31st August 2026... Dave's thumb

Due to getting a very deep splinter from a plant in his thumb on friday 28th, Dave finally ended up in hospital in Montpellier this morning having it surgically removed OUCH!😵‍💫🤕👍🏻

26th August 2026... Elee's 18th birthday

Some pictures taken at Elee's 18th birthday.

Karine, Tom, Jon and Elee.

With us Grandparents 

Pete, Chantel, Elee, Me and Jean-Luc

Elee with her aunty Stephanie 

With her great aunty Anik

With brother Jon

Lightning with windbreaker Granddad Peter

Elee

Tom teaches Elee how to open a bottle of her favourite wine....

25th August 2026... Ardèche

We go to the Ardèche for my granddaughter Elee's 18th birthday.....

Dave and Tom

Baby chickens

This breed is called backwards feather chicken in Chinese..

Its a good description, they lay green,  low cholesterol eggs.

Dave in the campervan 

23rd August 2026... garden

Some roses are doing well, but tiny flowers...this is Princess Charlene of Monaco... beautiful perfume flowers all summer, normally!

Seeds gathered for my friend.

A false Black Widow spider,🕷️ just under the plastic pot...

21st August 2026.. juicing the apples

We have a Coxes Sunset tree, which has produced a lot of small apples this year, unfortunately due to heat, drought and wind, a lot fell off and we decided to pick the rest (before the hornets) and juice them ....

A slightly cloudy day

Cats finding the shade..

18th August 2026....walking up the mountain

Nice to be able to walk up the mountain in a comfortable temperature.

The boys think so too..

15th August 2026....RAIN !

The day started with mist/smoke obscuring the view.

Around 3 in the afternoon the heavens open... complete with large hailstones!

We managed to collect 3000 litres of water, and the plants all got a good watering 😁 

Last rain of any consequence was May 10th.