Author Archives: M

About M

I am at heart and artist...which spills over into other areas apart from the pastels, pencils, paintbrush and paper. I love cooking, I love gardening and I love nature. Leaving South Africa to come to France was difficult, but an adventurous challenge and together with my husband and two furry friends, I manage to do all that I love and more while I walk the 'Footpath to France'.

time passes….

Posted on September 5, 2018 by M

Well – it certainly has!  The start of the season was very quiet and we could get on with a whole lot of tasks that needed to be done – new flower beds, deadheading, taking cuttings, and attempting to finish … Continue reading →

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Snow, snow everyhare…and then Spring…And then Summer….

Posted on July 22, 2018 by M

I had been hoping for snow all Winter.  The Perigord in the South had some, Paris had some, obviously the Alps had some but since we’ve been here at the Chateau, apart from the odd flurry of pretend snow which … Continue reading →

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We’re all having a (hare) ball!

Posted on January 28, 2018 by M

Water water everywhere!  And after the water (or during)…MUD!  It has rained and rained here for weeks.  Thirteen departments of France have been on flood alert, once again, the Louvre in Paris has emptied a few rooms of precious paintings, … Continue reading →

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Hops and Nature’s Pantry

Posted on January 7, 2018 by M

The Chateau grounds are rather large – with a 500 tree apple orchard and quite a few empty fields;  some flat, some gently sloping, some quite steep and covered in gorze and blackberries and these ones are a lovely haven … Continue reading →

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Furry Pets Hare and there….

Posted on August 26, 2017 by M

‘What have I become?’ I ask myself this quite regularly.  I often stand back and look at my life from a different angle – a bit like at art school, when you’re told to see your drawing or painting through … Continue reading →

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There’s a hare in my soup….

Posted on June 27, 2017 by M

So as you can see, I’ve merged a blog I started about the addition of Thumper the Hare (thanks to the Dear One) into our lives.  I’m sorry I haven’t blogged on this sight for a while – things went … Continue reading →

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Hare at Home at last…

Posted on May 13, 2017 by M

I know I’ve been quiet…it wasn’t that I didn’t want to, it’s just that we went back home to SA for 3 weeks and it was a little difficult to give news about Thumps when I wasn’t there to gather any. … Continue reading →

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A Breath of fresh hare….

Posted on April 8, 2017 by M

It’s Spring.  Everything has come alive and is in blossom, from the daffodils to the tulips and anemones,  to the cherry and pear trees.  Everything is looking amazing and the forest floor is as a sea of bluebells. Thumps has … Continue reading →

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Hare-less in the Style of George Gregan!

Posted on April 2, 2017 by M

wow another blog!  It’s Sunday and a few things came to mind during a sleepless night while a French Wedding was help in the ‘Sale de Fete’ in the Chateau grounds which finally broke up at 5 am this morning…I … Continue reading →

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Hare and there….

Posted on April 1, 2017 by M

My little girl has Gonads!!!!! Thumper is a little boy. I thought I would switch tactics seeing Thumps is doing crazy things every day and write in the present while going back every now and then to things I can … Continue reading →

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