Keeping the "Home Fires" Burning!

As the title suggests so far the warm "Spring" temperatures have not arrived in our part of France in the Lot Valley. The forecast is looking promising for later this week.

Monsieur Honey has mastered the wood stove and the house is now toasty warm...it might have something to do with the skills he acquired as a Boy Scout in his formative years (so long ago).

Today (Sunday) the sun did shine so we were able to do a load of laundry and use the "French Thermal Dryer".

With the help of technology ... between email, the FaceTime App on the iPad and the downloading of Magic Jack we have been able to keep the "Home Fires Burning" with our family, children, grandchildren and friends.

Markets and Martha Stewart!

Early (for us) this morning...(Saturday, April 6th) we had a chilly walk in to our village where we checked out the small shop which has a depot de pain.
Here we discovered if we want fresh croissants and pain au raisin, my "Monsieur Honey" will have to be there no later than 8AM to ensure that we can enjoy these delicacies.
This shop has all your essential needs.
Although a bit apprehensive about my French language skills (11 months since the last time I spoke French)... I just dove in and explained to Madame that I knew a bit of French and away I went...having a conversation with the Madame shopkeeper was a great confidence booster and she said I did very well.

Saturday day is Market day in Gourdon, we had no plans of going as just yesterday we had done a major grocery shop at the larger supermarkets, Lidl and Carrefour.

We decided to make a quick run into Gourdon, visit the market for some extra vegetables for soup making, bread from our favourite boulangerie, and some wine from the Wine Merchant.

I suggested we get one of the Rotisserie Chickens for an easy dinner, but Msr. Honey said let's buy a " poulet Jaune" ...this is a farm raised chicken and cook it ourselves.

Monsieur Honey created a delicious homemade Vegetable and Toulouse Sausage soup for our lunch.

For dinner, I roasted the chicken with my variation of a Martha Stewart recipe..."Paprika Rubbed Chicken with Roasted Garlic" served with glazed carrots, buttery potatoes and a homemade sauce.

It was a wonderful finish to a great day!

Blogging Blues!

Bonjour mes amis.

I'm having some technical difficulties with uploading and inserting my photos into my posts.

I hope to have this resolved and figured out very soon.

We are alive and well in the Lot Valley.

À bientôt!