Hi Everybody! How fitting that we saw this tower yesterday on our trip into the Cevennes Mountains. Time IS flying! We have only 4 weeks left here in France this summer, & we intend to take advantage of every one of them! Fun on the home front in Villevieille: Projects this past week: painting bathroom tiles & a new "toile" on our awnings! We are making great progress! Projects this coming week: getting the rosemary in check & putting in new kit...

Happy July, everybody! I couldn't resist using the picture of this couple for this blog. Les & I are certainly not OLD, but we have somewhat drifted into a new paradigm, & this picture seemed somehow appropriate for this blog entry. We are today marking 6 weeks since we left the US! We have another 6 to go. Instead of buzzing around all over the area, like normal, we have settled into our lovely house & have enjoyed putting our stamp on it. We are...

A Tale of Two Cities: Villevielle (our village) & Sommieres (our town). As you may already know, this year we changed French houses, selling our house in Laurens, France to come here to Villevielle, France, a small village looking down over a city (Sommieres) of 4,000-5,000 people down below. Both have chateaux, & both have Roman & medieval history. Both are totally different, but complement each other so well. Living in Villevielle (quiet, peaceful,...

You can see from the photo why we love it so much here! The weather is amazing--it's hot, yes, but it's dry! Yesterday it was 43 degrees (above 100/we didn't even want to figure out how hot that really is) but we close up the house, & it stays relatively cool. We do hope our handyman will arrive soon to show us how to turn on the AC, just in case we need it. Maison(s) & Jardin: We feel like we've made significant progress on the house. The living room i...

What a few weeks we've had! I've been meaning to post an update for 2 weeks, but forces beyond our control took over. Panne de Pomme (or Apple failure) & Panne d'Orange (Orange, our internet/tv/phone source, breakdown) created a technology nightmare for Les & me starting June 14. On the same day within 2 minutes of each other, both my laptop (a macbook pro) & Les' I-pnone went black. Luckily, we are close (30 minutes) to an Apple store, so off we wen...