The Loire Valley and especially Blois
We are constantly getting rid of brambles in our garden yet here they are halfway along our street, looking very decorative with their little white flowers. How can you tell the difference between brambles and blackberry bushes? Nous cherchons constamment à nous débarrasser des ronces dans notre jardin mais les voilà dans notre rue, très décoratives …
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Bread baking wasn’t the only attraction last Sunday at Les Grouets. We could also try our hand at a lathe. I got in early before the kids and their dads arrived – after that, you couldn’t even get close up! Le four à pain n’était pas la seule attraction à la Fête du pain dimanche dernier …
For the 9th consecutive year, our neighbourhood, Les Grouets, held a bread-baking day at part of the French national fête du pain celebrations. Norbert, the owner of the century-old wood-fired oven, starts heating it four days beforehand. Local children bring along their brioches on Friday but the main celebration is on Sunday. I took along two …
At the market on Saturday in Blois, we were delighted to see that Damien, our favourite biscuit maker – his Sablés des Grouets are very moorish – has a new biscuit tin. And not just any tin.The Citroën H Van, Type H, H-Type or HY is a light truck (or delivery van) produced by Citroën between 1948 …
We were very lucky with the weather for the first garage sale held in Les Grouets, in the grounds of the old school. A beautiful setting! And we had great fun with our neighbours. Nous avons eu de la chance avec le temps pour le premier vide-grenier aux Grouets dans le parc de l’ancienne école. …
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Our house is two doors down from the last house in the photo on the left. This is the closest we can get from the other side of the train tracks. Notre maison se trouve à deux portes depuis la deuxième maison à gauche dans la photo. C’est le plus près qu’on puisse approcher depuis …
The départemental elections were held in most of France today. France is divided in 101 administrative units called départements. These are the billboards in front of our voting bureau in Les Grouets in Blois. Voici les panneaux d’affichage devant notre bureau de vote aux Grouets à Blois pour les élections départementales.
I love camellias but we don’t have any in our garden. This one belongs to a neighbour so I’m going to plant one as well. I just have to find where! J’adore les camélias mais nous n’en avons pas dans notre jardin. Celle-ci appartient à un voisin. Je pourrai donc en planter aussi. Il faut simplement …
This photo was taken by our friend and neighbour Françoise Courtet this morning from her bedroom window with her iPhone. The deer was then joined by two others. Since they are very timorous it’s difficult to get any closer. Cette photo était prise par notre amie voisine Françoise Courtet ce matin depuis la fenêtre de sa chambre …
A little late for chandeleur admittedly, but this was the first opportunity after the flu to get together with our neighbours for crêpes and vouvray, the local natural sparkling wine. Chandeleur or, more popularly, “la fête des crèpes” is held on 2nd February, 40 days after Christmas. One explanation is that it celebrates the presentation of Christ at …
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