We are enjoying our time back in La Thébaudière. We have been doing some spring sorting, going through clothes that we just never wear and then donating them to groups that will get them to people who can use them. It is quite beautiful here. You turn off of a narrow road just barely wide…
Tag: Normandie
A week back in La Thebaudiere
We have been back in La Thebaudiere, our tiny village in Normandie, for just a week – so what have we been up to? Well of course we have spent time remembering our long trip, which for me includes some sketching. One of the best hotels we stayed in was the Central Heritage Hotel in…
We are off tomorrow
We have been home for just a month, tomorrow we head out for a seven week excursion. My art-toolkit.com pallets are freshly topped off – the standard size one with watercolor, the mini with gouache. Just three months ago we were in the PNW, now we are Italy and Croatia with stops along the way….
La cuisine chez nous, II
Started my day a bit off, but then, on the way to the Intermarché, Tricia reminded me that she was making pasta for lunch, it completely brightened my day; food is so important to us and our frame of mind. So now, thoroughly rejuvenated, I am writing while she is creating one of the best…
Home – wood stove, missing Neville, and food
We got back home on 4 January after a month in the US, so what has it been like? First off it has been pretty cold most of the time, morning temperatures in the 20sF, we even had a dusting of snow. We try to use our wood stove as little as possible, it is…
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