2009-10-17 Julie Stewart & Alfie

Touch down at Beziers airport..................the Halls are here!!

Julie Stewart and Alfie.........count how many times Alfie has to say CHEEEEEESE !!!
Story time.......oh is it Gently Bently.....AGAIN!

Substitute Granny's got a drink......

Alfie teaching Dave how to drive...

A view from the top

CHEEEESE !

FROMAGE !

At Dausse

Selecting Chestnuts, and being told off by Frederic 'cos we got too many big ones in the little ones box.......

CHEEEEESE!

Stewart counts his nuts... I can see two.....

We managed to stop Frederic mid flow for a photo....finally !

This is how it's done Dave...........................CHEEEEESE !

I hope your driving instructor isn't watching Stewart!

Oh no, the cherry tree gets a "prune" ......................and i thought they only had cherries ..

Fondu anyone?

Yes please !

CHEEEESE !

CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESE !

Jenson Button watch out, there's a Alfie Hall on the way ! (and he's got his Minky)

2009-10-08 Wildlife & Nature

Pink spider.........how big?
This is it on the rim of a wine glass.

Chestnut time again
Think this is honey fungus.....not sure...

a rather large as yet unidentified critter....

its the wheel of the hosepipe trolly it's on, not a car tyre !!!!

something called a "cat faced " spider, well spoted Sarah and how brave is that Mike, to hold your hand that near.....BEFORE we found out it was harmless !!

Yes, it mushroom season as well, mostly field mushrooms this year, a few st Michaels and very few ceps.

2009-10-06 Mike & Sarah

Making friends with the natives....
Repairing even more floor boards, this time the ones which were UNDER the wall we took away!

View from up high above Cailho.........if you have very good eyes you can see the blue van outside our house.

2/3 down on left hand side for the rest of us !

The road is the one between Cailho and St Etienne.

We went with Mike and Sarah to the plateau above us to enjoy the wonderful view down the valley.................we were nearly blown away!! Sarah and I trying not to fall off the edge..

Slightly less windy ..........................on the bench at Cailho.

2009-09-30 Painting and Decorating

Stating my new hobby of glass painting, this is a panel for the guest bedroom loo.....its a picture of morels........a few of our guests have them!
For those who haven't visited this year, the loo is now facing a new direction, this is half way through decorating.

painting the loo in our bedroom

how our bedroom looks now

painting, note the croc type shoes which have remained glued to my feet since i bought them in Honiton!

2009-09-20 Mushrooms & La maison Baker !

This is the mushroom i have been looking for, its Chicken of the woods, supposed to have the taste and texture of chicken, well after the first taste i think it has the texture of chicken, but i cant remember the taste.....anyway i would recommend this mushroom, as its so big this was at least 1kg and it wasn't alone....also freezes well just as it is.
OK Karl have you recognised your tree yet???

What a lot of mushroom, not 'much room' for more.........groan.

Chez Karl...........see it's OK !

2009-09-07 On top of the world !!

We took a picnic to the lake at the top of our mountain, and finally found the place where the para-gliders take off from, talk about the top of the world........Ann and i wisely stayed in the 4x4 !

La valley de Jaur...........

looking down the valley de Jaur.

looking down towards St. Etienne.

2009-09-04 Ann's visit...lavander fever !!

Yet another bergerie we happened upon in the forest, i think someone might be restoring this one.
I know i've got this in the wrong order, bear with me i'm old....
This is Ann Dave's sister, she cut all the lavander the first day she was with us and spent the week clinging to a kleneex box as she had hay fever for the rest of the time........

this was after she finished.......not Tai chi !

this is just after she began...............

this is at the start........

2009-08-29 Ants, Kiwi and Daves progress

Ants facinate us, these were finding the seeds of honesty( penny tree) the garden side of the terrace, walking across the terrace then climbing all the way up our water tank along the back wall, to a point only 2 meters from where they were picking up the seeds in the first place!! Dave is progressing with replacing the toilet in the guest bedroom, maybe some walls now Dave??

What has a girl to do to get a drink?