Perfect day........

I was awake early on Sunday with the sun streaming through the window and by 10am I had made a quiche, picked some salad leaves and had a crack at making mayonnaise which was quite good for my first attempt with 4 hens all laying I had a basket full of eggs to make use of.  By lunch time it was feeling like the hottest day this year with the temperature hitting 29deg. 

The garden is the best it's ever looked mainly due to all the rain we have had and the poor laurels that every year fail to put on any growth have finally had enough water to kick start them into growing as does the grass which now needs cutting every couple of days. 

After pottering around weeding, dead heading and ball throwing for Molly a fruit cocktail sat in the sun followed by a snooze made it a perfect day!

Soleil..........

Had a nice trip out to a friend from French class today and thank goodness the sun was out we sat and caught up on the gossip with a glass of wine and a delicious cake.

Carols house is next to an equestrian centre and she happened to mention they had a team at a cross country competition at Saint-Jory-de-Chalais so after coffee she pointed me in the right direction and I managed to find the concours hippique it was late but I arrived just in time for the presentation it was so nice......a podium presentation for 1st 2nd & 3rd the huge rosettes were attached to a huge brown bag full of horsey goodies a white saddle cloth and an equally huge pot of flowers??....everyone cheered and clapped the winners.......brought back many memories.

A lovely day out :)

pluie.........

Well this picture says it all.......poor sister has had 10 days of this 

So all we could do was lunch at flunch 

Flunch restaurants are operated on a self-service basis, where customers select their food and proceed to a checkout where any items are paid for prior to their consumption. Specific hot meals, namely cooked meats, are prepared to order in front of the customer at 'la grille', which is the part of the 'Flunch experience' the chain is known for.

Keepcool Dog Coats.........

These stylish and easy to fit Keep Cool Dog Coats have been specifically designed to keep your dog cool however hot it gets. Brilliant for all outdoor activities (before, during and after) walking, obedience, car travel or even sailing on your boat. The coat feels cool and soft to the touch, is lightweight, breathable and doesn’t drip.
They are made from a unique synthetic microporous material that is activated by water, as it puts moisture into the dogs coat, the capillary action of the microporous and the controlled evaporation actually cools the dog more than the outdoor air without making it wet.

Molly looks so cool in her pink coat and hopefully when the heat arrives it will be an essential addition to her wardrobe......hope that John the farmer doesn't see this!

Blossom time........

I cannot believe how late the blossom is this year, the wild cherry is intoxicating at the moment and little white petals float down like snow covering everything, hope there are plenty of cherries for the vodka!

We had 26 tonne of gravel delivered last week and thank goodness the driver tipped it slowly down the drive what a job spreading it out, typically in the rain!! But on reflection it would of been much harder in the heat so well done rain.

Had a lovely day out with my bonkers neighbours to my first market of the year at piegut the first 3 stalls we looked at were English folk selling pies, birthday cards and a doggie stall which i did buy a coolcoat for molly then we went to an English butchers very bizarre!!!

Crumpets and Hot Cross Buns.........

I am not going to mention the horrid spring weather....cold, none stop rain and wind I am just typing it in as a note :(

Bob brought some more crumpets and malt loaf home which we devoured over the weekend along with hot cross buns that my neighbours purchased from the Iceland shop on a campsite somewhere in the Charente, can you believe it!....They were all very nice and are wonderful as a treat.

Crumpets are generally circular roughly 2.7" (7 cm) in diameter and roughly 0.7" (2 cm) thick. Their shape comes from being restrained in the pan/griddle by a shallow ring. They have a characteristic flat top with many small pores and a chewy and spongy texture. They may be cooked until ready to eat warm from the pan, but are frequently left slightly undercooked so that they may be cooled and stored before being eaten freshly toasted.

Easter goodies......

Mmmmmm.....