À big, long heat wave!

 Hello Friends,

Here in France we are having a heat dome. Thunderstorms and hail. The temperature is rising and more than 40 degrees in some places. Schools are closed and some trains cancelled.😞 it is very a very serious moment.

Hope everything goes well. Damages have already occurred around us so I will be back in a few days . We will eat ice creams to get a little freshness!

It will be a long period of heat!

See you soon.

A visit to Giverny and a painting.

Hello Friends.

Today it is very, very hot here!

I am going to stay inside. ( blogger is a bit difficult to use these days have you noticed?)

 

Well, today I was remembering visiting an exhibition in the American museum at Giverny about motherhood.

I love this painting by an American woman “Mary Louise Fairchild” from Connecticut . I love everything, the lilies in back ground and the freshness of the scene with the mother and child. I fell in love with this painting and I wanted to share it with you today.

Isn’t it beautiful?
 

Do you remember this view?

Thit was in Spring.

Hope you had a nice visit!

Some things I like.

Hello Friends,

Today, it will be hot and thunder will arrive.

I went out early to take pictures of our hydrangeas 

Lilies are starting to to bloom

This hydrangea was a present from a Vietnamese friend 

Who has left this world so each year it’s a reminder of her for me. We did drawing classes together.

The flax field is not blooming yet

I am waiting for the blue field!

Something I like ❤️  pansies ear rings ( les nereides)

Will stay inside away from the heat!

Have a good day!

Cherry and lavender time

Hello Friends,

Today we both are tired, because Bandit our dog has been sick during the two last night and we have been to get up in the middle of the night. ( he has had a surgery because of a cancer and I hope he will be ok )

I went to cut some lavender in the garden and took a some pictures of our blue hydrangeas.

I had my breakfast late as I read in bed for some time being tired after these two nights.

He is sleeping trying to to recover 
 

I had a look at some  old “ Bliss Victoria” (2010 and 2013 issues) source: Bliss Victoria.

This is cherry 🍒 time and lavender time!

We will soon have very high temperatures 34 degrees Fahrenheit! And  the AC downstairs installed end of June  😔! ( I don’t like too much heat and sun!🌞)

Have a nice day! Enjoy!

Preparation and new Ikea bed.

The Hemnes Ikea bed upstairs.

Hello Friends!

This weekend we went back to Ikea on Saturday ( we are preparing our son’s family arrival for Summer)

We have change the bed in the downstairs bedroom. It can be transformed in a double bed and when it is a single bed  it is 10 cm less wider.

The view from the bedroom. The rose bush in full bloom.

The blue hydrangeas 

New bed with three drawers . We already have one upstairs.

We also got two high chairs for our grandchildren 

Ion Summer I like to make some little flags with some spare fabric to decorate the garden. So this is what I did yesterday and today some more to come!

This morning was our first wood delivery for our new fireplace stove for the winter! Arrival 8 o’clock! I had to rush outside! 

Saturday was also a day for sorting out boxes and give some to the charity shop, more to come. Today I will sort out more clothes to give away.

I am watching 👀 the flax field next to our garden but it is blooming very slowly…waiting to take pictures! Maybe this afternoon. The temperature is going up and the flowers will open with the sun.☀️ 

I wish you a nice week!

 

A Friday morning 🌅

 Today I drove 22kms to get my dog food! Bandit has digestive problems and he only  eats food from the vet 

Without cereals. After the vet I went to Lidl supermarket to get fresh fruits and vegetables 🥒 then went to the baker to get bread at the same time I bought two apricot  tartes and came back home. 

This morning it was raining a little bit, but now we are having sun and 20 degrees C.

“gluttony lesson number two”

“ gluttony is the sin of the good-hearted”

This is what’s written on the cake box!

In French “gourmandise”( gluttony)

I have really appreciated my apricot tarte I like a good simple cakes and apricots are very good!😊

Now I have housework to do and tidying.

Summer tarte! Tomorrow the temperature is going to rise again and in two weeks now we will fortunately have the AC installed downstairs!

Good weekend.

Flowers and watercolour.

Hello Friends 

Have you ever seen these beautiful cactus flowers!

My fabric brooch flowers. I like to make them
 

Working on these today.( still working on them)

I tried a different one from the little shops.

We will be busy this weekend, so I wish you a nice weekend! Take care.