Summer in France 2012 - Edition Medieval Villages
Thursday, June 21, 2012 [caption id="attachment_1072" align="alignleft" width="225"] Market day - Mirepoix[/caption] Walking the narrow, cobble stoned road into the historic village of Mirepoix, we could sense the excitement which lie just…
Summer in France 2012 - Edition Wine Tours....Bordeaux Style
Thursday, June 14, 2012 [caption id="attachment_1067" align="alignleft" width="300"] Fleur Cardinale[/caption] Guess who just spent the past day and a half rubbing elbows with wine makers in St-Emilion? US that's who!…
Summer in France 2012 - Mobile Chimney Sweep
Thursday, June 7, 2012 [caption id="attachment_1057" align="alignleft" width="300"] Chim-chimeny….[/caption] When I heard the knock on the door today I immediately thought it would be the mason regarding the roof tiles.…
Summer in France 2012 - Edition June 5
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 It's said "Life is just a bowl of cherries" and sitting here with sunshine flooding the tree covered mountain views all around me, bright red geraniums decorating…
Summer in France 2012 - First Few Days Edition
Sunday, June 3, 2012 [caption id="attachment_1044" align="alignleft" width="300"] Les Deux Américains[/caption] The Caulkins Family has settled in to our summer nest in Southern France, and life rolls along at a…
Summer in France 2012 - Edition May 30
Saturday, June 2, 2012 Ah France :-) The peace, the solitude, the wine & the food...and highway D117 is closed at the junction of D900?!! But that's the route we know, we…
Mushroom Success!!
Saturday, July 30, 2011 Today (7/29/11) we went on a big hike near Mijanes up through the forests to 3 mountain lakes. Along the way we passed grazing herds of big white…
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…