jeudi 20 février 2025

This and that…

How nice to stay in bed for Bandit when it is raining outside!
My “ Apple rose”


 Hello Friends,

Today will be grocery day, i don’t like to go to the supermarket, but until May it will be worse! The traffic between home and the supermarket will be blocked by road works until May!

We already had the same road blocked with road works for three months last year and it was terrible 😞 I wonder why they haven’t done all at once? So,I will have to find how to avoid the road works which are very dangerous! I first lit my essential oil lamp to “Relax” 😂 it has different colours and the upstairs one is tea-tree, the downstairs one is lavender.

After our breakfast and  Mr L has left for work, Bandit our dog is waiting for me and rushes upstairs to have a nap on a bed. He chooses the bedroom he wants to go!

Today our son is flying to London for his work, he will stay an until next Thursday. Maxime was ill with high fever but was feeling better yesterday and William is also better.

Before grocery, I have to go to the post office ( only open 2 hours in the afternoon) to post William and DIL’s Birthday presents and then do some cooking and baking and some watercolour if time left…



Something new THE pill box more pills 💊  due to aaaging 😂 





Yesterday I tried something I did long ago, “apple rose “ I  had only one apple, so I must get some more today, puff pastry, apricot jam and more icing sugar to bake a full “ bunch of roses!”

I am glad we did some nice outings when it was nice and cold, because today the rain is back!

I have better go if I want to do all I have to do today!

Enjoy your day!



mercredi 19 février 2025

Easter DIY.

First Air fryer potato chips!

Hello Friends,

During the lockdown I made quite a lot of little crafts and I made these little rabbit family for Easter. 🐣 

I also made Mr 🦊 fox

The rabbits have a basket of carrots and a basket of apples.




 They are made with felt.

It’s all for today! Have a nice day!


lundi 17 février 2025

Memories

Our ferry in my childhood village was red before but now blue like Barbara in Cornwall! The ferry is crossing the river Seine .
Today it is freezing, but a beautiful day! At last!
No more rain for the moment.
On Thursday 15 degrees C for a few days…
We had our Valentine dinner at home.
The day before I went to do my shopping for the dinner, but all was already prepared and I had nothing to do except prepare the table.
For dessert I bought a little heart cake for two.
It was a “Mille feuilles” cake.


Do you remember our vacations car tour in the Netherlands? The following pictures were taken in Friesland ( north east of Netherlands) Appingedam 
I like the canals and water in general, having spent my childhood in a village on the river Seine’s banks.

These were the kitchens above the canal

 
And this was last Saturday in France Pont Audemer”
My childhood’s village “La Bouille”

The wide river Seine


Our village streets with typical Normand houses.



Hope you enjoyed the visit and I wish you a nice week!

dimanche 16 février 2025

Sun and fresh air




 Hello Friends,

Today, we had plenty of  work to do in the garden and in the house, but it was SO sunny that we left for another outing!

I know some of you already know the place having done the cruise on the river Seine. This is Chateau Gaillard

It was the fortress of Richard Coeur de Lion.

The river Seine was of a nice silver colour it was really a beautiful view. I could not climb up the fortress this time I did it two years ago with the family when our son visited us, but this time I had problems to walk.

Sometimes you need a break and no need to go very far to see beautiful landscapes, have some fresh air and ☺️ sun!











samedi 15 février 2025

Nice weather and a little outing.

This morning, the weather was fine, blue sky and sun 🌞 
We had an appointment with a company to get our trees trimmed and it should take place in March.
Then we decided to go for an outing to have take some sun and fresh air.
We went to one of our favourite place and shop to have a look and Mr L found me a nice scarf.
We decided to to head for « Pont-Audemer »
I took some pictures of the town a typical Normand little town not very far from the sea.

A small river called the Risle goes through the village.
An old bookshop 

Narrow paved streets
The town square with the church 
The Risle 

An old advertisement for ladies and children clothing 
« Raincoat and furs »


We came back before dark and found this pink and blue sky.
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This and that…

How nice to stay in bed for Bandit when it is raining outside! My “ Apple rose”  Hello Friends, Today will be grocery day, i don’t like to g...