• More rocks! Eventually these will be a terrace and a greenhouse foundation!

  • We went to the local raceway for the first time today. It was a lot of fun. It’s a formula one track in the middle of the French countryside.

  • Lots of progress today! We carved a new road to the pool area from the west entrance; filled the giant hole we made when we looking for the pool hoses; and we are currently backfilling the new terrace. It’s so very satisfying 😁✨

  • Free stone!!!

  • Just cute. Hibernating snails?

  • During some crazy mini storms we found ourselves with an abundance of downed branches, so it was time for another little burn. Putting the burn pile on a bramble patch I got two birds with one stone.😁

  • And chard.

  • And chestnuts

  • Black walnuts

  • And sloe berries of course.

  • Late season apple harvest

  • Loving having family here with us.

  • Preparing bee hives for winter guests

  • 25m with pick axe and shovels. 🙈

  • This is our hand dug trench for the new electrical conduit that is coming from the orangery to the new pad - for the little pump house we are building.

  • Thanks to a lovely neighbor for his help: we finally got the new wall filled with concrete. 44 bags plus gravel.

  • Autumn mowing. With the rains, mists and heavy dews, we waited weeks, for grass dry enough to mow. Then finally got a window (mostly dry). I mowed for 3 hours straight, getting about half done, before I was chased in by a squall.

  • We found the fosse and pool plumbing at the orangery.

  • And more pruning

  • Brush cutting… slow and steady. This is where the solar panels are going.

  • We have been exploring the wines From one appellation over. Madiran might actually be better than our own st Mont.. not to worry we are equidistant from both coop stores. 😆

  • Yum

  • Closer and closer.

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