2019 as we saw it, month by month through the year. Happy Christmas.

January 30th  Driving through France in the snow on our way back from the UK

February 7th - Early lambs.

March 20th - Sunset.

April 13th - A visit from a Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus).

May 22nd -  Butterfly (Coenonympha arcania).

June 17th - Common Wall Lizard, (Podarcis muralis).

July 19th - Little owl on the barn roof,  (Athene noctua).

August 18th - Michael and Mary arrived at Angouleme Station from the USA.

September 30th - Cosmos in the garden.

October 18th - Red-fronted tinkerbird (Pogoniulus pusillus) on holiday in South Africa.

November 4th - Elephants having fun  Holiday South Africa.

December 18th - Christmas at our local supermarket back in France.

Wishing all my followers Happy Holidays and all the very best for 2020

16/09/2019 A day of photos that I forgot last time........ and a visit to Cognac on 1 September.

Maximum temperature today 32C, minimum 17C.  Very dry.  17km/h North-easterly winds with gusts up to 27 km/h. 

Thank you to everyone for the comments on the previous blog.

Celebrating my birthday; 19 August.

As above, our friends Michael and Mary from the USA.

Driving home - the weighbridge at Marillac-le-Franc...

The scales as above.

Same town as above, Eglise Saint Didier...

As above.

The lavoir at St Adjutory with M and M.

Resistance Memorial at Chasseneuil sur Bonnieure...

A little closer.

Old houses in Cognac 1 September...

A sundial on a wall...

Waiting for the gates to open for a tour of Chateau Royal de Cognac, the home of Baron Otard Cognac...

Waiting in the reception...

The smell in the cellars is amazing 😉 

Note: the spiders that live down here have got so used to the alcoholic fumes that they cannot live out of the building!!!!

Tasting the amazing cognac after a fabulous tour.

Highly recommended, both tour and cognac.

Finally standing on the bridge in Cognac looking down the Charente river.

As I said previously blogs are going to be very hit and miss for the remainder of this year.

12/09/2019 Where did the last month go to???????

Maximum temperature today 26C, minimum 11C.  Very dry.  12km/h North-easterly winds with gusts up to 25 km/h. 

13/08/2019 Full moon.

14/08/2019 Sunflowers

18/08/2019 Michael and Mary arrive at Angouleme Station from the USA via Paris.

20/08/2019 Visiting Saint Emillion.

21/08/2019 Bordeaux.

23/08/2019 Lourdes which was number one on their bucket list.

24/08/2019 Carcassonne.

26/08/2019 The Cathedral at Albi.

Cathedrale Sainte-Cecile: The largest red-brick cathedral in the world.

27/08/2019 A Potter wasp, a visit back home.

28/08/2019 Visiting St Germain-de-Confolens, Chateau remains.

29/08/2019 Wall murals in Angouleme.

31/08/2019 The convent cloisters in la Rochefoucauld.

More to follow but so much to do before we leave for the RSA 9 October.  Posts will be very sparce I fear for the remainder of the year.  I will visit you all when I can.