New house and a new year

It's been a while, I know, and we are still here.

It's taken almost a year from A to Z but we are finally in our new house out in the countryside. It's a big change from a 19th century house in the centre of a busy town. Lots of frustration to look forward to with renovation work in France, as so many know. The stove and all the light fittings and curtains had been removed before our arrival - nothing new here. Regular trips back into town for replacement purchases, visits to kitchen designers and ,of course, bricos ( hardware stores). We did have to sell off/give away lots of furniture as this place is half the size of the old but we are still looking for suitable pieces for the new rooms. That's part of the fun, isn't it ?

Don't you love an avocado bathroom !

We've had our first lunch party, our first overnight visitors, lit our first fire of the season and the christmas decorations are up so we must be settling in. 

The neighbour's goats visit the field next door regularly and we've seen deer in there too. We have a little red squirrel that darts around the garden and there is always the birds. It's getting cold and the leaves have fallen from the trees and now it's time to do some pruning in the garden. Then we can make plans for spring.

We are looking forward to being in Paris for christmas and the forecast is for snow there. Will let you know how that goes.

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