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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …