A pause to nurse our Bandit.

Dear Friends,

I will take a beak from my blog  for a week being busy nursing our old dog. The surgery was ok but it was heavy one so I’ll be busy these days. Hope he will improve!

Result of the analysis in two or three weeks… we will see???

I wish you a nice week.

My first purple roses

Rhododendron 

 Rhododendron 

A busy weekend !

Hello Friends!

To wish you a good weekend!

I will be busy with my dog Bandit’s surgery all weekend. Bandit is in his 13 and I hope he will be ok we did a blood test and the vet said he can do the surgery.

Our grandchildren arrived safely in Dubaï they will be going back to school and nursery next week. ( if all goes well) in fact they are back to school today only to have one school day before the weekend to get used to be back again.

This year my yellow peonies are in full bloom, last year it had only one flower ( it’s a new one) and I am very pleased to look at it every morning when I wake up! This makes my day!

Have a nice weekend my friends.

 

A relaxed and sunny day!

Hello friends!

Today, it’s cold but the sun shines 🌞! It lifts my mind ( not sure of the words)  and while I renewed  my passport in the little bourg ( country town) I decided to spend the day out!

I was sitting by the door but I changed it was too cold!

The restaurant’s name is “two zebras”. I was the first one, but many people arrived. ( they are well known)

 You can see at the back two zebras heads. It’s because the owners are twins .

I had chicken rice and salad.

Then I did a little walk. Old Normand buildings

The strange church! The steeple being on one side!

Shops are closed for lunch but leave flowers outside 

This is where I buy my coffee

These narrow streets are nice but very windy 🌬️ 

Then I went to the supermarket to get some fresh fruits and vegetables.

Last night in the basket for 4 euros I got:  fresh lasagna for four people, 450 gr beef, some butter, olives, a salad.

I will use the butter to bake this afternoon and put the baking in the freezer.

Well now I have better bake and use the butter!

( hope our grandchildren will have a safe travel back!)

An early delivery!🚚!

 Hello friends!

This morning I received a photo book my son had ordered 

For my Birthday! The second one. I had year 2025 and this one is part 1 of year 2026. It’s amazing how fast the boys are growing!!!

Today it is very windy and cold, but it is going to be sunny and warmer tomorrow. Tomorrow is the day I am going to have a new passport done. Mine has less than six months before expiration but to go to visit my son it must be more than six months before, so I have to go to the town hall I have a new one done.

The meals have been prepared for a few days, laundry is done. I have some windows left to clean, I did the inside but too cold to clean the outside.

I think this afternoon I’ll do some watercolour and visit blogs.

On Friday evening I will have to prepare Bandit ( our dog) for his surgery, no food , no water until Saturday evening after his surgery.

Last night I saved a basket from waste using “Too good to go” I don’t know what I’ll got tonight my husband will bring it home on his way. This one is from a small supermarket but there are some from bakery fleet shop…

I’ll tell you tomorrow!

I must finish this watercolour today!

Have a nice day or evening!

Spring in the garden!🪏

Today, it was… cold!

I stayed inside did house chores and 🍞, pork with my rhubarb (which was very good!) cooked beef. With carrots 🥕 in my crockpot. I finished the laundry, cleaned some windows and made some yogurt.

This afternoon washed my hair and blew dry and then had a rest!

Tonight I went to look at the garden flowers and took pictures.

I had news from my son who is alone in the flat and does some cleaning and reorganising before I hope the grandsons arrival. But depends on the situation.

An Azalea  my father in law gifted me on Mother’s Day.

It was very little. It’s a good thing to remember a person.

We took part of the wisteria down because we want to paint the wall. The lilac is becoming tall this year.

Camelia 

One of the Maple trees has got its leaves.

Tomorrow one house chores again and blog visiting!

Have a nice day or evening!

(Source: ZZZOe)

New purchase in my dressing and new peonies.

Hello friends!

I was waiting for my yellow peonies to bloom 

And with a little bit of sun 🌞 it’s done! It will have about 10 flowers this year.

Friday I cut some of my rhubarb and cooked it to eat with pork meat. We first had this dish in the Netherlands and it’s very good.

On Saturday we also did some photos to renew  our passports.  It was a great time! We laughed a lot but it’s scary to see how old we  now are 😂 

We had great fun!

During the weekend we’ve walked 10 kilometres!

Yesterday I told you we did some Spring shopping yesterday. I had a voucher of 150 € in my favorite Italian outlet so we drove to the town Saturday  morning.

I found navy blue linen dresses ( my favorite!)

Kaki linen trousers scarves and bag…

The first picture is one of the dresses with a long Summer kimono that I found in Dubaï.

The second is the Indian scarf I found yesterday on the coast.( hand printed)

Kaki linen trousers 

A very light Summer jumper

And a very special bag! Made with Bandanas ( the Bandanas we had long ago) to go with my navy blue clothes.

 Well now I am better equipped for Spring and Summer!

More clothes added to my wardrobe!

Have a nice week! Take care.

A little weekend outing.

Hello Friends,

Today, we went out to breathe fresh air, have our lunch by the sae and walk 5 kms.

We drove through rapeseeds fields (a lot) this beautiful yellow colour. We saw potato 🥔 fields, and flax fields which is beginning to come out and this will be a beautiful blue colour. These pictures are from last year but the fields will be of this colour soon.

After we drove through the countryside we arrived at the sea ( the Channel in French La Manche sea) it was still cool and the sea was a bit rough, but I like it !

We walked by the cliffs and enjoyed the sun and light wind.

Rapeseeds fields.

On our way we discovered a nice Castle 

With a beautiful pigeon house

I took a picture of these trees on our way they are so majestic!

 Next weekend we won’t be able to go out because our dog will have his surgery on next Saturday, so we enjoyed our weekend!

( I don’t know if our grandsons will be able to go back to Dubai next week???) we will see…hope all will settle soon!

On Saturday we went to my favorite clothing shop and I found new Spring clothes I’ll show you next time !

I wish you a nice new week.