A tropical orchid inside and winter pansies outside. Un orchidée des tropiques à l’intérieur et des pensées d’hiver à l’extérieur.
Category Archives: Closerie Falaiseau
Last Leaves – Dernières feuilles
Winter is coming closer and closer with the last leaves of the Virginia Creeper, red berries on the holly bush and flowers on the viburnun tinus. L’hiver s’approche à grands pas avec les dernières feuilles de la vigne vierge et la présence des baies de houx et le laurier thym fleuri.
The New Bird Feeder – La nouvelle mangeoire
We’ve started feeding the birds again and seem to have more than ever. However, I really miss seeing them from my office window so today we bought a new feeder. We’re using small seed to see if that will attract different birds – we usually put sunflower seeds in the feeders which attract various sorts …
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First Frost – Premier gel
We know when the temperature goes below zero for the first time of the year because the nasturtiums immediately capitulate. Nous savons lorsqu’il gèle pour la première fois de l’année parce que les capucines rendent l’âme tout de suite.
A little bit of Sahara – Un petit bout du Sahara
This is not the first time my Saharan Rose has appeared on this blog but I love it’s colours! Ce n’est pas la première fois que ma rose saharan se trouve sur ce blog mais j’adore ses couleurs !
The New Façade – La nouvelle façade
I posted the photo below about a year ago. Spot the difference! Jean Michel has just spent nearly a month redoing the façade of the barn on the right after our neighbour removed the awful lean-to on his side. Using traditional materials and not cement and concrete meant that it was time-consuming but I think …
Early Morning Mist – Brume du matin
Fiber's Coming – La fibre arrive
I’m very pleased to announce that we will soon have a fiber connection for our Internet and will be able to remove the television antenna which I feel somewhat mars the beauty of our house and weathervane. Not that we have a TV. Je suis très contente d’annoncer que nous aurons bientôt la connexion fibre …
Autumn Asters – Asters d'automne
Mushrooms under the pines – Champignons sous les pins
We were surprised to look out the window yesterday evening and see these mushrooms in our little wood. The first thing we did this morning was to pick them! The result is in the basket below. They are agarics, from the same family as the button mushroom. We think there must have been two sorts, including a small …
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