We left Honningsvag on Saturday, heading for Longyearbyen on the island of Svalbard. It is the most northerly town in the world at 78N latitude. With a day at sea spending time in the spa made sense. After the heat of the sauna, I sat in the relaxation room, with a view from the stern…
Category: France
Greetings From Tromsø
We are in Norway – hard to believe. The next couple of weeks should be a plethora of new sights, quite different from the part of Europe we are so familiar with. My week started with a gift in the mail. A fellow sketcher took me up on my offer of sending them a postcard…
Inspired By Chartres
Chartres was inspiring in so many ways. We visited Galerie Magi where we not only bought a few pieces of art, but I got to chat with the artist. His style and what he showed me inspired me to try some different looks. I did this one of the cathedral on my iPad using Procreate….
Farewell My Friend
Neville’s kidneys finally got the best of him and we will miss him so much. He was diagnosed with kidney failure in January of 2022, before we moved to France. We doubted he would live long enough to make the trip, but not only did he make the trip, he thrived here in France. This…
Neville of Normandie
On 11 October 2011 this guy showed up on our deck. He was a stray looking for a home. We ended up taking him in and he has been with us ever since. Check Tricia’s blog in the next few weeks as I think she is planning to tell the whole story. Our daughter named…
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