The weir at Chabanais
Posted on April 20, 2022
The River Vienne encounters a weir as it flows through the village of Chabanais.
Tree Rings
Posted on April 13, 2022
This log from my stash for the wood-burning stove had an intriguing pattern of rings if you looked at it closely enough.
A family lives here…
Posted on April 8, 2022
Sprouting garlic
Posted on April 7, 2022
Although it doesn’t usually get the chance, this time some of our garlic has ‘gone over’. We’ll plant it out and see what happens…
The woodburner
Posted on April 6, 2022
We thought we might have been finished with our woodburning stove until the autumn, but a recent cold snap led us to resort to it again.
March’s Last Photo
Posted on April 1, 2022
Spring is upon us, and in a field next to our local déchetterie (recycling point) here are the lambs to prove it.
Wisteria on the way
Posted on March 31, 2022
Tracks in the earth
Posted on March 30, 2022
After a lot of heavy rain earlier in the month, the past week or so has been warmer and sunnier (it won’t last). This has helped to dry out the previously sodden ground, but nonetheless there is still ample evidence in the surrounding fields of the passage of farm tractors through the mud.
French bread
Posted on March 25, 2022
There is nothing to beat fresh, ‘proper’ French bread – from a genuine artisan boulanger, not a supermarket.
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