Lust in Brittany

Another good Vid!

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Especially for Kitty on this dull day, makes me really laugh every time I watch it! hee hee

Our EASTER weekend!

2009-04-14T10:49:00.020+02:00

Well haven't we been lucky with the weather for Easter - so unusual! Good Friday as you may well know, is not a holiday here, so nothing special happened apart from having a hot choccie at our favourite bar. On SATURDAY the weather was glorious, we had a look around the market here in Josselin, as usual it was as bustling as ever,we had arranged to meet some English people at our cafe to give them some advice on working over here in France which we did, we then went back home pottered in the garden in the gorgeous sunshine with a drink or two, was my turn to make the dinner which was a lovely roast lamb with all the trimmings and strawberries for dessert!!!

SUNDAY yet another beautiful day - we were going to go to Carnac market but decided against it as the world and its wife would have been there being Easter with such lovely weather, and as we didn't fancy that we had a leisurely brekkie and a nice long walk along the canal, so beautiful, trees in blossom spring flowers, putting the world to rights, on the way back we kind of passed our favourite cafe, ( look at pic to the right of owner serving us) we had walked a few km we thought we deserved another coffee, but the smell of the dish of the day, steak& chips was so great that it happened to lure us in to the last table available so bottle of wine, and a beautiful desert called 'cafe delice'. We meandered back home and just sat around in the garden, talking, reading and a little drinkie! Thats what holidays are all about doing sweet nothing!

MONDAY started off rather misty, but we could see that the sun was going to burn it all off later on, we had to go to my house about 45 mins away for 11am as there was someone wanting to view it! they did seem interested so keep your fingers crossed everyone! Whilst over that way, we thought we would go and see our friends Ros & Paul and their menagarie www.halfacrefarm@gmail.com they live right by my house, it was lovely sitting in the sunshine chatting over a coffee/beer! We then went in the afternoon to a local Vide Grenier in Guegon, by this time the sun was fully out, it was beautiful, we bought a few bits and bobs and a bit of tack for Keiths collection (have a look at them all at bretondiary.com/diary/110409_they_live.html) sad I know but I cannot find anybody willing to give him some therapy for his addiction - probably cos its too late! Back home we just sat out in the garden, later on we ate outside which was so nice, but then we saw that Cindy one of our 2 cats had caught a mouse! typical I thought just when we were eating, she had the audacity to crunch the bones at the same time - not nice, she ate it all apart from the entrails yeeeuuukkkk!

Now today TUESDAY, is rather manky and miserable and wet so lots of catching up to do indoors ie cleaning (moan moan) but thought I would post this funny attachment - a bien tot!

HAPPY EASTER!!!!!

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Well what a beautiful morning it is! the sun is shining brightly, beautiful blue sky, and the man in my life made me breakfast! along with a paper to read and a little bag of easter eggs, prettily wrapped in cellophane with a bow - What more could a girl ask for!

We have decided to just be tourists here today, going to have a lazy meander down to the gardens of the Chateau here in Josselin, then on to a cafe for a nice cafe gourmet! What is so nice is that we can just walk there from our house, so nice not to have to get in a car and find a parking space being Easter!

After that back to the house, perhaps a snooze in the garden in the sun, potter around in the greenhouse, basically just be a pair of lazy wotsits - why not after all, it is a bank holiday!!! ENJOY YOUR DAY ONE AND ALL!

60's/70's soiree food and Disco in Josselin!

2009-04-09T13:29:00.005+02:00

I don't know if there is anyone out there who lives near to Josselin in Brittany dept.56, if you do, or do not mind a journey (you could always stay the night in one of the hotels or one of the B&B's here and make it a short break) then come on down to this great 60's/70's food and disco evening which is proposed for Saturday 18th April starting at 7.30pm, the food you will be getting is roast lamb, (yum yum) veggies, rissole potatoes, gravy and 1/4 pichet of wine red, white or rose, and of course 60's and 70's music - all for 10E! So get your glad rags on and come on down, they have requested that dressing up in the appropriate gear would be great if you can to add to the ambience.

So come on all of you who are lonely, or anyone who want's a good night, Keith and I enjoyed their last soiree last month, was such good fun, have a look here http://bretondiary.com/diary/150309_st_patricks_day.html at Keiths Breton Diary for information of their last do to whet your appetite. If you would like to come along please ring Sandra or Fabien to make a reservation on 02.97.75.67.91, first come first served, but you can still come along just for the evening if you do not want to eat.

If any of you are a bit shy or cannot speak enough French just let me know and I will pass your requested reservation on for you.

Hope to see you there!!!!

Jilly

I'm back!

2009-04-09T13:24:00.002+02:00

Hi everyone,

Just in case any of you might have been wondering where I have been blogwise, I have had a few personal problems, which hopefully are sorting themselves out now - so am back on form - so watch out LOL!

Busy, Busy, Busy!!!

2009-03-23T18:29:00.023+01:00

I have been a busy Jillybeans today! you may well remember when I first started the garden here in the smaller house, I took some pictures, this particular one to the left is in my first potager, (veggie area) note the rubbish at the end, lots of broken tiles, glass, builders rubble etc., now it is nice and clear, pic below, and have re-arranged the stones to make it a rockery as you can see in the pic, I will trail some strawberries and wild flowers over them, well thats the plan, lets hope it comes to fruition!

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I was looking at next doors garden, a little old lady lives there, she loves gardening, she has leeks and onions she is still digging up, quite a big plot, she potters away every day doing a little bit more, you would say 'ok whats wrong with that' well nothing at all, its just that Keith mentioned "have you noticed she has rows of tulips amongst the veggies", and sure enough as the picture below proves, she has some real nice tulips coming up, now what is odd is that the French are not really worried about flowers to that extent especially in the veggie patch - not far short of a waste of space in their eyes, as they would put as much veg in as possible, so this was quite refreshing to see, along with her 7 pairs of knickers all neatly in a row, 2 housecoats, pinnys, 2 bras, tea towels, jumpers, as today is Monday its wash day! every week its the same - bless her!!

I have also been transplanting strawberry plants which are dotted around the garden, apparently some of them are Alpine strawberries which will be lovely to pick in the morning with my cereal! I've got loads of them, also been sowing more seeds, been trying to hold back on them a bit as it is rather cold at night, in fact it was frosty on my windscreen of the car today, but in saying that my red cabbages are coming up a treat, so are my tomatoes and cress, just keeping my fingers crossed nothing happens to them! Have sown some potatoes (the left overs from my other garden) onions, red onions and carrots outside as well.

Well thats it for a mo! happy gardening one and all!

Our Cats!

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We have 2 cats called SAMMY & CINDY - they are brother and sister - they were both born on 1st May 1999 which means they will be 10 years old this May!

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They've both been with Keith for a long time (since kittens) and have been through lots of adventures with him, now their latest adventure is having moved again but instead of just Keith they have moved in with Joshy and me! Now that's really put the cat amongst the pigeons!!!

SAMMY - is the laid back, lazy fat stupid cat! he loves sitting in this box to the right here! he weighs in at just over 6kg! "he is built for comfort not speed" and follows his master everywhere (old habits die hard). He doesn't usually venture off far but last summer at the old house where Keith lived he went missing, we were very distraught as its not like him, we searched everywhere, put posters up looked in the ditches, so unlike him to miss a meal,

After 8 days away from home, we were having to come to terms that the worst had happened to him, which I knew was really upsetting Keith. Then on Monday morning, whilst Keith was doing some work on the computer and I was in the kitchen, busily peeling garlic, we both heard a "Miaoww" Sure enough, it was the Sammy beast! Having said hello, the first thing he did was to rush to the food bowl and gorge himself - "nothing has changed there", I thought to myself!

As you can perhaps see from these photos, he seems to have lost quite a bit of weight and was very thirsty, but in all other respects seemed fit and healthy. Having emptied his water bowl he started on the watering can, Cindy came up to wash him as if to say you dirty bruv u and then it was snooze time!

Next door to Keith's old bungalow is a company who repairs roofs, we later found out that he had crept into next doors works van, must have been on a Friday they had closed the van doors and shut up shop on a weeks holiday, and of course was discovered on their return 10 days later! We had to take a bottle of Pastis round to say "sorry" for the clawing and mess inside the van!

He loves sitting on my lap when I am working on the computer, but as he's so large he often falls off! he also loves it when I comb him, I don't use an ordinary brush I use a flea comb - not because of fleas you understand - its because he goes into ecstatic raptures with this thing and being long haired its great on getting the excess hairs off especially at the moment as they seem to be molting a lot! now its a different matter if Keith is in bed and Sammy is as well he hisses and spits at me!!! we can only think its a "protecting the master" way of his - oh well! Sorry Sammy I'm not impressed - but I do love you really!

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Now CINDY is a totally different cat, she is very clever, does her own thing, when Keith was living in the Bungalow there was a lot of land around, so she was always off hunting and sleeping amongst the long grass, I hardly ever saw her when I came to visit but she did love to bring Keith presents as this pic shows one of her conquests she had brought into the house - poor mouse, he told me (Keith not the mouse) he had to walk away as the crunching of the bones was too much for even him - yeeuk at least she licked up the blood as well!

She would never sit on my lap and didn't like to be stroked in fact would usually run away when I or Joshy were around, NOW we are all together here and the garden is much smaller, she has had a whole change of life (must have had a cat brain transplant) she is a totally different cat! maybe due to not a lot of open land around there seem to be no meeces to be caught (glad to say)

a real homely cat now, very vocal, is always talking loves Joshy, has taken to sitting on the window sill watching the world go by, as we are actually on the road this is a novelty to her compared to the countryside. She is getting nearly as lazy as her brother! She also loves sitting on my furry handbag a present from Keith's sister (shhh don't tell her!) and during the day she adores sitting by my computer as she follows the sun round!

Now if Keith calls PRAWNIES! they will run like mad wherever they are, Cindy can't get enough of them, Sammy starts eating then leaves the rest for later, but he's such a stupid cat he goes back and wonders where they have all gone to! Derrr Sammy!

Finally a pic of them both with their master!

I have done my Potty Planting!

2009-03-20T10:13:00.019+01:00

Spent all day planting yesterday, boy was I tired last night! Keith my fella had got my dinner nearly ready by the time I got home last night and said lets go for a drink to relax you first (he really wanted a drink if the truth is known) so we walked down to our local bar but with great difficulty on my behalf I just could not straighten up! Now I know what it must feel like to be old and a hunch back!

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When you look at the above pic it really doesn't look like I've done much but if you look closely, each stick represents the rows I have planted, theres a lot really honestly! Anyway, I have planted loads of early potatoes, Anais, and a main crop Desiree, lots of ordinary onions (sturon), shallots (Jermor) and lots of red onions, I love these, the ground although dug up and manured a week or so ago, was so hard due to no rain for a while I had to really dig it all again - no wonder I felt knackered!

Now all I have to do is wait for them to come up! I have kept a few of each type to plant here in my garden in Josselin so I can actually 'watch' them grow as I find it exciting!

I need to next time I go over, probably next week now, sow my carrots, parsnips and some other stuff, green beans I think might be a possibility but not sure what else as yet.

Whilst waiting for me to finish planting, my friend Karen who has been helping me continued digging ready for sowing next week, she was so proud of her efforts, but I reminded her to look to her right (see pic above) to show her that she has barely started she has all that still to dig up!!!! don't think she will be coming again LOL Sorry Karen only joking!

N.B. I have added a couple of 'Nasturtium' pics (Keithy's favourite) to brighten up the otherwise dull pictures of my planting!

Blue Tit update!

2009-03-16T10:22:00.010+01:00

I have managed to take some real pics yesterday of our Blue Tits take a look!

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ARN'T THEY LOVELY!

Looking forward to seeing the babies later on - only problem is Blue Tits are renowned for throwing their babies out of the nest, which means our cats will get them, or perhaps not as it is a bit of a wilderness below the tree, lets hope!

LEGO! LEGO! LEGO! LEGO! LEGO! LEGO!

2009-03-15T10:24:00.008+01:00

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Today I am blogging for my 12 year old son Joshy, he is absolutely Lego mad - he is the top Lego Boy of Brittany!!!! The above pic was taken a few weeks ago and there is even more Lego now! He has lots of Lego City, and is now getting into Star Wars. He has numerous pics so click on this link to see the latest ones on offer, but please don't look too closely at some of them as you will see lots of bits fluff and dirt on the carpet where he won't let me clean his bedroom!! boys hey!!!!!!!!!
http://picasaweb.google.com/jillygirlie/JoshySLego?feat=directlink

I'VE GOT TWO BEAUTIFUL TITS!!!

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Well well, I've got 2 tits nesting in our garden box on the tree, it's lovely to see! I've put out some of the fur from our cats but they don't seem to be interested - wonder why - I find a lot of Sammy's (our big fat cat) tufts of fluffy hair everywhere, as he is long haired you would have thought they would love it!

I have been trying to get a pic of my tits but to no avail, (ok have you ever tried taking a pic of your tits not easy - they don't seem to want to perform!) so please forgive me for using a pic from a public domain site, I'm sure they look the same (ok perhaps the size varies) as the ones in our tree!

My Lovely Gites for rent and/or for sale!

2009-03-13T14:27:00.010+01:00

LA MAISON DES FLEURS!

I thought I would tell you a little bit about my property I rent out Nr. La Gacilly, Department 56, it is a beautiful Longere, it is to die for really! for more details have a look at my website at farmhousegites.com I bought it with my ex 8 years ago, we have modernised and updated to the standard necessary for renting out, and it really is lovely, 'chocolate boxy', unfortunately I need to sell it now (partly due to my ex buggering off back to uk 4 years ago) but due to the economical situation it really is a joke! so am continuing to rent them out this year and of course still have it up for sale! so if you fancy buying it, a real snip at 230,000 Euros just give me a call! As you can see by the pic above it really is beautiful, especially in the summer with all the flowers surrounding the house, hence I call it 'La Maison des Fleurs' (the house of flowers) each gite I have named after a flower, for example the main farmhouse I call 'Le Petunia' the cottage 'La Jonquille' and the Apartment 'La Jacinthe'

The property stands in 4,000m2 of land, (look at the pic above with the beautiful view from behind the Gites), which is where as you may have read in my lusty gardening section, is where I am doing my other veggie patch! I have an orchard there as well with 2 peach trees, 3 plum trees, 2 apple trees, and one humongous old apple and a beautiful quince tree! the quinces are so large I really must do something with them this year! to the front of the house I have a lovely cherry tree also pear, apple, peach, plum and a bay tree!

I also have a 250m2 dry barn! this should host all the right stuff, but to be honest is a complete and utter mess! apart from the wood I have in there, and my sit on tractor, boy do I love my sit on tractor when I cut the grass my mobile goes in one receptacle and a bottle of beer in the other! and get a sun tan the same time!!! so getting back to my mess, I have loads of stuff I have ruthlessly sorted and throwing out ie like my ex's c**p - hey that gives me great pleasure LOL, so have rather a large pile accumulating for the rubbish tip!

I also have (yes theres more) across the road from my Gites, 842m2 of constructible land with planning permission! So come on you lot who would like to buy my house with the added advantage of ready up and running Gites??? Have a look at the following pics to whet your appetite! Don't forget if interested, just contact me at farmhousegites.com

Here is a link for you to view more flowers at my house http://www.flickr.com/photos/jillygirlie/sets/72157614999072695

More pooing and froing (chuckle)

2009-03-13T12:34:00.000+01:00

Yesterday was at my house again, we needed a bit more poo for the small garden here so rather then take the car down the track and get bogged down again, we drove up with the car and trailer and parked it outside John's house, walked down his garden to where the horses are and just wheel barrowed a few loads straight into the trailer, fine you might say but the biggest task was getting it into the garden here as we are directly on the road and the only access is through the house but no go as wheelbarrow won't fit through doorways,so we had to take it in turns wheelbarrowing the ~~poo~~ manure via the alleyway at the back in relays, so now I am going to start spreading it today!

Another item we brought over is my plastic greenhouse, so am going to attempt to put that up today, will let you know later if I was successful or not! BFN!!!!!!!!!

Poo collecting!

2009-03-10T09:29:00.008+01:00

Well yesterday I was really lucky with the weather, it was gorgeous - unlike today - it is tipping it down! We arrived at my house at Nr La Gacilly where I have my Gites (www.farmhousegites.com), with 2 friends of ours Karen & Rick, they kindly said they would bring their trailor so we could collect lots of horsey poo from a neighbour of mine John up the road! there was also an ulterior motive as they wanted a lot for their veggie garden, well this poo after we had taken off the top layer was near enough pure compost underneath, it was absolutely crawling with worms, loads of them - was like the day of the ~~triffids~~ worms! now I hate worms they give me the creeps, and I was really worried as I was standing on the top of this massive pile whilst shovelling it into the trailor and sinking the same time, that it would get into my 'shorty' boots! Rick is a 'manure' expert and said he had never seen such wonderful poo! he is also a fishing enthusiast as well as is my Keithy, and said as they were wriggling so much they were ideal for fishing - he's going to nurture some out for his next fishing trip! - OK don't tell him but I might let Keithy search our poo, if he's a good boy, when it gets delivered later!

Poor Rick though he got 'stuck' in the field as the trailor was so heavily laden (greedy???) that he couldn't get up to the top of the field to freedom, he made some lovely skid marks!!! eventually I said I will get some help, so beckoned my French neighbours over, and with a lot of talking (cursing) and shoving and lifting, the 7 of us got it to the top of the hill and back onto the road, must remember to get them a bottle of Ricard to share next time to say thank you! Luckily Rick had cut the hedge for me before this fiasco, and it is a long hedge I can tell you, he cut lots of the brambles down, as they are really getting out of hand, whilst Karen and I were madly digging the veggie patch ready for the poo, in this pic you can see Karen lending a hand at digging, but she was too shy to show her face, you wait Karen I will catch you unaware!

We also managed to do a spot of sunbathing whilst eating lunch, was so warm, then a bit of painting of the end gite inside and out. Right my next update on my gardening here will be when I re-visit on Thursday next - so watch this space again!

I'm off today digging n' muck spreading'

2009-03-09T09:09:00.007+01:00

Right I'm off a digging and muck spreading today at my house where the Gites are! luckily there is a small team of us, nice weather too, so will update tonight with pics!!

PS This had better be worthwhile - but then of course it will be, I've only got to think of those lovely veggies I will (might) get! Just remembered my boots - gosh can you imagine what it would be like without squelch yeeeuuukkk!

PPS The above pic encourages me to get going - this was taken last year in September the last of those veggies there, and that was without horse poo - can you imagine the size they will be this year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

My other Veggie Patch - What a Mess!

2009-03-07T10:00:00.012+01:00

I went to my other house yesterday to dig up the rest of the veggies before I have horse poo dug in on Monday! what a neglected mess it looks at the moment, not so easy when you are not living there!
I pulled out the last of the leeks, can't you see that no manure had been added before, they are near enough the size they were when I put them in last year! I think I might as well plant the thinner

ones into my plot here! I also picked the last of the swedes, they are going to go into our pot-au-feur today. I thought I had carrots as well but they had rotted in the ground!

I also thought it was odd that my parsnips had grown beautifully in the last month or so, funny I thought, there was no sign of them growing well before, but, on closer inspection, I realised that they were my white radishes from last year - honestly they were as big as parsnips - full of holes - whoops! mustn't make the same mistake this year!

I was going great guns thinking I will have weeded my patch before I go home last evening ready for Monday, when beep beep, thinking whose that? it was my friends/neighbours Paul and Roz! so as you do, we stood talking for a while (well Paul did LOL) I reckon it was for a very long while, cos when they left it was too late to do any more work! got my work cut out on Monday now - watch this space!!!!!!!

Have a look at Paul & Roz's website of their great life here in Brittany and the vast menagerie they have at http://www.halfacrefarm.bretondiary.com - makes interesting reading and viewing!

VILLE FLEURIE!

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Well today is a damp, miserable and cold day, no gardening going on whatsoever - so what better then to tell you a bit about 'Villes et Villages Fleuries" which translated means Towns and Villages in Flower! these are stunning over here, Just look for this sign when entering a village or town in France then you will know what to expect!

This is a great scheme which they adopt over here, ranging from one flower to 4 flowers, this is open to any town or village throughout France, and is judged on the environment, the quality of life, the welcome and of course the quality, quantity and layout of flowers. A trophy is awarded to up to 9 of the best towns or villages in a grand ceremony on the 15th of June!

The town of LA GACILLY nearby to where my Gites are at www.farmhousegites.com - I am proud to say has 4 flowers, if you perhaps are thinking of staying at my place, LA GACILLY is a fantastic place to visit especially with its stunning weir see pic above - and of course is full of flowers!

Have a look at the local tourist office for La Gacilly and its surrounding areas to get a feel of what I mean at http://www.paysdelagacilly.com/

ENJOY!

A discovery in the garden!

2009-03-04T16:41:00.010+01:00

I have dug a little more today in our garden in between the showers, (was getting quite a sweat on) when I found about 4 potatoes my landlady must have forgotten to dig up! looks like they are Desiree's but not sure??? must ask her!

There would have been more tatties, but not knowing anything would be in there my fork had spiked the others to bits!

Oh well that saves me going to the shops tonight for Joshy's tea! he can have boiled potatoes with boiled potatoes and perhaps mash with the spiked potatoes! Poor kid what a rotten mum I am not feeding him properly!

Gardening time! - Please follow my Diary!

2009-03-01T18:07:00.037+01:00

TODAY I will be starting my Gardening Diary for the year! I have a property, a large Longere divided into 3 Gites called La Maison des Fleurs, as the name implies, it is every summer full of flowers, the picture here was taken outside one of my Gites last year. The grounds of my place are approximately 1 acre, which makes for hard work to keep lawns mowed, weeds down etc. My property is for sale, but as our economic climate is so disastrous there is no real interest, which means I will be continuing renting out the gites.

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This year, I certainly will have my work cut out, as I have moved to be with my partner Keith and now live in Josselin in a rented house with a garden a totally different size being just a mere 6m x 12m approx. so much more manageable! I will be also concentrating a lot on making the 'smaller' garden a blaze of colour, and full with veggies, I find that an exciting prospect!

Here you can see the 'before' pictures of our rented place, as it stands today, rather dull and grey looking but hopefully in the coming months you should see a riot of colour developing!

These 2 pics show the area by the back door, which unfortunately does not get a lot of sunshine, mmmm got a lot of thinking what to put there that doesn't need a lot of sunshine! This is also the place where Keith has his very early morning contemplation along with the cats who can not understand why he is outside and not in a warm bed!

Poor fella has Central Sleep Apnoea and is up all hours in the morning, this morning it was 1am, 2am, 3am and so on - hence I would like to make this area very special for him, any ideas would be gratefully received! PS I will be doing a thread on Sleep Apnoea in the near future to make people aware of this debilitating disease.

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If I can fill my Gites, I will be employing someone to cut the grass at La Maison des Fleurs and generally maintain the garden ie cutting the hedges etc., I will still be concentrating on my flowers for there, but greatly reduced mainly my 10 hanging baskets. Have a look at an example of one of the 10 hanging baskets I made up for the front of my Gites one year - it looked stunning!

AN INTRODUCTION TO OUR FAMILY!

2009-02-28T10:54:00.001+01:00

I thought I would start my first blog with an intro to my family with pics to back it up! I have lived in France for 8 years now with my son Joshy, having bought a beautiful 'chocolate box' style longere for Gite rental in another beautiful town nearby called La Gacilly, for those of you who may be interested, have a look at my website http://www.farmhousegites.com (will be doing a blog on my house soon). I am extremely happy here along with my love of gardening, reading, walking, photography and the computer.

Joshy and I moved to the beautiful medieval town of Josselin to be with and live with my partner Keith, we have lived in our rented house all together for 4 months now and loving it! Its great cos its only 2 minutes walk into the centre of town this is a real novelty to us, as we had both lived in the countryside before and needed a car - bit fattening though as its too easy to nip to the bakers every day!!!

Keith has lived here in France for 6 years, a little bit less then me, his interests when he is not working, is reading, writing, walking, computer and keeping his popular online diary up to date - now if you are feeling down and would like your spirits lifted or would just like to read a very interesting diary of an Englishman in France log on to http://www.bretondiary.com. a very worthwhile read!

Joshy is a very happy and content little boy living here in France, in fact he doesn't know any different really, as he started school here when he was nearly 5, so of course speaks French with no accent whatsoever - totally bi-lingual - doesn't it just make you sick! Keith and I will always have an accent! He adores his LEGO I will be doing a blog on him and his LEGO fairly soon.

Our 2 cats Sammy and Cindy are brother and sister, nearly 10 years old, they are lucky, they don't have a problem with the language! They are such laid back, lazy fat cats (Sammy that is - sorry Cindy didn't mean you) as long as they can get some attention, be fed and go to sleep they are happy! Its a novelty to Cindy at the moment sitting on the windowsill watching people and cars going by, she just cant make it out after being in the countryside!

Welcome to my Blog!

2009-02-27T17:33:00.000+01:00

Hello I am Jilly, welcome to my Blog! You may well ask why I am called LUST IN BRITTANY! Well, I thought it was the best way to sum up my passion for my life in this beautiful part of France and everything that goes with it - be it the gentle pace of life, the friendly French, the space, the ambience and of course the wine!

Please follow my blog as I will be blogging hopefully 2 - 3 times a week. I intend to tell you about things that are very passionate to me, my utmost love is flowers and I will be keeping a journal of my garden from growing my plants from seed to them being planted and showing themselves off in all their glory! I will also be talking about my family and what we are up to, along with lots of pics to back up what I will be blogging about. Please feel free to respond to any of my postings, in fact I would love that as I would like to have a very active blog going and exchange ideas, perhaps even seeds etc.!! I look forward to talking to a lot of you on this great site! A bien tot!