Do or DIY! I noticed, very quickly after my arrival in France many years ago, that there are two main types of intrepid migrant! There...

I've got this! Stay with me here, as I feel very qualified to answer this conundrum, in that I have vast experience at house hunting in...

Keeps the doctor away? Actually, they just give me indigestion! So, I'm on my 'feel better' journey, mind, body and soul, but excuse me a...

Hope floats.....never loose hope. Hi again! I'm feeling very compelled to blog today, even though I really don't have a lot going on at...

And just like that, I am home and back in the thick of it, the hum drum of normal life. It's good to back home again, but it was equally...

Living Our zest for living, can rather ebb and flow throughout our time on this planet and I'm no exception. Still there's nothing like a...

Hello again! So sorry! Can't quite honestly believe the 'faff' involved in getting back into my blog! Wix was absolutely no help at all,...

Home is where the heart is Have you ever just NOT been able to get over yourself and get on with it? I've never been a fan of blaming...

Feel better by organising your shit! Why do we sort everything out before moving, but still move with tonnes of unnecessary junk? I'm...

Beauty Don't worry, I'm not gonna waste my life worrying about ageing, the clock is always ticking! I am here, I am present and I'm...

Really! Hello again! As I am bogged down with a nice dose of spring flu, it's the perfect time for a little catch up, I guess. Whats...

The time of my life or welcome to the wilderness........ Oh my, what a trigger the news has been lately and it's been all over the news,...

This is the May of my life. Dear 50 plus, the blossom years, no you are not just a number, you really are a collection of ailments! I was...

please Facebook. Yes, I'm double blogging! It's a rare occurrence indeed, but sometimes I just have more to say. As many of you already...

Thank goodness France voted in favour of M. Macron, just enough to save our souls from Le Pen and we now can rest a little easier for the...

and then some....... The thing about inheriting a mature garden, is that one can feel the soul of the gardener gone before. It's been an...

Thank you for all your support! Gumption......I use that phrase a lot, I know, but I really think it sums me and my good friends up, we...

I've been knee deep, covered in flour in my kitchen again! It's like they never left! 4 adults and 3 dogs, with the youngest on her way...

I've been scrolling again but not on social media! I know! Result! Haha! No, I've been trying to keep busy in order to help me stop...

We had some fabulously exciting news yesterday! Our little boy, all 32 years of him, finally popped the 'love me forever' question to his...