Stunningly beautiful snowy wintery weather has been with us for much of January and February – but we started the year with a few days of T-shirt-worthy sunshine, which we took advantage of to continue working on our beautiful bed-head beam. It was the only time we got outside though… there has been a lot…
So 2018 is upon us it seems – it arrived so fast my head is spinning! Hope you had the most wonderful of Christmases and the New Year celebration of your choice! (Ours was a cosy, quiet and extremely relaxed affair!) Before you read any further, please take a look at this year’s Christmas video…
First snow and WINDOWS…and a big old hole in the ground! November has been a month of giant leaps for us! We’ve still got Harry with us, already half way through his twenty hours of driving lessons and he seems to be a natural so fingers crossed he has his test before Christmas! Meanwhile, having…
So September came and went in a whirl! I spent a glorious, laughter-filled week in Faro with my lovely Mum… – All (literally all) Joe’s family gathered in York for his Mum’s 80th Birthday; we had the most wonderful precious weekend, with all our lot staying in a beautiful Airbnb farmhouse – Owl Cottage…
September is upon us… Harry’s been with us for a weekend visit; and for one historic half hour we were all together – Now Harry’s back in Paris – I’ve just dropped Beth off at the airport heading back to the UK for her second year at UCA. Arty and I started back at lycée…
Welcome to summer in Solignac – we’ve been moving and grooving our way through July and August – here’s what we’ve been up to! Laying concrete… We’ve laid a few more concrete floors – Arty and Cloe make a formidable team… they work and work until the job’s done, and Joe is refining his concreting…
News in brief… Our lovely Hills had to leave us with a chronic shoulder pain and docs orders to stop using it while it repairs – she spent her last month in France recuperating with her French ‘family’ in Provence – (from her French exchange when she was 16!) – she blogs her time here…
This year we’ve had the most memorable, magical family Easter gathering in Solignac – Easter egg hunt, archery, Ninja (new game…very funny!) and a magnificent roaring bonfire… and a feast of snacks! Truly special! Beth came home from Uni for a fortnight, and our lovely friend Hills has arrived from the USA to…
We’ve powered on through February -the weather has been glorious… mostly! Still basically in demolition mode, here’s what we’ve achieved this month: We got the water turned on without a hitch… and discovered that the little water heater in the kitchen still works perfectly! It’s destined for Joe’s workshop later, but for now it means we…
We’re nearly a month into ‘the build’… and it’s been a month of giant leaps! Since we signed for the house on 11th Jan, we’ve had a lot of magnificent snow – so we didn’t venture over to Solignac on the first weekend. Instead, we spent it in Bas, dismantling the studio and the workshop which we…