vacation...

Goofing around at the beach.

My friend the lego storm trooper.

My payment for babysitting last weekend. The chicken's first egg .... 

Seb walking out to touch the menhir. Supposedly brings good luck...

Perhaps the menhir answered Seb's wish, because when we got back to the house, we had a rainbow 

and a beautiful sunset.

Squeaky clean......

Country folk...

The garden is starting to show its treasures.

 All the potatos are accidental leftovers from last year. Happy surprises. 

We babysat our neighbors' chickens the other night. 

A mix of twenty or so geese, ducks and chickens.

 It was good sport for the three of us.   

The royal Stephane treatment.

And according to the license plate this van comes from the Jersey Islands.

 A giant machine gun bumper sticker for the hood 

wouldn't have been my first choice 

but hey, who I am to say.

an afternoon at the beach...

Yo !

How do you save yourself 100€ ?

Look in your shed and find an old BBQ.

 A small but magical BBQ. A Creuset BBQ. A rotisserie BBQ.

 Yes, you heard me. 

A rotisserie BBQ.

A spell casting BBQ....

Just being near it made us loose control of our facial expressions.

A happy BBQ.

the farm animal kingdom in Chenedouit....

Our neighbors just got a dozen or so chickens and ducks.

 Seb has been in heaven feeding them.

We met the little boy whose family owns this horse. He asked me very nicely if I would like to ride him. I said yes why not. It was a small horse but with no sadlle I went around in a circle once and promptly got off before I fell off. It was very funny. 

le quatorze juillet

Bastille Day parade and ceremony in Putanges Pont Écrepin.

(Followed by a yummy lunch. 

Sebastian ordered mussels. He always keeps us guessing.)

Mamie...

We have a new neighbor across the way. Bless her heart, apparently very clean because she is always shaking or tapping something out of her window. And she shakes and taps for like 5 minutes. I am not exaggerating here.

the shoes....

 the stockings....

the underwear....

the bag....

the housedress....

and the worst dust collector of them all?  The piece of paper.

Stay tuned.... for the baguette!

Fete du village at Ste. Honorine la Guillaume

A villlage party.

We overslept and thus missed out on the tripes breakfast. 

Disappointed by the lack of bow and arrow stand this year, I did manage to break all three bottles and walk away with my very own bottle from an amazing vintage.

Next up was the BB gun shooting. 

The wheel for betting on a rabbits, geese, chickens, pigeons, guinee hen ...

And finally, 

I hope I am this hip when I am his age.

Soaking up some sun!

Summer has finally arrived.

The two fish (ermen)

Audrey & Zoe

Happy Birthday Chantal!

Vide Greniers

Some of the highlights from the vide-greniers that we hit on Saturday. 

(Not pictured are the cool pair of sunglasses that I scored for two euros.)

Lunch break!

Vintage dollhouse bathroom and kitchen.

(With working shower)