A visit to Brittany.

A place I enjoy!😊 

Costumes 
 

Hello Friends!

Today will be a visit  to Brittany. A fortress in the middle of the sea!

Sunset

Artichokes the speciality with cauliflower 

Beautiful churches!

Old house

Coiffes special hats that goes with costumes 

Hope you enjoyed the visit!

Summer time.

Hello Friends,

We still are in danger now with 250 fires in our country. A big forest near Paris is on fire 500 firemen are fighting the fire there 60 kms from Paris. It is very hot and dry!

Last night a fox was crying and not feeling well it was dark but I could hear him. Today as usual I put water to the birds, hedgehogs and I am thinking of putting water where I heard the fox close to our bedroom window.

It is a very stressful situation and the wild animals are suffering a lot!

Well, the picture is a picture of our daughter’s allotment garden. She looks after her garden very well and is getting a lot of fruits and vegetables from her garden and in  her home garden vegetables from her greenhouse.

All the situation is very worrying some fires are criminals especially in the forest close to Paris.

I hope to have better news soon  but I doubt it for the moment.

 

A visitor.

Hello friends!

Not much to say! Except that fields are burning everyday when they harvest. It is hotter and hotter on Saturday we went to buy another mowing robot. They will deliver and install it on Thursday. We will have a bank holiday on Tuesday “ Bastille day!” Many fireworks are cancelled due to dry hot weather and fires.

We are not going to out much except grocery shopping and my husband going to work.

This week I’ll start the preparations for our son’s family arrival and wait until the heat comes down( if possible?) to do some cooking in advance to put in the freezer.

The picture is from our daughter’s house. The door was open and a hedgehog 🦔 came in and ate their cat food and drank!

So now they give him food  and water outside in their garden. They live in town!

We are giving a lot of fresh water for all our birds, sparrows… the little ones are now out of their nests. We have four nests above our first floor windows!

 Wishing you a nice week!

 

Fresh food for heatwave!

Hello friends! 

Today, we went to get our dog food at the vet, new sandals for indoor and new medication at the pharmacy. 

Them we tried to use our 7 year old mower robot that I called” Nono”  but we  were not successful! the new one will arrive on Wednesday. We had to buy another  one ! I don’t know what name I will choose for him maybe 🤔 “ Nono” number two 😂!

We went to the farm next, my husband wanted his favorite “ Pate croute” with foie gras in the middle

( sorry for the geese or ducks! I don’t eat foie gras anymore for the welfare of the geese or ducks)our children are vegetarians and I will have to cook vegetarian for a month when they come.

But I don’t mind and I am doing some salad with lettuce, 🥬 tuna, peaches, Mozzarella di buffala , croutons, olives and avocados. Mixed with olive 🫒 oil and balsamic vinegar.

Thank you for the salad ideas! Tomorrow I’ll try the one you suggested me.

I will also cook fresh salmon in my little air fryer 10 mn and leave it cool down and then put it in the fridge for another salad with shrimps and potatoes.

I like peaches in salads  it is very good and refreshing same with strawberries.🍓 

We are now watching our English serie: “ All creatures great and small” a series in Yorkshire with beautiful sceneries. It is the story of veterinaries in the rural countryside in 1937 James Herriot. A beautiful  and interesting serie.

 I wish you a nice Sunday and prayers for the people in Spain who are fighting against enormous fires.

A very difficult and dangerous time!

Hello Friends!

Today, it is going to be HOT again!

I don’t want to bother you, but the situation is really serious! Fires everywhere in Europe especially in Spain big fires 🔥 

I will have to go and get some groceries early morning before the rising heat and then stay inside “Again! And again!” We will have to wait till 15 th of July to have a cooler weather. Today it is declared to be a dangerous weather week more than 40 degrees in the shade in some places. Here today 35 in the shade. Extreme heat 🥵 is declared in the country!

I am looking for new salad recipes  I don’t want to use the oven or gas. I use my small air fryer if needed.

The flax in the field is left to dry for some weeks before it is harvested. I like the pattern they make.

After the 14 th of July our national day I will certainly make a blog pause when our son’s family will arrive. I will have to prepare the house, get some food… not much to say for the moment as i can’t go out and take pictures. Many people lost their house and lives unfortunately because of the numerous fires I hope things will improve very soon!

I wish you a good weekend and hope to have better news next time.

 

What’s going on here today?

Hello Friends!

Today, I will finish my ironing and smoothing out for shirts. As I was not well during three weeks

I was very late and have a lot to do! 

Yesterday I took a picture of of our dog Bandit, he has a cancer but had a surgery and is ok for the moment. He is 13 years old and we will only go on holidays in September because it’s too hot for him to go to the kennel!

It is a bit boring! The climate news are always the same! About 33 in the shade! Yesterday midday 44 in front of the house. The consequences are below! Crops fires! A lot!

(Source: France 3Normandie)

 

But Bandit is still relaxing and it to hot with the AC drinking water and waiting to go out for his walk with dad early morning and late at night.

When Maxime was here he loves our grandchildren 

Hunting moles

Dressed for Christmas 

Waiting for an enemy! Cats!

A little angel at the kennel!

He is very serious 🧐 at the kennel.

Enjoy your day!

Sun flowers and painting.

Hello Friends!

I had the idea of today’s post on “ Eva blogja” from Hungary 🇭🇺 

I saw some sun flowers on her blog and it reminded me  of last year sun flower field.

I had to choose the right moment to take the picture because they are following the sun 🌞 as you know and I did not want to take a picture of them not facing me 😂 

What a beautiful yellow! The clout of Summer!

But I wish we had less sun this year and less heat

But there is nothing we can do?

I also love Daisies!

These are sunflowers on a painting in an exhibition  I went to at  Giverny museum . Gustave Caillebotte if I remember correctly this painting is in the Orsay Museum in Paris if you want to see it.

 I wish you a nice day!