December 2011
Tuesday, December 27 2011
- OYSTER BOAT IN THE MIST - bateau à huitres dans la brume - Sun at home, fog (brouillard) 25 kms away on the Island of Oleron, grey, no colours. Look carefully at this one, I have a problem with the memory card, the photo has divided at the bottom. Sometimes they change colours: This one is ruined, I can't see it any more (je ne la vois plus). Pity, it was (…)
Monday, December 26 2011
- CHRISTMAS DESSERT - What do you think of this Christmas creation? It was my idea, so I think it's génial! We bought the choux pastries, dipped them in chocolate and stuck them on the Christmas cone. It was outside to keep the chocolate cold because it was too hot in the house. The day after Christmas, the 26th, it was (…)
Sunday, December 18 2011
- CHRISTMAS TEDDY SHOP - I couldn't get near the big shop windows in Paris, there were too many people - crowds (foules) and crowds. I made the mistake to go to the shops on Saturday afternoon! Everybody was there. I thought this little shop window was very nice with Teddies and Eiffel Towers. I would have liked (j'aurais (…)
Friday, December 16 2011
- PARIS ECO - Some very attractive Christmas trees in a square in Paris made from green water bottle! A very good recycling idea, there should be more of them. (…)
Thursday, December 15 2011
- WIND AND HORIZONTAL RAIN - The first storm (tempête) of winter and the winds are 135kms tonight. The noise is terrible inside the house, I'm going to have to (je vais devoir) sleep with ear plugs (boules Quiès). (…)
Sunday, December 4 2011
- YORKSHIRE FOOD - I really enjoyed the food in Yorkshire, and anyone who says English food is horrible should go to Yorkshire pubs to taste some excellent and cheap meals. This is the menu board of a cosy pub with a wood fire, all home-made food, just look at the choice! I had scampi and salad, because there was no (…)
Saturday, December 3 2011
- England - I flew to England, to Yorkshire, to see my mother in hospital unfortunately, a very sad occasion. The weather was beautiful all the time - you see it doesn't always rain in England. This is in York, a beautiful, interesting historical city. This is Clifford's Tower, built on the foundations of the (…)