Summer in France 2011
Summer in France 2011 - Visits & Community Events
Monday, July 18, 2011 Visit from Friends July 12-15 [caption id="attachment_990" align="alignleft" width="300"] Getting together with friends is great fun[/caption] Kyle & Marge Bevers from Rockford, Illinois visited with us…
Summer in France 2011 - Abbeys & Forts
Saturday, July 9, 2011 [caption id="attachment_978" align="alignleft" width="300"] Chateau Salse[/caption] Yesterday, was that maybe the 8th of July???...it's easy to forget the date here, anyway...yesterday we drove east toward the…
Summer in France 2011 - The Balloon Ride
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 June 28....o'dark:30 Anticipation wakes me 15 minutes before the 2AM alarm is to ring, and I turn it off to soften Joe's rising at this early…
Summer in France 2011 - The Birthday
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 My birthday began with yummy croissants and a visit to Alet-les-Bains and their ancient Abbey. Not too much of the structure remains, but the crew of…
Summer in France 2011 - what have we been up to?
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 ....what have we been up to of late? Hmmm. Let's see. Sunday we went back to the weekly open market in Esperaza. It's an awesome mix of produce,…
Forest Fungus a la France
Monday, June 20, 2011 During the past winter months, I spent on-off free time translating a French mushroom identification guide. Mountain Joe took said translation with him on his latest…
Summer in France 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 Today Joe is off on a 'rugged hike' to climb to the top of the mountain in front of our house. Not quite sure of where…
Summer in France 2011 - Trip to Bordeaux
Friday, June 10, 2011 2+ years ago at one of the monthly wine tastings at Gulf Points Liquor, we had the pleasure to meet Jean-Baptiste of the Audy wine family.…
France 2011 Week 2
Monday, June 6, 2011 [caption id="attachment_947" align="alignleft" width="300"] Lunch a la terrace - Chez Caulkins[/caption] June 4th: Rain....it's rained for 6 straight days here, and today a CLOUD actually floated…
France 2011 Week 1 Part 2
Friday, June 3, 2011 Several days of nearly constant drizzle and rain combined with winds stong enough to knock you flat on your @** have been fabulous for Joe's world…