Author Archives: frenchsheshed

Some days I think that I am going to have a quiet day just doing things here at home. We are having a barbecue tomorrow lunchtime so I was planning to cook some items and then get on to working on some crochet. As I have said previously I also run a second business, GiteContinue reading “Barbecues, bicycles and baking”

It’s a strange term and I’m really not sure where it came from but it is term used by crocheters when they rip out work that they have done. In my head I have the terrible 1980s song by Orange Juice , ‘Rip it up and start again,’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETAOp2yiMc0 playing as some sort of earContinue reading “Frogging”

France is known for it’s lively local markets in which you can buy anything from fruit and vegetables to new windows and doors. Anything and everything is sold in markets. I do like this and find that I go to the supermarket less and less. I try to use the markets as much as possibleContinue reading “Local markets”

Since December I have been saying on my Facebook pages that I will be launching a blog soon. And finally the day has arrived. I have been technologically challenged which is unusual for me, nevertheless I have managed to get there now. One of things that living is France is teaching me is patience. ItContinue reading “Learning patience”