Springing into Summer

Bonjour à tous! This week has been a busy one – the grass will persist in growing at a rate of knots!  We have several species of protected orchids in our garden (as have most people in this area of France) and we have to do our bit to keep them safe.  Various...

Spring has sprung – with a vengeance!

Just a week ago, if you had told me that Spring would arrive and transform our garden from winter’s silhouettes into verdant flower and leaf, I would have laughed disbelievingly!  But this is just what has happened! Last week the trees outside our house were...

Harbingers of Spring

Hurrah!  Spring is on the way!! Truly!! I promise!!  Especially to our friends currently immersed in piles of snow in the mid-west of America!  You may only see white out of your windows – if you can see out of your windows at all!! – but I can assure you...

Spring-cleaning, gardening and weaving….

Spring has an incredible effect on everything, doesn’t it?  If you look around you, people are happier, more relaxed, smiling and laughing a lot more, and more willing to help each other.  It also has us putting our house in order!  I’ve been...

Mindfulness Take 2

You know how suddenly everything grows and puts on its coat of green?  Well this week in my corner of the world, spring has suddenly sprung.  Leaves are popping up all over the place, and suddenly the world looks less bare and forlorn.  It’s amazing how it...