Anji Patchwork

For the last 11 years (already?) I’ve had an annual appointment with the ‘wimmins’ doctor, who always put me in mind of the Swedish Chef fro...

If any of you remember Alan, now is the time to say goodbye.  If you've lost the link, send me an email using the link above the lime cl...

Yesterday was an auction day, so we set off for the station just before 5 o’clock in the morning. We had an excellent day. We managed to a...

Is a replica of the frigate used by the General Lafayette in 1780 to reach America in order to fight against the English in the War of Indep...

I left the soup in the fridge so that I could skim off the fat easily. Then I used a colander to drain the soup from the bits of chicken an...

Christian and J have a new puppy. Isn’t he gorgeous? He’s a Jack Chi and very small. So now I have two grandchildren . We won’t be mee...

Today I decided to try making chicken soup. It’s supposed to be really good for you. I looked up several recipes online and as there were ...

Back in February I wrote about seeing an incredible sunset in the UK. It was on 7th February, I remember that because it was Christian’s bi...

I don't understand what has happened here.  This flower is 45 centimetres tall while its siblings measure around 23 centimetres: S...

Recently one of our favourite cafés closed down. Le Duperré has been open under that name at least as long as we’ve been in La Rochelle – o...