La Chatte Gitane

Where we now live also includes a holiday rental house or gîte, as it is called in French. We were lucky enough to have been left the charm...

Chilled to the bone. I'm irritable and in a constant state of snappiness. Because I'm cold ! I know there are many, many people...

My mum is arriving today ! She seems to be in good spirit (on the phone at least) since her last ordeal. We will pick her up at Toulouse air...

I've been spending many days  creating the website for our new venture. Only the English version has been published so far, as I am stil...

To this blog, if probably only for a while. Also, we have returned to France. To live. Maybe also only for a while, who knows what the futu...

When our our kitten Pixie/Gypsy   left one evening never to return, a year ago now, I was so, so incredibly sad for weeks (still am), that m...

A courgette (zucchini) will turn into a big fat marrow, or monster, to be precise. This very large specimen is 60 cm in length and 16 c...