And finally the long birthday week-end closes out at her favourite hot pot restaurant, Fondue 9. Just wish she’d stop drinking all the beer 😉
birthday (cont …)
birthday …
Trying out Pierre Gagnaire’s latest 1* (2021 entrant) effort, Gaya for her birthday treat … not too shabby – the food I mean, not the Mrs [FX: takes cover from imminent clout o’ ear]
panna cotta (revived) …
Hmmmmm. This naughty memory has definitely set off a craving …
blue lagoon …
birthday memory …
I suspect a bit of this may be happening later today 😉 Happy birthday son!
hippie memory …
Far out …
cave art …
No trip to Perigord is complete without a visit to see the (replica) parietal wall paintings at Lascaux dating back to the Magdalenian era some 20,000 years ago i.e. about 15,000 years before the Egyptians figured out how to build pyramids and long before the Chinese worked out how to eat with two bamboo sticks. Artistic composition, IMHO, hasn’t progressed much since 😉
more chateau …
Our final chateau-hopping day brought us to the rather underwhelming Château de Castelnaud-la-Chapelle … but we finished literally on a high at Chateau de Beynac after a challenging hike passing some very charming houses and courtyards
the mighty dordogne …
One of the prettiest villages in the area especially when seen from a gabares which once transported goods to and from Bordeaux on the temperamental Dordogne … and another climb to the troglodyte fort for some stunning views
rewarded by view …
Our penitence after excessive nomming was the 216 step climb (not on knees, thankfully) to see the Black Madonna
sarlat-la-where? …
We stumbled upon the lush garden terrace of Le Presidial last night and managed to tick off 3 out of 4 things Perigord is famous for: duck, foie gras and walnuts … on the hunt today for the final item … truffles 😉
beauval zoo …
We drove over 3.5 hours to see this guy … and he didn’t even bother to wave back 😉
la quaize memory …
Thinking especially of M Buffet who is feeling a bit under the weather at the moment …
mac mini again …
Migrating web services onto Docker containers which will now be running on my shiny new M1 powered Mac Mini …
japanese delight …
Unforgettable dinner at Ogata … too many dishes to name so you’ll just have to enjoy the visuals 😉
bubbly forest …
Alsace themed dinner of jarret de porc laqué … via the Perching Bar for the obligatory glass of bubbly 😉
quality not quantity …
The first batch …
venitian memory …
Do people celebrate anniversaries of proposals?! Oh to be in Venice again … and to do it properly on bended knee this time without fear of falling into the Grand Canal 😉
bbq memory …
Yum yum … tomahawk steaks prepared by the boys would be a dream come true right now 😉
a wishing well …
Water feature … done! Will be needing the taller baby acers soon 😉
la vie en rose …
Express BBQ nom before digging a second rose bed … feeling super wicked today!
rose, roses, roses …
Day of the Roses: from our amateur efforts at home to the professional display at Le Jardin des Plantes
slave labour …
They say there’s no rest for the wicked … so I must be a bloody saint 😉
ping pong phooey …
Switched to pencil grip to serve this winning ace … ok, to be fair, she was filming 😉
project hydro …
Catching up on last Bank Hol’s project: hydroponics. Found some strawberry runners / stolon in Alsace and planted them in the kit (no medium, just rock wool for support) which took nearly a month to arrive 😞 Yet to connect the pH and TDS / EC monitors to the Pi Zero (seems the cheap sensors I bought only output analogue so order is in for an ADC). Anyway, the babies are still looking quite happy on Day 2 😉
banana blogging 