a radius on 1 K and one hour (tomorrow we are gardening at my holiday rental before the first frost) – we went past what is usually a duck pond and couldn’t see any ducks. But as we got closer we were …
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One of the things that keeps us sane during lockdown is our fireplace. It makes the long evenings very cosy. Our house was built in 1584 according to the stone plaque above the mantel. L’une des choses qui nous aide à garder le moral pendant le confinement est notre cheminée. Notre maison fut construite en …
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