Paris and cycling

Over at La Belette Rouge, the countdown to Paris has our favourite weasel in a palpable state of excitement, and it’s contagious. After all, my trip begins a month before hers does: we leave on…

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connections in my blog neighbourhood

Paul and I took a walk around the island this morning — the sunshine is with us again today — and I played tourist with my camera for you. Above is one of the older…

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Thanks and a busy weekend

I’m bowled over by the support and encouragement I received from readers in comments to my last post. To have such thoughtful, bright, perceptive, and articulate people bother to read and comment about my writing…

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Who do I think I am? You tell me

It’s been a busy week with Girlcook visiting and none of the quiet time I usually have on my own in the evenings. Nicely compensated for, of course, by some amazing meals. She made the…

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Une Randonnée through random thoughts

Last week, I spoke of black in the garden. Here’s an example, the dark foliage of sambucus nigra ‘Black Beauty.’ Even were we to have a freak mid-March snowstorm, spring is unstoppable now. Almost every…

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Copyright

Unless otherwise stated, all words and photographs in this blog are my own. If you wish to use any of them, please give me credit for my work. And it should go without saying, but apparently needs to be said: Do not publish entire posts as your own. I will take the necessary action to stop such theft. Thanks.