My Life in the Charente: away

Sunday, 6 May 2012

Away for a bit

Just to let you know that I will be away for a couple of weeks. No posts from me, nor will I have the chance to visit any posts either. Sadly we have an unexpected trip back to the UK for a family funeral.

Meanwhile here are a few photos of my bluebells in the garden at the moment.

My Snowball Viburnum bush is just coming into flower; I hope it hangs on, so I can see it in its full glory on our return.

The 'black' tulip eventually (see bud in a former post) braved a couple of 'sort of sunny' days which we had, but could have looked more cheerful. The heavy rain and storms we have had in the last 3 weeks weren't good for delicate blooms!!

See you all in a couple of weeks.

Monday, 3 October 2011

Taking a Break

This post is just to let you know that I will be "off air" until sometime in November. We have a number of major changes happening in our life and I need some time out to get things in order. I am driving back to the UK this week and Nigel and I will be packing up the house over there and taking the opportunity to visit friends and family while we have the chance. Nigel has at last handed in his notice at work and the van arrives for our furniture at the end of October. November and December will be the time for resettling in France on a permanent basis. These events have been a long time in arriving and we hope that all runs smoothly, especially for the Euro!! We didn't pick a good time to adopt it full time! I cannot believe we bought here in France in 2006, and for so much of that time Nigel and I have been separated. Hopefully happy days are ahead and Nigel will get the chance to unwind and relax a bit.

I'll finish with a few random photos taken over the last couple of months. 'See' you all very soon. If I get the the chance, I will pop in and leave you the odd comment.