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Mirror, mirror on the wall.
Hello For a change this week, I will spare you tales of frogs, blocked gutters and hornets and look at some of our renovation projects. As I collected my latest bargain, it made me think of all the things we have acquired over the years and especially since we arrived in France. The renovation project list gets longer but progress is slowly being made. My two latest acquisitions are a lovely plant stand for the garden and a book rest for the kitchen, something I have wanted for a while as it is annoying perching cookery books amongst ingredients or away from where I am preparing food. The book rest…
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Tasty Tomatoes
As the summer months draw to a close, the glut of tomatoes is in full flow. After weeks of sunshine and the occasional bit of rain, the tomatoes are at their best. They come in all shapes and sizes, in brilliant reds, yellows, orange, green and a darker hue, called black but really a red/black colour, spilling from baskets on countless stalls. The smell of ripe juicy and tasty tomatoes fills the air as you wander around the market stalls. I always buy too many as I love tomatoes. Large bunches of highly fragrant basil sit alongside just asking to be popped into the basket too, and mixed with the…
