Packing with Dad – almost moving day

This afternoon we invited some friends round for coffee and a chat. They were keen to see the kitchen too, even in it’s unfinished state. When I last blogged we had finally decided on the paint. On friday my father and husband painted the walls and woodwork (where possible). Here it is on Friday, during…

Sharing my daily iPhone photos on my blog

I may have mentioned before that I took an online photography course during the summer with CJ, and I learnt lots. So I have signed up for the next one, which was People Imagery, and this is the first week. The task was to take 9 photos against a non-destracting background. The first set were…

Food, glorious food! My fave foods would include – Creme bruleePasta carbonarraChristmas Dinner with all the trimmingsProfiteroles with chocolate sauceRoast ChickenApple Crumble and warm custardGoats CheeseFresh mango and pineappleSteak and Chips On to the recipes – they all link to recipe posts on this blogSpicy Sausage Pasta Home made vegetable soup My Mum’s Florentines Fifteens…

Today we headed for a chateau, which made a change from a cathedral!  Or else there would have been a risk that this blog and our holiday would need to be remamed “a Tour or French Cathedrals while House Swapping”! It was in the beautiful village of Pierrefonds, and not surprisingly has been used as a…