The garden is one of my main projects while my husband takes care of the renovation works where I am not much of a help. At the moment the house is rather plain. Don’t get me wrong, my aunt uses the garden a lot, it’s her little baby and she’s done a good job. But you also can tell that …
A slow burner – Part 2: renovations
We have recently passed our one year anniversairy of moving to France and whilsts we did achieve some stuff in the house, sometimes it feels rather like we didn’t. Back then when we got here, we said seven months is plenty of time to turn one room into livable space with proper heating so we could survive a winter in …
A slow burner – Part 1: the chickens
I’ve been meaning to update this page a long time ago, but we’ve been bouncing between loads of work and frustrating nothingness, that it really was difficult to get any motivation or – rather – inspiration on how to continue this website. Post Chicken Chaos So, trying to catch up with where I left things of: the chickens. My husband …
Coop & Cage: First Experiences
I’ve been meaning to give an update on the chicken coop for a while, but kept putting it off. Whilst our chickens were quite happy using it. We have not been too keen. Mainly because it’s not been working out quite as we wanted. We’ve been looking into all sorts of chicken coops. Houses, simple coops, coops with a chicken …
Welcome to 2025 – The Recap of 2024
Happy New Year! And what a year 2024 it has been! Who would have ever thought that we’d pack our things together and move our live from busy and bustling London to the French quiet and serene French countryside? I mean, we were hoping for it, at some point in the far future. But not in 2024. 🙂 The Good …
The Stray Cats Conundrum
In many cultures, but it seems to be particularly popular in Britain and the US (if you watched The Simpsons, you will know what I am talking about), there is a thing called “old cat lady”. I am not a 100% in agreement with the term, but it weirdly describes our problem at this time. What is the problem? The …
Cascade de Clairefontaine
One of my favourite waterfalls is in Virieu-le-Grand, about 15mins drive from here. I don’t know why it is my favourite waterfall, but I do find it a particular section has a little bit of a fairytale character. As a child and young adult I have been to Cascade de Clairefontaine many many times and I find it never looses …
Gorges de Thurignin
This is one of my favourite spots that we come back regularly. It’s a bit off track from the main road, in the middle of a bent, so you’ve got to keep your eyes peeled if you come with a car. Also, if you really go all the way, be prepared to drive into the fields with your car as …
BUYING PROPERTY
.. the paperwork ..
Disclaimer: this is the experience we had. At no point is this article representative for other experiences, nor is this article giving legal advice and I therefore cannot be held responsible for any action taken based on this article.Personally, we had two completely different experiences. And not only were the workings completely different, but also – particularly in the first …
Chickens: Pick-up!
Quite a few things changed since the last time we looked into what chickens to get. The lady that I was talking to gave me quite a few insights and also of course tried to advertise the stock that she had. So first of all… What did we decide on? After back and forth with loads of information, I was …
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