There’s a legend in France and other parts of Europe about Les Saints de Glace (Ice Saints), whose feast days are May 11th-13th. The story goes that farmers would invoke these saints to prevent a late frost from destroying their seedlings. It’s still a pervading legend, and many people won’t […]
Several days ago I looked out the window and saw an odd spiky object hanging from the mulberry tree. I moved closer to the window and realised "Dudes! The birdseed is growing!" I gasped! "Could it be Spring?" Later on a grabbed the camera and took a walk around the […]
Happy Monday!
When you move to a foreign country, there are things you don’t think about, like, the keyboards being set up differently, or the fact that there is no school on Wednesdays. I quickly got used to the former, but the latter one stumped me for years, even before having a […]
My love for Instagram knows no bounds, I think I am addicted and might need to seek help. I took over 1000 IG photos in 2013! In order to select my favourites, I decided to choose one from each month. And even that was hard! Here they are, January to […]
LunchMenu planningDrawingTractorsPlumGood friendsPuff pastryPiesCookiesHungry HipposDumplingsWineLittle boys playingLots of catching upLaughterVery late bedtimesSleepoverSharing dou dousCoffeePancakesFamilyMusicBirthdayFlowersFive coursesChampagneLots of candlesMusicFuture Plans How was your weekend?
At least, if every Fall day was like the one we had last Thursday, it would definitely be edging Spring out as my favourite season. After over a week of rain, and grey, and clouds and wind, the sky cleared and the sun came out. Temperatures rose to at least […]
It's June 3rd, and my desk calendar is still showing April. The month of May went by in a blur of holidays, weekend trips, way too much rain and 10 or so days of illness. It's time for me to sit quietly for a bit, and reflect and reset my […]
We just celebrated a super long weekend in France. Both Kieran and Lucas were off from Wednesday until Sunday! We spent Wednesday at home working in the garden and doing other household projects, then headed into Lyon on Thursday to spend the weekend visiting friends. That's Lucy in her teaching […]
Happy May Day! In France there's an expression En avril Ne te découvre pas d'un fil En mai Fais ce qu'il te plaît which basically means that in April you shouldn't pack away the winter clothes yet (literally don't remove even one thread from your clothes), but in May you […]
