mercredi 15 juillet 2026

A fire in Rouen.




On our Bastille day some of our beautiful old Normand houses caught fire! There are quite a lot of them in the centre  of the city.  So old buildings it’s sad to have lost them people have been very scary they were watching the football match when they smelled smoke, 60 firemen stayed 5 hours to extinguish the fire.

Now, I said I would do a blog pause to prepare our son and family arrival for their holidays and having medical appointments.
I will come and publish from time to time.
A fourth strong heat wave is arriving soon, we will have only a few days to breathe before the heat is back!
So I hope you’ll enjoy your summer and don’t have too much heat. For my part I am waiting impatiently for Fall and winter! Too much heat for me!
See you soon.








 

mardi 14 juillet 2026

Bastille Day 14th July!

We visited in Cherbourg an ancient nuclear submarine. This is Mr L you can see how narrow it is! The stairs are terrible! “Cite de la mer”
“Le Redoutable » submarine.

Our navy!

Hello friends!

This morning I am watching the military parade and at the same time I can hear the planes from the base a few kms from here coming back from Paris.
35 countries are participating this year.
It’s a tradition to watch the parade and go to the fireworks, but this year some of them are cancelled due to heat and fires.




35 Nations.


Reminds me of my father we were watching  the parade together each year.
Good day to you!

lundi 13 juillet 2026

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.

 

dimanche 12 juillet 2026

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!


 

samedi 11 juillet 2026

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.

jeudi 9 juillet 2026

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.





 

A fire in Rouen.

On our Bastille day some of our beautiful old Normand houses caught fire! There are quite a lot of them in the centre  of the city.  So old ...