Up the garden path

When we bought our house there were many aspects of the house and garden that we loved but there was one aspect we just couldn’t understand.  The path up to the garage from the back door had been built on a slope.  Not as in going from low to high but being high on one…

Concarneau was worth a second look.

From our base in Mellionnec we made a trip to Concarneau on the south coast of Brittany.  It is the third largest fishing port in France but we were not there early enough to view the fish market! This part of Concarneau is the Ville Close which is on an island in the harbour.  The…

Lost for words. . . . no, not really.

I have managed to find a book that has started me back into reading.  What is more, the title starts with the next letter I was meant to be reading in my A-Z Book Challenge way back in May when we went on our holiday!  It is not a magazine and it is not a…

Quiberon doesn’t float my boat.

Quiberon is a coastal town that sits at the end of a long peninsula on the south coast of Brittany. The reason I am not overly keen on it is the fact that it is a very touristy town.  There are about 22 hotels in Quiberon plus other types of accommodation. I prefer the unspoiled…

My lack of reading.

It is quite some time since I have done a blog post on my reading. I seem to be going through a phase at the moment of being unable to get stuck into a book.  I have tried several books since returning from overseas but seem to be unable to get into the book no…

The joys of gardens and gardening

We have just been down in Melbourne for a few days visiting our elder daughter.  While we were there she took us to Heronswood in Dromana. The garden is the home of the Diggers Club in Australia.  Diggers is reknown for the work it does in encouraging the use of heirloom seeds and plants.   Heronswood,…