Author Archives: frenchsheshed

So this will be a short post this evening. Unfortunately my back is playing up and I have been in a lot of pain today so everything has taken time and hurts. Not a good combination. Trying to organise washing when bending hurts isn’t easy. I have spent the best part of the last hourContinue reading “Short and sweet”

It has been an incredibly busy weekend. I had turnovers to do in the gite every day and several breakfasts too. Last night was the final of the European Cup which didn’t quite turn out as some of my friends and family had hoped. However the final is really rather respectable after the last fewContinue reading “Rabbits, ratchets and hares.”

So today a friend helped me to clean and set up the gite. It took two of us 3 hours even though it was not particularly dirty and we had a clear plan. Then of course this evening there were a number of changes. There were new bookings and a change to one that hadContinue reading “Cleaning and changing!”

As usual my day has been busy but mostly enjoyably so. There was one challenging job but I got that over and done with first thing. I took the dogs to the stream this morning. I noticed that the longer I stood there the louder the stream and the sound of the birds seemed toContinue reading “Mindfulness and natural sounds”

Apologies for not posting yesterday, all will be explained shortly. And thank you to those who checked up on me. It was a terrible day. Yesterday morning I was woken up by Brian licking my face. Who is Brian, he is my younger son’s cat. When my son and my husband went back to theContinue reading “A slight interruption – in memory of Brian”

I know a strange title. I will get to that shortly. I am still on go slow given that I am in a lot of pain. I have been led to believe that there will be deep bruising and that it will take some time to come out. At the start of the weekend IContinue reading “Socken Stopp”

So another quiet day at home. Even if I had felt like going out I couldn’t. I was expecting a parcel at some point today and some friends had said that they would come and tackle the grass. So I stayed home. I have now completed the women’s moccasins and include some photos below. IContinue reading “Post and Pantouffles”

As with yesterday I have had a very quiet day. The pain in my back is worse again at the moment, so I’m taking the painkillers and taking it easy. I spent part of the day doing online banking. Whilst I find it a pain at the beginning of each month, I am so gratefulContinue reading “A quiet day”

It will be a short post today. I really haven’t done anything. I have been very tired today and wonder whether I am having a bit of delayed reaction to the fall. I did want to share the crop that came out of our mini poly tunnel yesterday. I’d like to claim the green fingersContinue reading “Green fingers”

Apologies for the late post however I have been to market this evening. Having said that I have come home early because my back has suddenly started to hurt badly. Maybe it was the sack of dog food I moved earlier! Yesterday I had to go to Quimper to the Prefecture to have my fingerContinue reading “Finger prints and frites”