Sweet Nest

I was walking the path to pick up Jane for lunch when I heard the voices of the school-children over the village walls. They were singi...

Hello, Friends. Life has been busy and the blog often becomes a good intention. To be honest, I forget about it sometimes and am always su...

This man that I love. Yesterday he turned 40. When we first met as teenagers, life seemed an impossibly long continuum. And here, after a...

We've made it to our new home in our new village. And we are in love. It's market day today ...

 It's rather incredible we've been here a year. So very much has happened, been accomplished, struggled through, and deeply enjoye...

Portofino, Italy Just kidding! Humor or funny fibs, seems to be a conversation starter often employed over here. It's in jest but ...

Don't you just love a little spy-through window? Makes the view awfully exciting.

The Tour de France was everything we expected and more. To be honest, we didn't really know much about it prior to this summer othe...

It's Tour de France season here and if you can believe it, the race is coming right  by us! Literally a 5 minute walk from our house....

It was market day and this beautiful woman had some shopping to do. And doesn't she look elegant? In general, I think aging is a mor...

 We were able to celebrate the 4th of July this year with our dearest friends here in France. The weather was gloriously cooperative and ...

I was out and about today at a nearby village dealing with some visa business and found myself loving these temporary art installations. F...

Oh my, will you indulge this mama? Today was the last day of school.  I lack adequate words to describe the bravery and dedication t...

Chateau de Sassy, 2015 It's fun to go new places, isn't it? I kind of have a thing for it. But with recent visits from love...

I took this photo of my file-folder awhile back ... because I'm just so darn proud of it. We are in the middle of a visa renewal rig...

Now look at this sign that was just posted near our little village. I was driving the kids to school and when I saw this sign, my mouth fe...

 This past weekend we had some dear friends visiting and we took part of our Father's Day afternoon to drive to one of our favorite pl...