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...

My very first nephew, my mother's first grandchild, my brother's first born. He was born on the 20 th September 2007, weighing 3.820...

Look at this. These pictures have been sitting in the 'Draft - section' of my Blog since the 30th May. It is about time I put them o...

Here, it isn't possible to walk through the garden without a cat trying to block your way by throwing themselves in front of you. Like G...

Summer scenes ? The weather has been apalling, even here, in the south of France, but we have to try and make the best of it. At least the g...

Still not tempted ? Then scroll down and look at the amount of fresh yummyness I picked today. We started off last year with 10 strawberry p...

Unfortunately, I might not be able to add recipes to my blog for the next couple of months as my schedule will be rather busy, with the gard...