Bonjour, Rayons de Soleil!

Good morning, Sunbeams!

Bonjour, Rayons de Soleil!

🌞❤️🌻❤️😻😻😻❤️🐔

#CurrentView

#Watson #Moriarty #cats

Fais de beaux rêves, Rayons de Soleil!

Sweet dreams, Sunbeams! 

Fais de beaux rêves, Rayons de Soleil!

🌞❤️🌻❤️😻😻😻❤️🐔

#Watson #cats

Fais de beaux rêves, Rayons de Soleil!

Sweet dreams, Sunbeams! 

Fais de beaux rêves, Rayons de Soleil!

🌞❤️🌻❤️😻😻😻❤️🐔

#cows at #sunset

There are no leaves on those trees. The mistletoe makes them look like topiary.

I successfully navigated to Mr. C's bank in Vitre for some important paperwork. Vitre is also the only place we know with a store that carries Mt. Dew. This was my reward for managing the GPS.

Unexpected sight of the day: a ladybird on the camper windshield in November!

Fais de beaux rêves, Rayons de Soleil!

Sweet dreams, Sunbeams! 

Fais de beaux rêves, Rayons de Soleil!

🌞❤️🌻❤️😻😻😻❤️🐔

#Moriarty #Watson #cats

Don't blink!

I crocheted a Christmas Angel. Whatever you do, Albert, DON'T BLINK!

#DoctorWho #WeepingAngels #Christmas #crochet #DontBlink

Bonjour, Rayons de Soleil!

Good morning, Sunbeams!

Bonjour, Rayons de Soleil!

🌞❤️🌻❤️😻😻😻❤️🐔

When you wake up at 3am and realise that the reflection of the Christmas tree lights forms The Loch Ness Monster, you have to take a picture. 

Fais de beaux rêves, Rayons de Soleil!

Sweet dreams, Sunbeams! 

Fais de beaux rêves, Rayons de Soleil!

🌞❤️🌻❤️😻😻😻❤️🐔

#Watson #cats

Mr. C says:

Update on us.

07:34 hrs

A freezing start to our day which left Limonaid and Little Goat unable to access their water due to ice. They were delighted once I'd broken it and even more so when I brought two wheelbarrows of hay.

Afterwards, I took time to admire a lovely sky.😊🌞

haiku

following the moon

home as it rises with the

sunset at our backs

© Osquer Campbell 2023 🌞❤️🌻

#haiku #moon #sunset #cows
 

Mr. C says:

Update on us

19:17 hrs

A beautiful sunny day so we went into town for supplies. On the way home Fair Damsel took lots of photos including this one of calves with their mothers.

All's well in our world, Sunbeams.😊💫🌻🌞

"Moos and Murmuration"

Fais de beaux rêves, Rayons de Soleil!

Sweet dreams, Sunbeams! 

Fais de beaux rêves, Rayons de Soleil!

🌞❤️🌻❤️😻😻😻❤️🐔

#sunset

🎵 "Making Christmas! Making Christmas! La la la!" 🎵

Mr. C and I managed to find a cute little cypress tree that just fits in the Skylight Garden to decorate for Christmas. I've made a start. The kitties can't get to it there. We will plant it outside in the Spring.

#Christmas
 

haiku

My bonsai oak tree

can't make up its mind between

the Spring and the Fall.

© Osquer Campbell 2023 🌞❤️🌻

#haiku #bonsai #fairygarden #fall #autumn #spring #seasons

Today's little #crochet project was this little pinecone drawstring bag.

https://youtu.be/dkRzrqg7SJ8?si=qoQjGZMLbAXZC2-E

Bonjour, Rayons de Soleil!

Good morning, Sunbeams!

Bonjour, Rayons de Soleil!

🌞❤️🌻❤️😻😻😻❤️🐔

#Moriarty #cats
 

Fais de beaux rêves, Rayons de Soleil!

Sweet dreams, Sunbeams! 

Fais de beaux rêves, Rayons de Soleil!

🌞❤️🌻❤️😻😻😻❤️🐔

#Watson #cats #crochet

Dinner with Mr. 'n' Mrs. C 🌞❤️🌻...

When your hubby accidentally buys you round puff pastry instead of rectangular for your pasties, you improvise. The cut off corners became sweet bites for afters.

😋

#cooking #dinner 

Fais de beaux rêves, Rayons de Soleil!

Sweet dreams, Sunbeams! 

Fais de beaux rêves, Rayons de Soleil!

🌞❤️🌻❤️😻😻😻❤️🐔

#Watson #cats

Does it get any cozier than spending a windy and rainy #Caturday afternoon indoors making Christmas cards while the kitties nap and one's husband sings and makes tea in the kitchen? I think not.

🌞❤️🌻🎵🫖☕🎄✂️🖌️😻😻

#Watson #Moriarty #cats

Out and about with Mr. 'n' Mrs. C 🌞❤️🌻...

I was amazed when Mr. C and I went grocery shopping today to see daisies blooming by the side of the road. Daisies! In mid-November!

🌼🌼🌼

#flowers

Sweet dreams, Sunbeams! 

Fais de beaux rêves, Rayons de Soleil!

🌞❤️🌻❤️😻😻😻❤️🐔

#Watson #cats

Mr. C says:

Update on us.

22:40 hrs

As darkness fell Fair Damsel took the opportunity to capture the beautiful snowflakes made especially for me.

An added bonus was capturing the beauty of herself.♥️

😊💫🌻🌞

Mr. C says:

Update on us.

18:29 hrs

Sarah drove me to a nearby town to sort out paperwork with the tax office. It took complicated explanations and prolific form filling before all was in order.

Three hours later I arrived home to see Fair Damsel's special display just for me.❄️♥️😊💫🌻🌞

Bonjour, Rayons de Soleil!

Good morning, Sunbeams!

Bonjour, Rayons de Soleil!

🌞❤️🌻❤️😻😻😻❤️🐔

Blocking my latest snowflake.

❄️

#crochet #snowflake

I've just realised why I've gotten so into crocheting different snowflake patterns. It's because Mr. C loves snow and we don't get much here. I'm going to make a whole bunch and put them on the glass doors so it looks like it's snowing.

🌨️❄️☃️❄️🌨️

#crochet #snow

tutorial below:

https://youtu.be/2D7YTt2Y_sA?si=m6_HDg_PZYmc59td

Poor Odin just wants to eat his dinner in peace.

😹😹😹😹😾

#Odin #cats

Out and about with Mr. 'n' Mrs. C 🌞❤️🌻...

This photo of a field of giant reed aka elephant grass (Arundo donax) doesn't do the amazing colour justice!

Watson was asleep at my feet when I started belting out 🎵 "Memories." 🎶 She walked over and gave me such a look! 😾😂

Then she went right back to her nap! 😹

Bonjour, Rayons de Soleil!

Good morning, Sunbeams!

Bonjour, Rayons de Soleil!

🌞❤️🌻❤️😻😻😻❤️🐔

I was about to get up and make breakfast for Mr. C. Really I was!

#Moriarty #cats

Mr. C says:

Fair Damsel pulled out all the stops to brighten a very grey and blustery day: chicken, stuffing, Yorkshire pudding and gravy accompanied by roast potatoes, cauliflower, broccoli and brussels by me.

Absolutely Sunbeamadelicious.😋

😊💫🌻🌞

Bonjour, Rayons de Soleil!

Good morning, Sunbeams!

Bonjour, Rayons de Soleil!

🌞❤️🌻❤️😻😻😻❤️🐔

#Watson #Moriarty #cats

At home with Mr. 'n' Mrs. C and Moriarty & Watson 🌞❤️🌻❤️😻😻...

At home with Mr. 'n' Mrs. C and Moriarty & Watson 🌞❤️🌻❤️😻😻...

I spent the afternoon knitting hats while Mr. C and the kitties napped. Mr. C did a lot of cleaning and fed Limonaid and Little Goat after making our breakfast.

All is well in our world.

#Watson #Moriarty #naptime #knitting

Mr. C says:

 Update on us

21:43 hrs

A cold wet day spent mostly indoors apart from feeding the chickens.

What better time to enjoy Fair Damsel's homemade stew consisting of: beef, carrots, mushrooms, onions & gravy with added boiled potatoes by me.

Absolutely Sunbeamadelicious.😋

😊💫🌻🌞

#cooking #dinner

Out and about with Mr. 'n' Mrs. C 🌞❤️🌻...

On our way home from Intermarche we were delighted to see a wild boar running across the fields followed by a singular (Yes, that's the collective noun for boar.) of young'uns. We couldn't get too close or she would have attacked the camper! This is only the second time I've seen wild boar since coming to France and my first time seeing babies. I've seen their tracks and the evidence of them rubbing against trees several times.

Good morning, Sunbeams!

Bonjour, Rayons de Soleil!

🌞❤️🌻❤️😻😻😻❤️🐔

#breakfast

Winter hats ready to go out and be found by whomever needs them. I also included a little crocheted heart so the finder knows that they are loved. The tags are in French and English as Mr. C, from Derby, England, and I, from Pittsburgh, PA, USA, now live in France.

#RandomActsOfCrochetKindness #RAOCK #crochet #kindness

Watching 'Batman Begins'

Mr. C: Christian Bale looks nothing like he did in Robin Hood.

Me: which version was he in?

Mr. C: 'Prince of Thieves' he was Robin Hood's brother.

Me: Sweetheart, that was Christian Slater.

Mr. C: No wonder he didn't look anything like him.