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The Age of Uncertainty
These are uncertain times. Two months ago we signed the ‘compromis de vente’ for the 8 hectares of land around the village, that we are hoping to buy for our llamas to graze. When we first discussed the possible purchase … Continue reading
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C’est la Fête des Vignerons!
Saturday 7 June has arrived. A Big Day for a Little Village. Over the last few days everyone has been busy tidying their gardens and frontages, and all the verges have been neatly mown and flailed. The messy stacks of … Continue reading
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A Nightingale sang…..
….but not in Berkeley Square. Here is just a little (aural) glimpse of some of the loveliness of the valley below Roquetaillade that we are lucky enough to experience every day. Sometimes, when we have stopped our daily travail for … Continue reading
The Passing of Childhood
As with humans, so with llamas. Babies don’t stay babies for long, and (even though the experience at the time feels otherwise) teenagers don’t stay teenagers for long. Capucine is growing rapidly and developing her very own personality along the … Continue reading
The Mystery of the Absconding Llama
Simon has just emerged from the recently organised garage (there is now cat-swinging room, at last) where he has been employing his new-found joinery skills in the reconstruction of the sorry wardrobe that fared somewhat disastrously in the infamous trailer … Continue reading
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Remembrance of Things Past
Saturday again. The weekend. Strangely, one of the things I miss about not being at work, is looking forward to the weekend. Since, every day, we can choose (llama-crises excepted) how to spend our time, the weekends are notable only … Continue reading
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