October Observations – or Dismal Dictons Continued

I haven’t done a sayings (dictons) blog for a week or so – definitely time for one. You could blog full time just about French sayings, there are so many of them!
Here’s my pick of October related ones. I’m afraid they’re only a tad less doom-laden than the autumn ones I listed here.
1. Gelée d’octobre [...]

Marching On

It looks like winter might finally be over. It’s been another long one, and our coldest and snowiest to date. We pretty much exhausted our wood supplies so it’s time to start building up a store for next year.
However, a few more things to do first. We’re almost there on the gite renovation. That’s been [...]

Cool pool

Why on earth didn’t we get a pool before! We all love it and it’s proving to be a big hit with guests too.