Even in December on a quick trip to St Jean you can see sights like this. Very lucky to live here.

Tiles now down on the terrace and Tony has finished painting the railings (in freezing weather). Roll on the summer and aperos!

Beautiful autumnal sun. Spent a wonderful couple of days with Tony's daughter Sophie, her husband Aaron and little Logan.

After hours of sanding and varnishing, our beautiful salon floor renovation is finished.

In April, we sowed a couple of bags of wildflower seeds in an unused part of our garden. Nothing happened for a while and then this...

The Accueil des Villes Françaises St Jean D'Angely (AVF) is an assocation, run by volunteers, that welcomes new residents to the St Jean...

Joint Anglo/French lunch today (Julia cooked for fifteen!). The cottage pie and bread & butter pudding went down well. But not as well...

We knocked through the back of the house today and it's all still standing! Can't wait for cocktails on the terrace......