OUR KIDS LIFE IN FRANCE, AND OURS - what about the garden

So the inside is shaping up very well, and the decorating was now under way. We decided to leave some of the exposed stone walls, as you can see in the photos, which meant more pointing up, grrrr. The exposed beams were looking good too, they were very old but in really good condition, these together with the stone walls gave a real rustic feel to the place. For the rest of the walls and tiling we opted for soft, neutral colours, then we could mix and match soft furnishings with it more easily. We're quite minimalist and don't like too much clutter.

Meanwhile it was time to think about the gardens to the rear, front and end of the property. We would build a ceramic tiled terrace out the back and plant grass for the lawn beyond, that would turn out to be such a nice spot for having a bbq and relaxing in the sun. We have a very large driveway and planned to have it covered in shingle or gravel whatever you call it, we also planned to do the front of the gite in the same with a rock border and some plant pots. At the end, we decided to keep the original old wood shutters, as you can see in the photo above at the top, for pure decoration, again for the rustic look. That is a picture of that part finished, but as you can see the rest is yet to be tackled and the big mud bath in the last photo was what was to be the terrace and lawn....

Todays the day, I feel good here in France

I FEEL GOOD!!!!!

What a glorious day it is today! The sun is shining, the sky is blue and there's not a cloud to spoil the view, (sorry, I couldn't resist that one, however it's not raining in my heart). But it is such a lovely day, only 8 degrees in the shade, but in the sun I could even have the terrace doors open. I awoke with that "I'm gonna conquer the earth" feeling, and conquer I did. First I conquered the housework, then I conquered the washing, then the lunch, then the sibbling disputes, then the supermarket, then the more sibbling disputes, now the blog up-date and later the dinner! Wow, how's that for a bit of conquering. And what of the after the cooking conquering, I hear you ask? Well, then it's conquering the putting my feet up, snuggling amongst the cushions and falling asleep in front of the tv. All this energy because the sun is shining, well maybe, or maybe because I went to bed very early last night and clocked about 12 hours sleep! Probably not a good idea to do that every night, but it certainly did the trick last night. What have you conquered today? And what was it that inspired you, sleep, sunshine or just that feel good factor??