The sun is shining today for France's Fete National. Hopefully clear tonight for lots of fireworks.
A busy year so far and we must be doing something right ....our lovely guests have said such lovely things about us that Tripadvisor have awarded us this certificate.
Quite a lot to live up to, so no slacking this summer!
Over the last couple of months we have had some surprise additions to the hen house.
Our broody hens absolutely refused to give up their vigil, but I didn't really think they would hatch. We ended up with five chicks, none of them genetically linked to the broody hens. Four of them may be pure Lemon Cuckoo Orpingtons and one I suspect is crossed with the little brown hen - who is totally unimpressed by the chicks. They are now four weeks old and doing well. After a little hiccup with the first one, (slipped back into the nest once the others had hatched) the two Welsummer hens are perfect mums, caring for the chicks with no intervention from us. Fingers crossed that at least some of them are hens!
The flower market at Levignac was a bright and sunny day - plenty of plants to be bought and entertainment to be had.
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| Levignac flower market |
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| Music and dance at Levignac |
In May we had a visit from Rob, Susie, Orla and Lucas with Susie's mum, Pauline. We had gorgeous weather and a lovely time, can't wait for the next visit.
One of our days out was to the rose garden at
Boissonna. It was beautiful, we were inspired to create our own rose garden - still in the planning stage, and likely to be at that stage for quite a while longer!
We had another great evening with Dale Blade and the Roommates, this time at Domaine Gourdon.
This Friday they are at Monteton as part of a tour, fingers crossed for good weather.
We have had two clutches of Black Redstarts this year.
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| Four chicks in the first lot |
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and five in the lot that have just fledged
The latest chicks are still around the house being fed by the adults from time to time.
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A couple of weeks ago we went to
The Naked Vigneron for lunch with my cousin Mary and Gary who were staying for the week.
We had the most fantastic, long, leisurely lunch accompanied by their lovely wines. Thank you Amanda and David for a lovely afternoon.
We've certainly had some 'weather' just lately. Scorching sunshine, hot and sticky one minute and cool and showery the next with amazing thunderstorms.
This is the forecast for the coming few days..
Hopefully more settled for the rest of the summer. Come and join us! The gite is full until the beginning of September, but we have some vacancies in our guest house.
See you soon
Fiona and Hugh
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