Came across this little piece in French Entrée about the chef Paul Bocuse. He is very famous in France and you can find a couple of plates from his restaurant near Lyon in our online shop click here and also an interesting and … read more…
Since we pruned the willow I have been meaning to do something with a bit of it. So I decided to make a simple bit of edging for one of the vegetable plots, to stop the grass encroaching. It was … read more…
Well, another first here at la maison! we’ve been drinking the sap collected by tapping a silver birch tree or two round the lake. At this time of year the sap is rising in trees and plants and in many … read more…
Not in any way enhanced by a photo editor, the colour in the pictures of this sunset the other day are phenomenal! Not a lot more to add really except we didn’t get to see the eclipse that many of … read more…
Well, this area is very famous for its’ porcelain and there are shops and factories all over the place. However something I didn’t expect to see when making a quick visit to our preferred outlet was a display of electrical … read more…
Once a year jobs seem to come round very quickly like this one to prune one row of the willow. Cut with a chainsaw and then gathered mostly for the bonfire, some saved for edging the bottom beds. The idea … read more…
The end of Feb / beginning of March is the time the Cranes migrate back to northern Europe across France. Every year they pass overhead here and again this year it was quite spectacular. Day after day of cawing as … read more…
Not maybe what you were thinking, but we do have a welder in our midst. Music has been putting his welding skills to the test in order to fabricate a set of steel grills to go at the outflow of … read more…
Well not exactly ours, but we do play host to quite a wide variety of birds here at the lake. Over the last few years we have noticed a pair of Egrets (Héron Blanc in French) fishing and perching around … read more…
And so it goes on, a section of the outside covered part of the workshop building has recently had a lovely smooth concrete floor laid (apart from the paw prints). It is so that the dust extraction system has a … read more…