I’m catching a quiet moment today, before 2019 officially comes to a close, to reflect on this emotional year. This time last year I was back in the UK with Mum, leaving poor Joe still in early recovery from his finger surgery. We’d only just moved into the house, Arty was in Canada, and we…
Just a quickie, as I had so much catching up to do last time – I’d decided to be a bit more disciplined! Ha ha …. and now it’s November! The Office takes shape We’re moving on apace with the electrical installation and the plasterboard frames – Having used wood for all the stud walls…
Hurtling towards the end of October with not a blog in sight since Luke and Marie’s glorious July wedding! Clearly a fair bit of catching up to do! The Wedding So it all went beautifully – the happy couple looked exquisite; the rain fell in the afternoon, but nobody worried; the castle was a magical…
Oh so much to tell! I had hoped to get to my blog sooner, but we have been working day and night to meet deadlines we’ve set ourselves before Luke and Marie’s wedding… which is now in two days! It’ll be the first time many of our family will be seeing the house, so we’ve…
And already April has been and gone, and we are nearly at the end of May. Hardly surprising that this year has been such a blur… with injury and loss and a lot of trips to the UK. And a few weeks ago we were in Frankfurt installing an exhibition stand for Moulinage du Solier,…
We said goodbye to my wonderful Mum on February 24th at 7.17 am. I was lucky enough to be with her until the end. I was fearful that living in France would mean I would hear the news by phone, but as half term kicked off I jumped on a plane, and Mum and I…
A few days ago was our Harry’s 24th birthday – so before I write another word, I’d like to share this extraordinary tribute Beth created for him – it’s the first instalment of a 5 part montage project she is doing this year. Each video will be dedicated to a member of the family; moments…
Our first Christmas in Solignac! What a momentous thing! Absolutely loved every minute of it! Before we go any further, here’s our Bethy’s wonderful Christmas video for this year – rounding up 2018 for us. We think it’s her best ever! I have to confess that with Arty on his travels, and so much of…
So a couple of weeks ago snow was forecast, and we thought – yeah yeah, it’ll be a light dusting which will be gone in a flash… how wrong we were, and the region was as caught out as we were! This was what greeted us when we arrived at the house on the Tuesday…
A new home for us – a new home for the blog! Thanks Harry Atkins for my glorious new blog site! All the old blogs have been transferred here – I was approaching the limit of the media I could upload on my WordPress site, so Harry kindly made me a new home, where I…