Notes from the Road
It’s been over a week since I announced my little blogging break, a week that I’ve been away from home. First, two days visiting friends in the small city near our old island home, then…
View PostIt’s been over a week since I announced my little blogging break, a week that I’ve been away from home. First, two days visiting friends in the small city near our old island home, then…
View PostI find I need to hit the Refresh button here. I don’t know that I’ve ever taken a full week away from the blog in the more than ten years I’ve been blogging, and it…
View Post1. This climbing rose, which I suspect might be New Dawn, began the season well, but then suffered a very persistent campaign by aphids, which not surprisingly resulted in an affliction of powdery mildew. Mid-summer,…
View PostMore mural art from my neighbourhood. This is from a back alley a few blocks away, behind a mix of commercial and residential buildings. I thought I’d take you for a short walk this morning…
View PostThe ardoise at Le Petit Vatel. May I recommend the boudin noir? Black pudding/blood sausage is not to everyone’s taste, I know, but I suspect you’d all appreciate the Gâteau au cédrat confit (Cake with…
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