The chicks have become a little too free range when it comes to wandering into our neighbour's garden, so their wanderings have been curtailed a little.
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| They're getting just a bit TOO confident! |
They are now confined to quarters until a bigger pen is made around the orchard for them.
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| The winner of the 'I can keep the dead toad long enough to eat it' competition! |
The B & B and gite are filling up - Hugh will soon be able to retire! We had a house full of perfect guests, celebrating a silver wedding anniversary, last week. Thank you, Vince and Julie, Joy and Steve, Rae and Mia, Andrew and Lesley, we thoroughly enjoyed your party - all week!
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| The perfect guests! |
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Vince opening Champagne to get the party going. Apparently all the
jokes have already been made by his colleagues! |
Missing from the picture - the photographer, Hugh of course, and lovely number one daughter, Ellen, on a weeks 'holiday'. She somehow managed to stay out of all photos. I'm sure Nicole must have some on her antiquated film - I'll publish them as soon as they arrive so we will have proof of a lovely week.
During the week, a visit to
Domaine Gourdon for a spot of wine tasting and buying. Thanks to Jonathon for an enjoyable and educational session, and coping with all Steve's questions!
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| No spitting! |
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| Plenty of drinking - and buying. |
It's sunflower time in the south-west of France. As well as the beautiful green of the vines, the growing maize, and the ripening plums are fields and fields of sunflowers. A small selection of all the photos - you just HAVE to keep stopping and snapping!
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This one because I love the way the one flower is facing the opposite way
to all the others - confused or independent? |
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| Two flowers for the price of one! |
And this one because this is the vegetable garden I aspire to. I was supposed to be looking at the pottery on display at
Castelmoron d'Albret, but this caught my eye over a low wall above a long drop!
