New purchases

Hello friends!

First let me show you the sandals I found yesterday to wear with many different clothes and with my polka dot dress.

The little basket I found it some weeks ago

This is the new dress

A small crochet bag

New pink rose bush I decided to put pink, different blue and white in the garden.

This is the rose bush at one corner of the house that is starting to bloom, many roses to come!

Black eye Susans

 This is the front door. Next weekend we are going to clean the terrace! A big job

Today, I must really go to have my hair cut before the big rush of the week! Move the furniture before they clean the chimney and install the wood stove and next the cleaning 🧽! I think I will have a lot of cleaning 

Then the installation of an AC downstairs a little later. I had to order wood for a delivery, boiler cleaning and our other AC cleaning. all will be done in May and June before the firm’s holiday.( nothing is working here in August!) more to come in September. I always have to organise before the holidays and rush in September. So everything will be done!

It is always cold but from Thursday the temperature will increase and we will suddenly have 30 degrees C for the weekend about 20 degrees difference.

News from our grandchildren. They are back to school, but for how long?

We prepare their arrival this summer but we are not sure they can come? This makes a lot of worries! 

Well, I have better go now. I wish you a good week.

New peonies, roses and weekend!

Hello Friends 

Let me show you my new Mother’s Day peonies! ( two others are smaller and must be potted  this weekend.

Roses are starting to to bloom despite the freezing temperatures. But next week it should be hot 🥵 

The sparrows are nesting bringing dry grass to their nest in fact they are living here all year having food and water.

Some babies have already left the nest. We have got four nests! A lot of noise!

 I had news from my son, the schools are not re opening for the moment, but the kids Birthday parties are now taking place and friends gatherings too! They ‘ll be busy on Sunday!

I will be busy this weekend so I wish you now a good weekend! 

Spring cleaning.

First signs of Spring!

Hello Friends!

Spring cleaning has started!

We do our daily cleaning but here when first signs of Spring arrive we begin our big cleaning.

🧽 I heard on our local radio that this big cleaning is very good for our mind. There was a psychiatrist on the radio who said that it was an occasion for a renewal and boost your energy! I don’t think young people do it, but our generation still does it.

I started a big sorting out and now Spring cleaning.

These are the old book I have about grandma tricks about house cleaning.

(Source:Aujourd’hui comme autrefois les nouveaux secrets de famille. Edt Solar)

(Source: secrets de grand-mère Edt France Loisirs)

(Source : l’armoire de Mamie edt Ouest France)

 

This and that…

Some of the last flowers in the garden. Today it is cold 13C I put a pullover on this morning and I ordered fuel for the boiler

We will soon need the heater on!

 Hello Friends !

Today, is kennel day! Going to drive an hour to get our dog  Bandit from the kennel.

Bandit is happy to be back home! He doesn’t like to travel in the car but enjoys home.

I did some shopping yesterday and today I will do some cooking and baking.

Mr L had an appointment to the dentist this morning and the tooth infection was due to a broken root he has had a tooth extracted before going to work! He went to get painkillers and I hope he’ll be ok!

I wish you a good day. Thank you for visiting.

A garden surprise!😮

Lots of snow ⛄️ in the french mountains in one night 1.20 metres!

And  worried about a big sand storm in Dubai

The children will not go out the dust and sand are very dangerous.

Hello Friends!

I am busy today, preparing Easter, but when I went out in the garden I went to get my phone to take pictures of my apple trees. The flowers are so beautiful ❤️!

This first one give tiny little decorative apples, the second one has only few flowers but gives big good apples.🍎 

In two days it is now in full bloom.

 The rhubarb is growing quickly and I am impatient to bake crumbles!

Now I must go back to my work and wish you a nice day!

Our little village in Spring .

The town hall « Mairie » and wedding room.

Our garden! 

This morning, I first went to the hairdresser and then stopped to take some pictures of our small Normandy village.

Our church ⛪️ which is being renovated 

The foot path going to the field

The typical Normand house. It was the presbytery 

Churchyard 

This was the house of the man who in the past rang the church bell.🔔 

Our post office 

 

I wish you a Happy Easter!