Fast approaching is the first weekend of season 2019. Each new year for the chambers d’hôtes (B&B) begins with the Easter/Spring holiday, continues into full summer… and beyond until the autumn leaves appear. So now is the time to concentrate on refreshing and re-organising our beautiful home in preparation for guests… whoever they be…
Trees silhouetted against a brightening sky early one February morning…
Stopped to take tea in Mirepoix this morning, and loved the way that the summer parasols were contrasted against the green trees, and the chairs were waiting. The scene seemed perfectly set for people on holiday… a great view.
I have a memory, one summer, of a vulture sitting on my head . I was a bit freaked out. Neither of us enjoyed the experience, I know for sure that I was petrified. This is an ‘hommage’ to that bird. While I love birds and can admire their beauty at a distance, I’m not […]
It has been such a very wet early Spring and early Summer that the garden has profited to the the max. Especially the roses… so beautiful after the rain, with such subtleties the of colour and texture…
The evening before the regatta at Lac de Montbel. The photographs are grainy because of the low light level at 21.30 but I think that they have an impressionist quality. The last two are looking back towards the yacht club, the lights of la Régate restaurant, and the mountains.
