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Sizzling Summer in the Languedoc
I have not been overly inspired to write. Maybe I just ran out of things to say after three years in the region. France is becoming as normal to live in as BC was to me growing up in. I am used to the endless pastel colours, the rolling vine covered hills, and the slow flow…
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Paprikash Shores of Lake Salagou
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Veszprém Zoo, The City of Queens for my Prince and Princess
A day at the zoo on a glorious summer day! Why not? Kittenberger Kálmán Garden and Zoo in Veszprem is where we spent our last day on Lake Balaton. What a lucky shot of a lemur and a tortoise. Housed together, giant old turtles roam and lemur swing from trees entertaining their roommates. The Zoo, founded in…
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French Garden Love
When I was just a little girl growing up in Duncan British Columbia Canada, my mom showed me how to dig a whole with a little shovel and lovingly place my first marigold in to it. From there she taught me how to take care of our family garden. Our family memories in the garden have a…
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Missing you at Christmas
What is it about the holidays that ignites that flame for childhood comforts? Memories of; tacky shiny tinsel, mandarin oranges, boxed chocolates, cards hung on a string, watching Christmas movies, smelling the turkey roasting and singing holiday carols. Family gatherings, lovely tables fully spread, family members and good friends drinking in too much cheer, myself…
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How to Airlift a Palm Out of Your Yard
It started with a vision of our family splashing around in a pool, but where? Our garden is far too small unless we take out the shed and the giant palm tree. Last week we said goodbye to the shed, thanks to Mike! Progress! Let The Renovations Begin! Today, a parent from Daniel’s handball took the…
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How to move a shed from Capestang to Beziers
Yes I am being immensely optimistic! Today Mike, the young tree guy, (as apposed to the old tree guy whose coming later this week), came by after one phone call, to check out our palm tree and our options for it and ended up taking the shed. The shed held old school round-up and…
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Sanremo Italy – On Route to France from Hungary
After a grueling 7-hour stretch in the van, we find ourselves in handsome Sanremo Italy, our last stop on our 1700-kilometer drive home from Hungary before reaching Capestang France tomorrow afternoon. We went from snow in Hungary, to rain in Slovenia and ended in 15+ in this microclimate piece of heaven. Located directed on the…
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Resolution to Make Mistakes
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re Doing Something.” ― Neil Gaiman New Year’s Resolutions 2017…
