A corner of France

I'm sure there's a deeply philosophical comment to be made here, but perhaps the picture speaks for itself.

We've had really strange weather this year. We've had hot spells, so that some of our newly-planted trees, that haven't got muc...

We are endowed with a fair share of reptilian wildlife around here. Slow-worms, grass snakes, various kinds of lizards, and adders. Adders...

Five minutes outside by the blackberry bush yielded these blackberries that were turned into a very nice tart one evening, and a d...

We have had strange weather this year. A dry heat wave in Spring, followed by mild rainy weather with occasional sun. This has conufsed th...

The website for the Opéra de Baugé tells you more about the organisation than I can in this blog. We went there recently with some friends...

I seem to be inundated with small creatures at the moment. This bat stuck itself to the wall last night. I'd better leave it alone; hi...