Our ewes are not going to produce lambs anymore. We intended on them stopping last year but our ram Dini ( from Houdini!) escaped from his field along with the donkeys and managed to get himself under the fence and into the ewes’ field where he had been longing to be. On that damp …
Thank you very much David Asher for your book on cheese making: The Art of Natural Cheesemaking, using traditional, Non Industrial Methods and Raw Ingredients to Make the World’s Best Cheeses. I bought the French version of your book and I haven’t stopped making all sorts of delicious things with the good and fresh local …
A healthy brain seems to be what we need in order to live free of Alzheimer or any other degenerative diseases. A fascinating documentary on ARTE, a French/German channel, three years ago got me to rethink my way around health and the pharmaceutical industry. The program was called “Le jeûne, une nouvelle thérapie ?”= …
The reality of us human beings destroying our world on a terrifying speed and scale is escaping me. I don’t talk about it much or if I do it is like I would of a good TV series, with passion but somewhat detached. Like anything on TV, it is removed from me and so has …
For the last couple of years we have been thinking about building a pond below the orchard, where the ground below the fruits trees drops down naturally and where only stones prevail along with very few grasses and juvenile ash trees. We’re on the edge of the “Park Regional des Causses du Quercy Blanc” …
The honeysuckle in bloom is delightful. On the way to the donkey paddock it has grown into a robust shrub hanging above the path like a cloud, supported by a neighbouring hawthorn. I don't want to prune it if I can help it so the path has been diverted slightly to accommodate it. Here on …
The conker tree has unfolded his bright new green leaves over the past 2 weeks and the light on the balcony is now so inviting and invading the kitchen with its fluorescent glow… Below, the old wild plum trees are covered in white blossom and it’s particularly comforting this year, may be because the winter …
This winter has seen such an amazing number of different little birds coming to feed on our balcony. Geoff has been feeding them for a couple of years non-stop, right through the seasons, never missing a day, and we have been rewarded by an extraordinary daily spectacle. Well…may be drama is a better word for …
Our old 403 pick-up has been sitting in Michel’s yard for the last few days, looking miserable. In an attempt to have it back on the road, I had asked our mechanic in Puylaroque to look at it and tell us if it was worth spending a bit of dosh on it. Dad had …
Our animals are the trusting and peaceful companions for this terrestrial journey, which if we’re lucky , will last a few more years…. Every morning I get up to feed and water them, and to clean in and around their shed. It’s a moment of pleasure, it’s my yoga. I talk to them and …
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