Thursday 26 May 2011

It's a kind of magic

It's been a magical spring altogether, the weather has been so so sweet ever since March. 

We were in Oyes last weekend, Louis didn't join us as he had an upcoming exam in his drama class. He spent a quiet weekend at his grandparents' to everyones joy. 
This left an empty seat in the car which was taken in by Karel, Karel is Emil's mate, they go to school together and he lives around the corner. The two 8 year-olds had heaps of fun, playing with water, climbing trees and going for bike rides. 
Madeleine played with neighbour and surrogate sister Lili non-stop as usual, they had a sleep over at our place this time :)

I took some pictures of the young fruits on the different trees, I can look at them for ages, you have to understand that where I come from fruit solely comes from the supermarket... fruit trees is like something out of the garden of Eden. 

Next time we will go for a bit longer, have a long weekend coming up, still plenty of work to do before we're summer ready... 

Almost forgot, Karel and Emil each planted some carrot seeds... I wonder how that will work out, but being in the garden of Eden I guess they will just grow :)

Until next time my friends, so long!


Water fun with Karel




Emil

Karel


Roses are red

 My babies :)
Apples

More apples

Apples again

Raspberries

raspberries

don't know what these are, don't think they're eatable

Pèche is a beautiful word, and these are the cutest peaches ever :)

And the cherries almost ripe now


And here's the princesses of the "Reine Claude" tree (prunes)

Monday 9 May 2011

Friends and relaxation

A lovely weekend in the sign of friendship.  Sas and I hit the road on Thursday evening with Madeleine and Maxime on the back seat, teeth brushed and pyjamas on for a quiet route.
We had the best weekend, the weather Gods spoiled us with loads of sunshine. The garden looks beautiful (what else is new ;) ) the roses are out now, big pink roses.
I mowed the lawn, planted some flowers and some basil. We walked about in the village, went out for lunch in Sézanne, had a barbecue with Glenis and Mike and enjoyed lang talks and good laughs.
The other little girlfriends well worth mentionning, Lili and Madeleine, didn't lose sight of each other the whole weekend. Started Friday at noon between classes, Friday night finishing off with a sleepover at Lili's, breakfast together then out for lunch in Sézanne, with the appropriate hand bags and hats of course, play play play in the afternoon.
I was quite pleased to have her back at 10 pm... after she'd managed to join the B&B guests for a barbecue :)
Will be heading back down in two weeks time, can't wait.





Sas and Maxime in l'Eclerc


Lunch in front of the cathedral in Sézanne